Health Update & Resolution??

 I'm sorry to have been AWOL again for the last couple of weeks but have been struggling with health/life issues.  I thought I would just pop on here with a quick update ....

Health:

The lovely lady Doctor I saw a few weeks ago had commissioned another round of blood tests.  This time quite extensive tests, and they threw another spanner in the works.  I have insufficient vitamin D levels in my blood.  With our UK weather I'm not entirely surprised, but quite shocked at the very low levels I actually have.  I was informed by text message 😕to begin taking 1000 ug of D3 a day ( which I could buy from a pharmacy) as well as my B12 supplement......

As I am prone to do lately, I asked Dr Google if low vitamin D can cause a sore tongue and guess what?  Yessss!

On Monday of this week I spoke to the GP as she is concerned about my high cholesterol levels too.  Blimey 6.9 is really far too high 😨......

Now this is really baffling.  I don't eat meat (only fish) I drink skimmed milk, have drastically cut down on cheese and other dairy, I have a cholesterol lowering drink every day and use Benecol spread on sandwiches.  Butter is a rare treat and I don't eat lots of fried food. Ready meals or a meal out are few and far between.

Once again, I asked Dr Google whether low levels of vitamin D can cause high cholesterol.  No prizes for guessing that yes, it can!

So....I am on a mission to sort myself out.  As well as taking my supplements I have bought myself a cheap smartwatch to record my daily steps and track my sleep patterns, and I am aiming to get a little natural sunlight on my skin every day.  Today, Saturday, I have donned shorts and T shirt and got into the garden for half an hour, deadheading the daffs and tidying up.  I've washed the bistro table and chairs and have sat drinking my tea and eating my banana in the sunshine! 😇

Enjoying the peace and quiet in the garden......

I refuse to give in and get old and frail by default.

I am ON A MISSION!

I will need repeat blood tests in July and hope to have improved things for myself by then or I will need statins and I'm not sure about those at all.

Have you ever had your vitamin D levels checked?

Are you on statins?

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Life Issues: 

Briefly... son in law has still not been offered a job, my lovely daughter has health issues and so does my beautiful granddaughter.  Gray is still waiting for a hospital appointment for injections in his neck too.  We have had a family bereavement recently too.

It never rains but it pours...

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Take care everyone.  Stay safe and well wherever you happen to be,

Angie 💗