Medical NSV of an amazing sort!

Last May I went to a psychiatrist to FINALLY deal with my depression and anxiety. As part of intake, she wanted me to go get bloodwork done to first determine whether there was a physical cause of some of the mental and emotional crap I've been experiencing. There were a lot of concerns about my results!

My fasting glucose level was 125 (should be 65-99), my ALT (measuring liver problems) was 50 (should be under 32), my cholesterol was 248 (should be 150-200), and my triglycerides were through the roof! Healthy is 27-150 and mine was an unbelievable 559. My HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol, which should be over 39) was 32, which is high risk. My "very low lipoprotein" was 112 when it should be under 30, and my overall cholesterol ratio was 7.8 (should be 1-5).

Furthermore, I found out that I have hypothyroidism (my TSH was 8.96 when it should be between .3 and 3) and a dangerous vitamin D deficiency (normal is 30-100, and if you're at 12 or below, you're at high risk for bone damage - mine was 13). All of these things had been contributing to my feeling like crap! Who knew?

My psychiatrist has been urging me ever since to get a primary care doc ASAP, because I needed to see about medication for the cholesterol and get further testing for my high glucose level. Me being me, I kept putting it off. I wanted to see if I could make the necessary changes with diet and exercise first.

Today I went back and got my most recent lab results:

My cholesterol is 228, down from 248.
My triglycerides are 188, down from 559.
My HDL is 37, up from 32.
My LDL is at 153, which is still high, but it couldn't even be determined last time because my triglycerides were so high.
My TSH is 3.38, down from 8.96.
My vitamin D is 26, up from 13.

So basically, I blew the doctor away. I no longer have an urgent need for a PCP, my glucose is fine (no concern for prediabetes!), and I am continuing to lower my cholesterol ratio.

It's amazing what losing 40 pounds can do.