So that fateful meeting of Uni and doctor finally happened to me. He made a point of telling me it's been since 2009 since our last show down. I give him this, he is brave.
We started with the basics. Weight, height and blood pressure. I flunked two of those. You really can't fail height. They were sneaky bastards, using kilos instead of pounds. It would all be fine and dandy if I usually used kilos, but US scales are typically in pounds. I was my suspected weight. I'm not happy with it either, but despite working out like a fiend and eating medium good I can't shake this extra fluff I carry around.
He let that slide so that he could listen to my lungs and heart. I swear he put his stethascope on my scapula at one point. Not sure what he was listening to there. Then a look at my pupils and my ears. He pronounced my ears "very clean".
Then he wanted to probe my belly. Not sure what he lost, but it's not in my belly. He asked if I was tender anywhere and duh! yes. I mentioned that I'd recently started adding sit ups to my work outs so my lower belly was indeed touchy.
Then came the conversation. The one I hate. We briefly discussed my recent low iron. He thought maybe the vitamin would cover that and was hesitant to alter my menstral cycle artificially to make it lighter. He did agree to run a blood test to see how low I really am. He also decided to check my thyroid.
Then came the lecture on my blood pressure. I recognize it's high. Not stroke out high yet, but high. We agreed to try a medicine that would also relieve some water retention that I get now and then. He ever so skillfully slipped in a request to lose weight. I asked him how. I'm already working out a lot and watching what I eat for the most part. I actually had him stumped. He wisely decided to let that arguement go.
We parted as mostly friends. I think he's being a little unrealistic about asking me to increase the intensity of my workouts. I think it would be more realistic to do a body mass to figure out how much of me is fluff and how much of me is muscle. I just hope this new stuff he has me on doesn't make me dizzy or something. So far so good.
They use kilos instead of pounds in the united states lately? Just goes to show you how long since I've been weighed. The last time was when I went to get a note for a sit-down job due to long hours, but I didn't actually hear what I weighed, best I remember.
But I do remember the doc mashing on my belly for some reason. I never figured that one out, either.
When will you know the results of the thyroid test? That is a tricky one, so I've heard.