Cheryl called and I got my lab test results.

My A1C is 6.6% so it’s steady.

I’m not AS anemic as I was a few weeks ago. My Iron and TIBC (way blood moves iron) is a 25. The range is from 42 – 145. It’s Low, but I’m moving in the right direction.

Still having issues, my Ferritin (way the body stores iron) is at 13 and the range starts at 10 – 291.

My total Cholesterol has gone up to 230. I do need to bring this back down below 200.

Triglycerides are 136 (okay)
HDL 55 (good)
LDL 148 (not so good)

My CK totals (to determine Heart Attacks and/or muscle damage) are way off the chart on this one. It’s a 262 and should be between 7 and 177.

All of my Basic Metabolic Panel numbers are in range. Yea!

The fact that my Microalbumin and Creatinine, Urine number are a little high, Cheryl wants me to do another 24 hour urine test; and when I drop the “jug” off on Monday, the lab has instructions to draw more blood.

She always seems to want more, more, more.