Braggy McBraggerson

On yeah, that's me! I went to the doctor today to get the results of my blood work.

First, some background. I have a horrible irrational fear of death and have avoided the Doctor for over a decade because of it. A friend of mine in Midland was a Dr. and her husband was a Dr. They convinced me to take a big girl pill and just go see a damn Doctor already! So once we moved here, I got the name of a guy from someone in my homeschool group, swallowed hard and made an appointment.

Every disease known to man runs in my family. Cancer, heart disease, high cholesterol, epilepsy, anemia, diabetes, strokes, arthritis, osteoporosis ... and that is just my parents. Add my grandparents to the mix and you get cancer, and a whole bunch of other things.

So anyway, got the results back today. I am healthy as a horse. I said to him "So, I am doing pretty good for a fat person, right?" And he said "You are doing pretty good for a skinny person!"

My total cholesterol number is high, but the Dr. said it is an artificial high because my good cholesterol number is so high. My thyroid, sugar, hormones and blood pressure are normal, and he said I should just keep doing what I am doing. (When was the last time a Dr. said that to a fat person?!) The only thing that was not where it should have been was my iron level, and it is only 1 number below where it should be (but I can't remember what that number is.) I have to take a multi-vitamin.

I mentioned to him that the boys and I have decided that we will all follow the Mediterranean diet/way of eating and he said that studies have shown over and over that it is the best diet and he wholeheartedly supports us following it.