Apparently, I'm (mostly) healthy.

I had a physical earlier this week, and got the bloodwork results from my Doc yesterday. Blood pressure is at the low end of normal, but pulse is strong and loud at the extremities, so this isn't a problem. Cholesteral was 154 total, 49 HDL, and 92 LDL. I have no idea what those numbers mean, so I'll be spending time with Google later on it seems, but I'm confused as to how the whole is apparently greater than the sum of the parts (I may have HDL and LDL mixed, the lower number is the 'good' type and the higher number is the 'bad' type). Again, the Doc said this is good and I have nothing to worry about on this front. I have no hernias, my reflexes are above average, my resting heart rate is very good, and my kidneys, liver, and thyroid are all working as per spec. She said I could stand to lose another 20 lbs, but since I've already lost 35, and am continuing the downward trend, once again this isn't a concern.

So far so good.

One minor issue. I have mild anemia. She's not sure she believes the lab result, and thusly I'll be going back to bleed for a bit more so they can recheck since according to her, this isn't something that men normally have issues with.

So I guess I'm not a real man after all.

Apparently, I'm (mostly) healthy.

I had a physical earlier this week, and got the bloodwork results from my Doc yesterday. Blood pressure is at the low end of normal, but pulse is strong and loud at the extremities, so this isn't a problem. Cholesteral was 154 total, 49 HDL, and 92 LDL. I have no idea what those numbers mean, so I'll be spending time with Google later on it seems, but I'm confused as to how the whole is apparently greater than the sum of the parts (I may have HDL and LDL mixed, the lower number is the 'good' type and the higher number is the 'bad' type). Again, the Doc said this is good and I have nothing to worry about on this front. I have no hernias, my reflexes are above average, my resting heart rate is very good, and my kidneys, liver, and thyroid are all working as per spec. She said I could stand to lose another 20 lbs, but since I've already lost 35, and am continuing the downward trend, once again this isn't a concern.

So far so good.

One minor issue. I have mild anemia. She's not sure she believes the lab result, and thusly I'll be going back to bleed for a bit more so they can recheck since according to her, this isn't something that men normally have issues with.

So I guess I'm not a real man after all.

Apparently, I'm (mostly) healthy.

I had a physical earlier this week, and got the bloodwork results from my Doc yesterday. Blood pressure is at the low end of normal, but pulse is strong and loud at the extremities, so this isn't a problem. Cholesteral was 154 total, 49 HDL, and 92 LDL. I have no idea what those numbers mean, so I'll be spending time with Google later on it seems, but I'm confused as to how the whole is apparently greater than the sum of the parts (I may have HDL and LDL mixed, the lower number is the 'good' type and the higher number is the 'bad' type). Again, the Doc said this is good and I have nothing to worry about on this front. I have no hernias, my reflexes are above average, my resting heart rate is very good, and my kidneys, liver, and thyroid are all working as per spec. She said I could stand to lose another 20 lbs, but since I've already lost 35, and am continuing the downward trend, once again this isn't a concern.

So far so good.

One minor issue. I have mild anemia. She's not sure she believes the lab result, and thusly I'll be going back to bleed for a bit more so they can recheck since according to her, this isn't something that men normally have issues with.

So I guess I'm not a real man after all.