2 doctor's appointment & lots of info!!

So this past week I went to both of my doctors. On Monday I went and saw my new doc and the Vancouver clinic. She was good, my cholesterol is making progress. I still have some hard work to do, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. My triglycerides have dropped down to 114 from 250 three months ago! My ratio is also with in the guidelines, but my HDL and LDL are still out of balance. So continuing on with my new diet and going to get motivated to make it to the gym again. I also found out that my Vitamin D levels are pretty low (that would explain a lot) and my liver functions are way out of wack! I have new vitamins to take and back there in 3 months.

On Saturday, I went back to my Naturopath doctor. Some test results came back showing I have 3 bad bacteria living in my digestive system. One of them is pretty rare and is fund in burn patients and also can be found in those working in hospitals. Very interesting, I have been reading on the Internet trying to figure out how I could have contracted that. I am on an antibiotic to clear that up, which is quite a challenge since the top 2 antibiotics to treat it I am allergic to. So we are trying a sulfa based drug, plus some herbal stuff in hope that I do not have an allergic reaction and that it clears up this nasty stuff going on inside of me. I just cant imagine that could be what has been causing my stomach issues for years!! I am also on some liquid vitamin D drops and some liver cleansing pills to try to regulate those. Next month when I go back, I will have allergy testing and find out which foods I am allergic to, until then I will stay away from all the common food allergies. Also she is concerned that if my liver levels do not come down that I could have Celiacs Disease. So much more options to look into, but in the meantime I am plugging along.

So in conclusion to the end of my 4 weeks with no dairy, wheat, eggs, soy or corn, I splurged and caved in to some pizza, not the crummy gluten free stuff, but the good real stuff!!! But after the afternoon of being sick on my stomach I have decided that if I splurge again I will have to make it Papa Petes pizza!!!!

Also, for those of you that know me well, know about my adversion to green veggies, well I braved it and made asparagus for dinner last night! It was not so bad, I even had it again for lunch today, call me crazy but I think I am going to make it on this journey to health!!! Now on to month 2!!!