The Rewards Keep Coming

Every six months I have to visit my doctor and have labs done for my medications. Six months ago, I decided to take myself off of my cholesterol prescription, because I was not eating the way I used to. Well... right before I had my blood drawn, I told my doc what I had done. He said, this may be genetics in your case. When I started taking cholesterol meds, my cholesterol was at 305. Stroke level. It is at 286 this time. Still high... He was right... No amount of weight loss or healthy living is going to help me here. It was sad news, but I received good news as well.

For my hypothyroidism, I take Levothyroxine. Since starting my health journey, it has been at 125mcg. Now, my thyroid is overproducing and he reduced my prescription to 100mcg. That is the lowest dose I have been on yet! I did a happy dance at this news!!! I have been experiencing heart palpitations and my doc informed me it was probably my thyroid causing the problem.

The greatest news of all was about my PCOS. All of my labs came back normal. Not detected! You cannot imagine my delight over this news. This has caused major health problems throughout my life and now it is gone! I will not discuss all the devastation this syndrome has caused, but knowing it is no longer an issue means my journey is succeeding.

Even though I am not at my weight goals, milestones like this help sustain me. Feeling better and getting great medical lab results is what it is all about. Having the energy to enjoy my family and friends makes life worth living. I am going to continue to take this one step at a time.

The holidays and winter season have added a few pounds on me, but I am taking measures to correct that as well. One of my favorite sayings is this: I am going to keep on keeping on! Here I go!

Romans 5: 3-5-"...but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us."

On a walk around our neighborhood.