78 AST [standard range 0-32]
86 ALT [standard range 0-33]
287 Cholesterol [desirable less than 200; high more than 240]
196 LDL Cholesterol [desirable less than 100; very high more than 190]
And now we wait to hear from the GI folks.
Maybe it's a good sign they haven't called yet. Maybe they looked at my numbers and didn't think I was on my deathbed. If that's truly the case, a note in my online chart would be helpful. In the meantime, what do I do to keep my liver from getting fattier and to possibly reverse the effects?
Lose Weight
I know. Broken record. But it's more than just seeing the pounds drop on the digital scale. It's pretty much a whole new lifestyle: clean eating. My days of "everything in moderation" is out the window. This is something how it goes:
No white food (processed flour, white pasta and rice and bread, sugar, potatoes, etc.)
No soda
No other sugary drinks
No alcohol
No processed packaged food or meats
Little to no red meat
No salty foods
No fried foods
No white food (processed flour, white pasta and rice and bread, sugar, potatoes, etc.)
No soda
No other sugary drinks
No alcohol
No processed packaged food or meats
Little to no red meat
No salty foods
No fried foods
No FUN (as some of my friends pointed out)
Exercise
No surprise here either. According to Exercise is Medicine®, a global health initiative managed by the American College of Sports Medicine, slowly building up to at least 150 minutes per week or moderate-intensity aerobic activity is recommended. Plus strength training, 9k steps a day, stretching, yoga, and general activity (that doesn't involve lying on a couch or stuffing your mouth with anything listed above).
Take a Statin
Family doc gave me a script for rosuvastatin calcium, one of a group of drugs known as statins, which reduce the amount of cholesterol made by the liver (WHEN used along with proper diet, exercising, and losing weight ... see items 1 and 2).
On a positive note, my psychiatrist and I worked last year to get me off one mental health med that, turns out, is on lists of the top meds notorious for causing liver damage. Problem is, I was on it for years. Is the damage permanent? Dunno. My triglycerides are better than they've been in years (at the highest, over 400), though, so maybe six months after stopping the med, I'm seeing one benefit. And hey, my Hemoglobin A1c (the number that signals diabetes) and my blood pressure are normal. So I have that going for me.
107 Triglycerides [normal less than 150]
5.3 A1c [standard range less than 6]
119/75 Blood Pressure at last check [122/74 normal for women my age]
I just had my uterus removed in an effort to stay alive longer, given a family history of cancer (the spreading, terminal variety that took my mom). The last thing I need is my fatty boombalatty liver stepping in to screw things up.
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