Today I had a follow up with my dr. My last appointment was a month ago and I was still in a very bad place after having been in such place for several months since becoming aware of my high blood pressure. My meds started at the level they are now, really didn't show any improvement and were temporarily decreased after a 911 scare out of concern they contributed to a severe neurological reaction. Below are quotes from the very first post I made on this blog...
I brought my book "The Raw Food Detox Diet" by Natalia Rose to my Dr appointment last Monday. That was not a good day medically for me. AT ALL. My blood pressure was still skyrocketing so my BP meds increased, she also confirmed the diagnosis of Hashimotos and increased my thyroid meds. She also offered me an anti-depressant because she said that I had a panic disorder and that's why I have had panic attacks, insomnia, and anxiety. She suggested I try them short term to break the pattern. She knows I despise the medications I currently take and do not want any more and did not argue with me when I said 'no thank you'.
I plan to document all the raw details of my food intake, physical and emotional reactions, weight and measurement changes, medications, realizations, blood pressure and anything relevant to this experiment. I hang on with hope, and anticipation to find out, if changing my lifestyle to living and live food will improve my health... if it is indeed...PLAUSIBLE.
So... it's been close to a month since starting this experiment, even though I have swayed somewhat in the last week and have been slowly crawling 'back on the wagon'...
Today, when I weighed in I was 7# less than what was documented a month ago... this after putting a couple of pounds back on after my IMO too rapid weight loss at the beginning of this experiment. I never did this to lose weight.. I tried to put the weight back on... I have never been overweight and often been underweight... I don't desire either, I want to be healthy.
My dr. told me according to the charts I am underweight, but that I looked great and healthy and I told her I felt great and healthy too... she said as long as I maintain my level of workouts and focus on getting enough calories I should be ok.
She took my BP... then took it again. She was stunned. A month ago my BP was 151/101... today at the dr. office it was 123/76. This is taking the inevitable 'White Coat Syndrome' into consideration.
She told me I appeared a different person than I was a month ago in many ways... she was VERY pleased and impressed. She told me to keep doing what I am doing because it is clearly working. She did advise eating some healthy meats and grains for more protein, but that overall this has made a significant and definite difference.
She completely 'took back' the recommendation that I go on antidepressants for panic disorder... which I had refused in the first place. She validated my feelings about it and said that the healthy changes I made absolutely resolved that issue.
I have been seeing her and my other dr. MONTHLY since January when I got diagnosed with my high BP. Never have I had a positive follow-up appointment. Until now.
She told me unless I feel like I need anything she would like to redo my blood work. NEXT MARCH!!!!
So in the words of Adam and Jamie... the answer to my Mythbuster question is undeniably.... PLAUSIBLE...
I must add, this couldn't come at a better time. My follow-up was supposed to be tomorrow, but she had to reschedule so it became today. That was fine with me.
Tomorrow is a very important day for me, it is my 15th Wedding Anniversary with my Beloved... that is a whole nother post and tomorrow I will post 'before and after pics' ;) ... We are so happy with this wonderful turn of events and will include this in one more thing to PRAISE GOD for when we celebrate tomorrow!
Thank you for all the prayers and support from everyone. I will continue to periodically update this blog, and share discoveries and recipes...
Here's to health and happiness for everyone... above all, PRAISE GOD FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS HE HAS GIVEN US...
I am SO GRATEFUL to finally feel and know that I am HEALTHY... I am going to see if modifying it to accommodate her recommendation of some meats and other healthy protein choices keep things stable.
Life is GOOD... GOD IS GREAT!
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