Dr. Visit

Well, I went to the doc today and got a good report. Blood pressure down, sugars down, weight down, my spirits up!

However, we've found that my kidney stones have nothing to do with the parathyroid. Instead, I have the basic kind caused by calcium. Doc had no advice to give me on this. Each doc says different things. Do drink milk, don't drink milk. Very frustrating. But, this diet is eliminating other problems like salt intake. My ears are doing better, the ringing has gone away a lot. So, maybe they'll help control the calcium intake as well. Cuts the fat down to hardly anything, so I guess there will be many other benefits. We'll see.

He strongly pushed me to stay on the HMR diet. He was very excited to see what it had done for me in all areas. Wants me to lose at least 100 pounds, though I figure 125 is more like it. He has just started up the HMR program in our local hospital. I beat him to the punch and started without him, saving myself a bundle. Hey, I can read!

He thinks I will be non diabetic soon because my numbers fell so much already. And cholesteral is dropping too. Nice to get the boost from him on this. Now, if he would just pay for new clothes. I had just spent a bunch on new dress pants before starting this diet. I guess I'm going to a tailor to have them taken in. Should be cheaper than buying new pants. I had spend $600.00 on them! I never do that. Sheesh.