I went to sit down with my primary doctor today to go over my bloodwork results ('donated' blood last week) and some of the results are:

Total Cholesterol 140 (LDL 62) sugar 6.1 hemoglobin 13.1 Platelets 280 Sodium serum 136 Potassium serum 3.7 chloride serum 100 UrinalysisSpecific Gravity 1.011 all negative from ph to glucose

Other numbers: blood pressure 107/72 6 pounds lighter than 4 months ago

He cut down my metformin to 1 pill a day instead of 2

Does want me to see my heart doctor as the pig aorta valve I had implanted usually has an 8-year 'life' and I'm now going into my 10th year with it--no problems but....

He, also, suggested I go to one of the doctors qualified to dispense marijuana due to aches/pains I have in calves of legs and back of arms that he would back up but I am very hesitant about going that route.

The only problem we are having is with my INR (warfarin) level which has been between 1.5 and 8.0 when it should be between 2.5-3.5--since it affects my blood clotting abilities we have to adjust it. Many things affect it (like salads, broccoli, cauliflower, etc., vitamin K, multi-vitamins) but of the past 19 years, I have only had a problem maybe 2-3 months total so we are going to switch the amount of mgs I take every day and test it again in 2 weeks.

He gave me a prescription to get my yearly flu shot, my every 5-year pneumonia plus one for shingles though I know I definitely had one there is no record of it anywhere. I go to CVS for those and got the first 2 as they are waiting for a new shipment of the newest med.

In any case as I was leaving the doc's office he announced to the staff (and the few patients in the waiting room), "I am going to sue this patient as he tests as a 20-year-old and I can't buy a new Mercedes with healthy patients!"

Now I won't see him again for the blood test until January 3--sure, which means I have to watch myself from Christmas until after New Year's Eve!!

With a smile on my face---and looking at his old Mercedes--I was going to treat myself to carrot cake as I do every 4 months after the exam but though I NEVER sin it is Yom Kippur and I am not supposed to eat until sundown so I'll leave the carrot cake until tomorrow when I go to The Cheesecake Factory!