Doctors

[roz]

OK, so I had a physical this week. I haven't had one in two years. In Sept, 2003 I got fed up when I was pushing into a size 16 in bridge clothes (which are usually cut more generously than the lower price point). And two years ago my medical stats were not looking pretty.

So I started the Strong Women program of weight training and aerobics and started South Beach. At this point, I don't say I'm on a diet. I just eat differently. I eat less fat, no refined flour, no sugar, whole grains, legumes, less protein--very lean, lots of veggies and fruits, etc.

2003 2005

Weight 169 151 I have more muscle which weighs more
Size 14-16 8-10
Cholesterol 211 203
HDL 66 80!!!!
LDL 117 103
Triglyceride 142 98!!!!!
Fasting Blood Sugar 123 120 I still need to reduce this

I need a new doctor. The bozo didn't look at my 2003 stats. He called and just started lecturing me that my cholesterol was high and that I should eat better and lose weight. And he told me I was borderline diabetic and would probably become one. I reminded him that these stats were much better than two years ago and he had nothing good to
say because he couldn't be bothered to look at them.

This is in direct contrast to my OB/GYN who saw me in Oct. He took one look at me, consulted his chart, and asked if I had lost so much weight on purpose. He knew that if I hadn't done it myself, there was a problem. He's a real doctor!

So much for making me feel good!

[Chi829]

Awesome for you Roz, and it looks like it's time to get a new doctor. That's the problem with a lot of doctors these days, most of them don't care to take the time to actually do the research on you to know your history. If your current doc had done this he would have been well aware of the progress you have made in the last two years and would have been very happy with the way your health has improved.

I think we would all agree that you are doing the right thing and it sounds like you have a heck of a plan for yourself...... way to go! [img]images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img]

[Kristie]

my dad's has had a sinus infection for over a month now.. he hates doctors! mostly because they call him an "uncooperative patient" or an "04" as he calls it (based off of some seinfeld episode???).. so anyways, they call him up and chew him out for not coming back in regarding the status of his sinus infection.. so he goes back in, jokes to the doctor about trying to get up to an "02" status in which case, she laffs cuz she knows exactly what he's talking about (apparently, they do write in the margins if your uncooperative or what not?) and that day, he slowly moved back up from an 04, to an 03.. to an 02 and apparently, she gave him the meds he wanted this time that he knew would knock this sinus infection out.

it's interesting because you know your body and how some medications react with your body to produce the results you need - yet doctors don't trust you to tell them what's wrong or how to fix it....why is that? hahaha i know that erythromyacin kicks out a sinus infection in my family like nobody's business, yet the doctor gave him some generic that didn't do the trick last time and yep, as suspected, he got the actual meds and is feeling much better already. then again, maybe some of it has to do with mental awareness too.. i suppose if i gave him a sugar pill and told him it was erythromyacin, that sinus infection would be gone in a matter of days!

interesting on how it all works out eh?

I have to agree also, that i kinda wish my ob/gyn was my doctor doctor... cuz at least she listens whereas my doctor only goes by what "my doctor" thinks is happening.