mistercliff's Notizen, 20 Feb 19

Was supposed to get my blood drawn today for a lab test, but then I totally went on autopilot and had a mocha which interfered with my fasting! I'll have to do better this Friday and try again. I'm going to be getting my cholesterol/triglycerides test early next week, so we'll find out if all this medicine/gym/dietary changes has made things better--or worse--and if so by how much. I fluctuate between confident that things will be at least slightly better and terrified that nothing will have changed or things will be worse. It's hard when I've had to wait so many months to find out!

One thing that has come to mind though is that my new doctor insisted I fast before the blood test which my previous doctor had said was unnecessary. My research shows that it only really seems to make a difference for people taking statins which I am now but wasn't at the time of the previous test. I really want to get so I don't need the medication since I worry about it having long-term effects.

But at least next week I'll have some better information that I can compare my first results against.