So, my six month blood work came up this past week to check my liver for my cholesterol meds. Well, when I went and saw my doc, she said that my blood pressure was beautiful, and the dose of my blood pressure medication was so small (5mg of Lisinopril), that she was going to take me off of it. She also said that my numbers weren't super bad before, and she wasn't sure I needed to be on my cholesterol meds. She offered to just let me go off of it, but I was curious, and wanted to check my numbers again. So, we did a fasting blood draw. I actually had decided the day I got home to take myself off my medication, and was curious as to what would happen with the draw.
Well, Monday, I got my results back, and my cholesterol has dropped 50 points! :D No more cholesterol medication. So, at this point, I'm down to my allergy meds, and my Prilosec, which, if everything works out the way I'm hoping, I'll get to go off of post-op as well. So, allergy meds! Yay! :D
Now, I'll still be taking multiple pills per day for the rest of my life in the way of supplements. As I'm sure that I mentioned before, RNY is a restrictive and malabsorptive procedure, which means that my body won't be absorbing nutrients like it does now. So, I'll have to take: calcium citrate, Iron, Vitamin D3, and Vitamin B-12 for the rest of my life. But, the trade off? It'll be a much longer life. Besides, there's a really yummy (orange pineapple) chewable vitamin that I can take post-op that has everything I need in it. :D
So, how's your week going?
~♥~
Lady D
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