BLOOD

 So I was re-reading my earlier blog entries and realized I hadn't brought you all up to date on my latest blood tests results. I had another 90-day check in mid-July. Same ritual: Get up, no coffee, no shower, jump into my clothes and drive to the lab, bleed a little and pee a little, then back home to start the day and wait wait wait for the results to come in. 

The two most important results, of course, are the Fasting Blood Sugar (or Fasting Glucose) and the A1c. FBS came in first: 105. Well within normal...depending on who you ask. The Mayo Clinic says a FBS for a male over 50 is "normal" if it's 140 or below. The American Diabetic Association says 120. Sutter Pacific Medical says 100. 

The Big News, however, is my A1c. If you remember from our previous episodes, 100 days post-hospital discharge, I had 5.9, which is amazing. It is now about 180 days post-hospital discharge, and my A1c result was...drum roll, please... 5.6. Normal. 

In other health news, I've discontinued use of my CPAP. This is huge for several reasons, mostly because it was a pain in the ass to travel with (especially flying) and also a really positive indication as to the trajectory of my overall health. I've also discontinued one of my two blood pressure medications. At my last doctor's office visit, my BP was 125/83. That's friggin' amazing as well. I just checked my most recent blood results again and realized I can probably discontinue my cholesterol drug and my last BP drug, leaving only Metformin. Down from like six pills every night to two.

Things are looking up!

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