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I saw my endo today. One word: THOROUGH! Cow! But I'm glad. We went through a ton of stuff today. I was there 2 hours, and doing stuff most of the time! The doc probably talked to me for 45 minutes. I was really impressed. They did bloodwork, urinalysis, EKG, chest X-rays; he checked my flexibility, reflexes, feet, eyes, ears, throat. Woof!

I've got a follow-up in 2 weeks to go over all my labs, but the office said I could call tomorrow and get my BG and A1C levels, so that's good. He did seem impressed that I had my meter and all there with me, and had been testing so often.

He said my EKG and chest X-ray showed a little enlargement of my heart, but it wasn't bad and the goal is to make sure it doesn't get any worse! My kidney and liver functions are both good. No fatty liver, thank the Lord!

My "bad" cholesterol was elevated, but that was from the bloodwork in February, so hopefully, things have changed and improved since that time -- including my triglycerides. Not surprisingly, they were up, too, but not as high as I was afraid they might be, and hopefully, this recent bloodwork will show improvement there, as well. I don't want to have to take a statin unless, and until, I have to.

My total weight loss is 46 pounds! Woo-hoo! He did seem pleased with that.

He talked about putting me on Actos, but I think the expression on my face told him that wasn't going to fly, so we're trying Byetta. He upped my Met to 2000 mg a day, and also upped my Enalapril from 10 mg to 40 mg a day. Yay. He wants my BP a LOT lower. I thought it was doing fairly well, but he wants it as close to 110/60 as possible. Don't know if I'll hit that target, but we'll see.

Overall, I'll say it was a positive visit, even if he did say my cinnamon was worthless. LOL. I don't care. It's not going to hurt me.

I'll update on my A1C tomorrow! I surely do hope it's down to a good level.