The Good and the Bad

I had my two month follow up doctor's appointment.  I went in excited to see and hear the results.  In the last two months I have managed to loose quite a bit of weight, have increased the amount of physical activity and also changed much of my diet. 

I arrived at my appointment on time, which in this office does not seem to matter.  I still had to wait nearly an hour to see the doctor!  When she did finally come into the room she asked "have you been taking your medications?"  I told her that I had and she mentioned that she was disappointed to hear that.  That was when my excitement started to decrease.  She told me that none of my numbers had improved - my bad cholesterol is still high (higher in fact) and my good cholesterol is low.  My vitamin D has not improved and I am still at high risk of diabetes and pancreatitis.  It was all very disappointing. 

The few bits of good news though.  I have lost weight - according to their records 16 pounds since my last visit.  I also have seen some slight improvement in my blood pressure. 

It was very hard to go from so excited to so disappointed considering all the work I have put into this.  I am going to continue onward though and hope for the best.  This blog and my 100MON challenge has been a great motivation (even if no one reads or comments).  I have a follow up appointment in two months so I will keep you all posted.