[Magdalen] Health surprise

[Catharine Phillips]

Hooray, Scott!

On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 12:24 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hey, here's something that happened while I wasn't paying attention:
>
> We save $300 on our healthcare benefits if I send a blood sample to a
> lab so I can <echor> Know My Numbers. </echo>
>
> Here's a comparison of selected blood-test results from 2008, 2010,
> and 2015 (last month)...
>
> Total Cholesterol (should be 100-199): 252, 195, and 141. I find this
> particularly thrilling!
>
> HDL (should be 40-59 or higher): 45, 38, and 41.
>
> LDL (should be 0-99): 148, 114, and 72. (!)
>
> Trigycerides (should be 0-149): 294, 213, and 140
>
> Glucose should be 65-99 and is now 81.
>
> A major factor may be my habitual taking of 4800 mg of fish oil daily.
> Maybe less fast food as well.
>
> I very much need to lose at least 50 pounds, but in terms of
> bloodwork, I'm thrilled to keep medication off my plate as long as
> possible.
>
> TBTG. Now if I could have one of my mysterious two-stone weight losses
> (I know those could mean something's wrong)...
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>



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