Thursday, December 5, 2013

Had a GP doc appointment today...

Not the doc for the MRI; this is the one for a check up in three months for my A1c and fortunately even with all those steroids it did not go up too much, only to 5.9 from 5.8.
My LDL or not so good cholesterol is still not where it should be, below 75, mine is 95, but my total cholesterol is 171, not that bad really! Anything under 200 is considered good.
Exercise can lower it, that is the bad cholesterol, and sadly I have NOT been able to do that since 10-21-13!
Once this back issue is resolved I do believe I will try to get back on track with that, especially if the MRI determines what course of action we will be taking next.
On that front I am trying to wait patiently for my results, albeit in still in considerable pain though...
What choice do I have, really?
I am again at the mercy of the medical professionals...not a great feeling for my nature, at all!
Sadly, I just spoke to a nurse who has reminded me about steroids and their effect on your bones, osteoporosis can be sped up by them in fact!
I just had a bone density taken within the last year and it thankfully showed, even with my past recent inactivity, prior to this April that is... that all I had was mild osteopenia!

Note: I received the CD of my MRI from the Imaging Center, and from what I saw it did scare me a lot; my bones appear to look like Swiss cheese and there are black spots all over and lots of white highlighted areas, and not by the scanner person, just kind of glowing lesions! But as we all know I am NO DOCTOR or Radiologist and only they can tell what's what... and so here I wait wondering...and a little bit frightened by what does not look right to me, and I have seen my lumbar area before and this is a dramatic difference, no kidding, SCARY! WORRIED!
Hope to hear from my neuro in a timely fashion, she should have the results by tomorrow they said just today when I DID CALL!
Wouldn't you, really?

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