bloodsong1 | So I got the bloodwork results back.

The lipid readings were as the nurse said, I find it interesting my triglycerides are within normal.

What puzzled me was the GFR-NAA was 58. Ideal is equal to and/or greater than 60. I followed the asterisk and it said an average of 30-59 over 3 months was suggestive of stage 3 kidney disease.

O_O

Well, my family history is chockablock full of vascular disease. Dad had 3 heart attacks since he turned 44, all minor, and he's had ballon angioplasty more then once. Maternal unit has had VERY high cholesterol since 1990. Mom's mom died of heart failure after several months in the hospital, which included toe amputations because of gangrene. Auntie M died of congestive heart failure complicated with pulmonary disease.

Kidney disease, not so much. This is the first comprehensive bloodwork I've had since I was carrying Cuteness, so almost six years. Nothing was said then about possible kidney disease.

I'll be honest, LJ-land, there's a few things I patently refuse to give up. Dark chocolate. Whole milk. Whole eggs. Butter. I am NOT baking with margarine. Nor am I eating fake food because it's "low-fat" or "fat-free". I'll increase my fruit and veggie intake and I'll snack on fig bars and I'll get more farm-raised fresh fish (which is usually cheaper then the fresh tuna and flounder I normally buy).

Now I need to find a really pretty piece of paper. Preferably with roses or lilacs on it.