by mellowmom » June 30th, 2006, 9:19 am
I posted the following under the Diabetic forum, but feels it bears repeating here also, as part of my "journey" through the peaks and valleys of weight loss.
Poopy old doctor. (Actually, she's a young doctor, but still....)
I had to go in to discuss my lab results, this time with another associate of my regular doc. She liked the fact that I had lost so much weight, but not as quickly as I had, nor did she like the calorie intake. She said I need 1500 calories/day for a healthy loss, but I eventually got her to lower it down to 1200 minimum. Plus she felt that while 160 cholesterol was "ok", she wanted to see it lower because I'm diabetic and wants me to start taking some kind of statin, i.e. Crestor. Plus my HGa1c of 6.5 was again "ok" but she does want me to take oral meds to see if I can get it down lower! The only small adjustment she did give me in my favor was that I could cut my BP medication in half. She insists, again, that diabetics need to take lisinopril to protect their kidneys...even if their blood pressure is fine. My BP yesterday was 116/68.
I'm totally bummed over all this. Here I went in all happy about my labs, and she pretty well shot me down, or at least pulled me back down to earth. I told her that I would consider what she told me, but that I wanted to discuss with my regular doctor when he gets back from vacation in early August. She did also suggest I start taking a baby aspirin daily, which I really didn't have a problem with.
So in a nutshell, according to this doctor, and as a result of my lab results I need to:
1) Increase my caloric intake to 1200 calories. (What's that going to do to my weight loss? Am I going to start gaining until my body adjusts to the higher caloric intake? I can't find my MF diabetic manual, so I'm not sure how to go about this. Is there a copy online I can check?)
2) Go on Crestor. (I'm not going to consider this, until I talk with my regular doctor.)
3) Go on diabetic meds. (Ditto as above)
4) Take a baby aspirin daily. (No problem with this)
I feel like a little kid that handed mom a bunch of flowers and then got scolded for digging up the garden. I think I'll just curl up in the fetal position, pull the covers over my head and suck my thumb.
Shaken AND Stirred
3/24/06
5'8" 334/213/165
Re-started 1/7/09
5'8" 325/165