Thursday, July 18, 2013

Pills, pills and more pills!

3 months have elapsed since I had my medical tests so it was time for another consult. I wanted to check my cholesterol levels to see if there were any improvement after taking the prescribed medicine for 3 months.

My lipid profile indicates 3 of the 5 cholesterol conditions were now within normal level, while my triglycerides and VLDL level were still 'critically' high.  Plus my liver functions peaked not in a good way so that 'problem' needs to be addressed ASAP.

So although I've been on a strict diet (save for 1 week when my sister was in town), been active in my simple exercise routine, I must still push myself further to attain my goal of a 'no pills' lifestyle.

It is deeply frustrating to say the least. I've never been a pill popping for every ache kinda person.  It just takes me back to the 'dark' period when I was undergoing fertility treatments where the amount of pills + the injections I endured was pure torture.  

On hindsight, I believe stressing over the cost of the meds was a big factor in my failure to conceive than my actual inability to be a mother.  Oh well such is life, we win some and we certainly lose a lot more in the process.

So this morning, I just drank all the necessary pills and shrugged.  I might as well just accept this whole new lifestyle and charge it to the rigors of getting old(er) and my credit card too!

2 comments:

Photo Cache said...

take care of yourself. sometimes it sucks to grow older isn't it?

btw, pray for me, i am doing invitro (IVF) next month. so i'm getting pumped with tons of estrogen.

D@phneL@ur@ said...

Yes it sucks big time. You can feel every aches and pains that pound on your body.

Oh wow, good luck and sending loads of prayers your way for a successful IVF procedure. How exciting!

On a personal note, for some reason, My OB GYN didn't recommend IVF for my condition. Not that I could afford it but at least I wanted it as one of my options. That's another reason why I 'quit' the whole TTC process.