So today was Casey's 6wk followup with his Dr regarding his high Triglycerides and Cholesterol. At the appointment they said he has lost almost 20lbs since their last visit (makes me SO jealous). The Dr said in just a couple more months he should be where he needs to be weight wise. Why do men have it so easy? Oh well I'm happy he's getting healthy.
So first the bad news, the bad news is the Dr discussed his report from his CT scan of his lungs he had recently as a followup from his hospitalization for what they thought/think was pneumonia. Anyway, they noted that there is still something in his lungs. The aggressive antibiotics did significantly reduce the size of it enough that now they can see that its not just an infection. So they are recommending a biopsy to see what it could be. At this point I'm not really WORRIED about it. They had said they thought it was highly unlikely to be cancer or a tumor. I trust God that whatever it is we will get through it and his will shall be done.
So now for the good news, as I said Casey's appointment was to discuss his extremely high triglycerides he had blood work done last week to see if the medication was and or diet was helping. As I'd said a couple of weeks ago the dietitian had recommended going Paleo or very close to it. Back 6wks ago his triglycerides were over 1000, today the Dr told him that his trigs had gone down to (brace yourself for this one) 245! His total Chol was also down to perfect levels. However the lipidtor did seem to be messing with his liver a little. So the Dr said he thought that since the Diet was working so well Casey could try going off the medication completely and controlling his trigs with the new diet. We haven't gone completely Paleo but he has gotten rid of all bread and most of his starches. We are pretty excited about the lowering cholesterol and hope to see an improvement.
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