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bill_schubert) wrote2023-08-23 01:06 pm
bill_schubert) wrote2023-08-23 01:06 pm
Better living through chemistry
First off, Zoe is doing well. We went for a shorter walk today but she was perky the whole way. Food in, elimination out, swelling slowly going down. So, whew. My only concern is that it happened in our back yard. We have way more yellow jackets and wasps than we have previously. No doubt due to the heat or some other ramification of climate change. I suspect Zoe just got a couple of stings after having stuck her snout where it didn't need to be. Same way she was bitten by a snake. Curiosity killed the cat and has wrecked havoc with Zoe.
Meanwhile I had blood taken this morning to see if my injection drug is working. And is it ever working. I've always been on the borderline with cholesterol and have taken cholesterol drugs for a couple of decades. Long ago I chose taking drugs over following the Dean Ornish path. Next life I'll be a vegan. I promise. With my age and my AFIB the cardio doc I have (really the only one that much matters at my age) got jittery about my having borderline lipids so she had me shoot up twice a month with Rapatha. My previous non-HDL was 133 and 146 on two previous occasions with <130 being optimal. It is now at 55.
Cholesterol has been 183 and 199 with <200 being optimal. It is now 99.
The same with Triglycerides and LDL. HDL is the only one that didn't change much But it went down 15%.
The one caveat I'm waiting on is A1C. I've never had a blood sugar problem but turns out the Rapatha can cause an elevation. So I'm waiting on the results for that too. If they are good then I've got zero side effects with a drug that costs me $34 a month and works wonders.
Meanwhile I had blood taken this morning to see if my injection drug is working. And is it ever working. I've always been on the borderline with cholesterol and have taken cholesterol drugs for a couple of decades. Long ago I chose taking drugs over following the Dean Ornish path. Next life I'll be a vegan. I promise. With my age and my AFIB the cardio doc I have (really the only one that much matters at my age) got jittery about my having borderline lipids so she had me shoot up twice a month with Rapatha. My previous non-HDL was 133 and 146 on two previous occasions with <130 being optimal. It is now at 55.
Cholesterol has been 183 and 199 with <200 being optimal. It is now 99.
The same with Triglycerides and LDL. HDL is the only one that didn't change much But it went down 15%.
The one caveat I'm waiting on is A1C. I've never had a blood sugar problem but turns out the Rapatha can cause an elevation. So I'm waiting on the results for that too. If they are good then I've got zero side effects with a drug that costs me $34 a month and works wonders.
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Yellow jackets are mean and will sting you with zero provocation if they feel like it. Zoe may not even have had to do anything to get stung, the poor thing.
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