The bigger picture
September 14th, 2008 at 8:58 am (Uncategorical)
One positive note from all of this medical drama and the endless lab tests of the past two weeks. As reference, the “normal” range for cholesterol is 125-200, and the preferred range for triglycerides is less than 150.
October, 2006:
My Cholesterol: 211
My Triglycerides: 239
April, 2007:
My Cholesterol: 205
My Triglycerides: 519
Last week, September, 2008:
My Cholesterol: 166
My Triglycerides: 148
Unbelievable. My doctor didn’t even raise an eyebrow at these numbers. Since learning that I fall so squarely into the “normal” range on this one measurement, I feel like that guy in the Cheerios commercial telling every random stranger about his lowered cholesterol.
What can I say? I think it’s awesome.
