I will not hop on the scale.
I will not hop on the scale.
I. WILL. NOT. HOP. ON. THE. SCALE.
Enjoyed the trip to Mystic. Plenty of good eatin' had. Vacations are always fraught with trepidation, financially, and calorie-wise. I'm just going to revel in a nice Memorial Day get-away, and worry about the scale next week. But I can't help but feel like it's an act of self-sabotage (going away).
I WILL NOT HOP ON THE SCALE.
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Update
Still maintaining the status quo on the weight loss. I'm weighing in regularly between 192-194, tho that one freakish weigh in a few months back at 190, pegged my official weight loss at 90#. I'd like to get down to 175, but I'm quite happy where I'm at currently, too.
So last Friday I managed to follow up w/my neurologist (the same dude I saw roughly 4-5 years back during the great Topamax experiment my endocrinologist tried. The Topamax was supposed to help with the migraines and also offer up some super magical side effects of losing weight. Well, that experiment didn't end well. Made me more hostile and paranoid, and holy hannah it messed with my sleep-wake schedule even more than my usual baseline of insomnia, so I ditched it way back then.
I've been prescribed Frova, which I'm supposed to take a day or two prior to onset of menses and throughout the bleed time. Allegedly this is supposed to thwart my monthly migraine. Who knows. All I know is that it's a sumatriptan based Rx, and I didn't fare too well on imitrex when I was on it briefly in the early 1990s (I felt all achey and odd, like you do right before the full on brunt of a common cold--but no migraine). Like anything else, I suppose YMMV. I'll try anything at this point.
And like whoah? $45 and that's WITH insurance. $400+ without. I think $45 is a bit exorbitant to PREVENT a migraine; however, $45 is still less than the ER copay, so it all balances out. But whoah. Sticker shock. ETA: Note to self: There's an online mfr program/coupon for Frova: http://www.frova.com/pdf/FROVA_Patient_CoPay_Card.pdf
I don't follow up with the neuro again until July, so that'll be two menstrual cycles from now, and a good indication of whether or not the Rx works.
Now a blood chemistry update...
Everything seems to be within normal parameters, with a few exceptions.
Exception #1: My iron levels are still low (or at least they were as of 4/2/12 when the blood was drawn. I've been on Feosol iron since roughly the 3-4th week of April, and have noticed some change in how I feel, so I am hopeful this is remedying things; however, as of 4/2/12:
Iron, total: 33 (range: 40-175 mcg/dL)
Transferrin Saturation: 8 (range: 15-50%)
Ferritin: 8 (range: 10-232 ng/mL)
MCV: 76.9 (range: 80.0-100.0 fL)
MCH: 25.7 (range 27.0-33.0 pg)
Exception #2: Weirdness. My B12 is off the chart. Perhaps it's related to the fact I've been taking a prenatal chewable in the a.m., with an additional spritz of B12 sublingual, plus a spare biotin and a spare FOLIC ACID supplement. Not sure whut's-whut, but:
Vitamin B12, serum 1316 (range 200-1100 pg/mL)
Exception #3: Weirdness. My DHEA is finally taking a nosedive. It's been on the high side since my PCOS diagnosis in 1998. High = onwards and upwards of 1200-1400, yet as of 4/2/12:
DHEA Sulfate 448 (range 25/220 mcg/dL) This is without a doubt the lowest the DHEA has been for me for 14 years. Not sure if it's related to the wonky B12 elevation, or if it's the result of a 90# weight loss, or what, but thereyago. WEIRD.
Exception #4: Weirdness. My 3A Androstanediol-G is low. Not even sure WTF this is (same thing goes for the MCV and MCH above), so needless to say I have some homework to do before Monday's appointment.
3A Androstanediol-G 30 (range: 60-300 ng/dL)
And lastly, one of the last things I was interested in, ARSENIC, given I was eating a lot of chia seeds about two months back:
Arsenic, Blood 8 (range: <23 mcg/L)
Not sure if this is an accurate read or if it's skewed due to the volume of cilantro I eat (not all the time, but do it in waves, like this week I've been on a Green Goddess dressing phase... and eat a lot of it).
So last Friday I managed to follow up w/my neurologist (the same dude I saw roughly 4-5 years back during the great Topamax experiment my endocrinologist tried. The Topamax was supposed to help with the migraines and also offer up some super magical side effects of losing weight. Well, that experiment didn't end well. Made me more hostile and paranoid, and holy hannah it messed with my sleep-wake schedule even more than my usual baseline of insomnia, so I ditched it way back then.
I've been prescribed Frova, which I'm supposed to take a day or two prior to onset of menses and throughout the bleed time. Allegedly this is supposed to thwart my monthly migraine. Who knows. All I know is that it's a sumatriptan based Rx, and I didn't fare too well on imitrex when I was on it briefly in the early 1990s (I felt all achey and odd, like you do right before the full on brunt of a common cold--but no migraine). Like anything else, I suppose YMMV. I'll try anything at this point.
And like whoah? $45 and that's WITH insurance. $400+ without. I think $45 is a bit exorbitant to PREVENT a migraine; however, $45 is still less than the ER copay, so it all balances out. But whoah. Sticker shock. ETA: Note to self: There's an online mfr program/coupon for Frova: http://www.frova.com/pdf/FROVA_Patient_CoPay_Card.pdf
I don't follow up with the neuro again until July, so that'll be two menstrual cycles from now, and a good indication of whether or not the Rx works.
Now a blood chemistry update...
Everything seems to be within normal parameters, with a few exceptions.
Exception #1: My iron levels are still low (or at least they were as of 4/2/12 when the blood was drawn. I've been on Feosol iron since roughly the 3-4th week of April, and have noticed some change in how I feel, so I am hopeful this is remedying things; however, as of 4/2/12:
Iron, total: 33 (range: 40-175 mcg/dL)
Transferrin Saturation: 8 (range: 15-50%)
Ferritin: 8 (range: 10-232 ng/mL)
MCV: 76.9 (range: 80.0-100.0 fL)
MCH: 25.7 (range 27.0-33.0 pg)
Exception #2: Weirdness. My B12 is off the chart. Perhaps it's related to the fact I've been taking a prenatal chewable in the a.m., with an additional spritz of B12 sublingual, plus a spare biotin and a spare FOLIC ACID supplement. Not sure whut's-whut, but:
Vitamin B12, serum 1316 (range 200-1100 pg/mL)
Exception #3: Weirdness. My DHEA is finally taking a nosedive. It's been on the high side since my PCOS diagnosis in 1998. High = onwards and upwards of 1200-1400, yet as of 4/2/12:
DHEA Sulfate 448 (range 25/220 mcg/dL) This is without a doubt the lowest the DHEA has been for me for 14 years. Not sure if it's related to the wonky B12 elevation, or if it's the result of a 90# weight loss, or what, but thereyago. WEIRD.
Exception #4: Weirdness. My 3A Androstanediol-G is low. Not even sure WTF this is (same thing goes for the MCV and MCH above), so needless to say I have some homework to do before Monday's appointment.
3A Androstanediol-G 30 (range: 60-300 ng/dL)
And lastly, one of the last things I was interested in, ARSENIC, given I was eating a lot of chia seeds about two months back:
Arsenic, Blood 8 (range: <23 mcg/L)
Not sure if this is an accurate read or if it's skewed due to the volume of cilantro I eat (not all the time, but do it in waves, like this week I've been on a Green Goddess dressing phase... and eat a lot of it).
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