Blood test: Triglycerides over 800, which means there's so much sugary, fatty sludge in my blood, they can't even test for cholesterol. I've been here so many times before. Once, it was as high as 2100. (It should be down around 150 or less). This is a side effect of my anti-virals.
Dr. Ruchi called Dr. Tony, my primary care infectious disease doctor, and told him she was worried about pancreatitis. So, Dr. Tony calls me in and we have a confab to decide what to do.
But we already know: diet and exercise. Diet and exercise. Diet and exercise.
Dr. Tony actually had a visiting doctor with him today and said for me to act gay because this doctor is studying gay men's health.
So, I flipped my wrist and said, "Gay, gay, gay!"
Dr. Tony said we could change my antivirals, but then I'd be back on three times a day, and he's not sure it would actually make all that much difference. Currently, I'm taking Atripla, which consists of three AIDS drugs all jammed together in a one dose per day pill.
So: Diet and exercise. Diet and exercise.
I told the visiting doc that we gone through this many times. I get on a healthy diet, and then I want pizza and then I want french fries and Popeyes, and the next thing you know, I forgot I ever ate healthy food.
I'm a Southerner, for god's sake! Fried food is comfort food! (And damn them for inventing fried Twinkies AFTER I became diabetic.)
So, diet and exercise. Diet and exercise.
2 comments:
Pizza can't be that bad. When you're in town I'll make a Whole Wheat Pizza Margarita with part-skim ricotta and mozzarella, but first we WALK!
I will cook healthy foods for you when you get here. ;)
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