Mon, Jul 28, 2008
Blood Test Results
Posted to Miscellaneous category
The results are coming in from the various medical tests I had last week.
From Wednesday's tests, I am immune to measles. This is good: the DTP injection site it still tender, and this means I don't need to have another shot. I'll see if they can test for mumps immunity the next time I get my thyroid levels checked.
From Friday's tests, my hormone levels are not yet post-menopausal. This means I stay on tamoxifen instead of switching to one of the alternative therapies. (Perhaps the tamoxifen is why my external symptoms of menopause are more advanced?) It also means my hormone levels will be staving off osteoporosis for a while yet, which is good.
Friday's tests also indicated I'm still testing as anemic, even though I take a multi-vitamin/mineral supplement with iron in it. Not sure what to do about that. Now that the swallowing problems seem to be mostly under control, I should probably try to switch more red meat back into my diet.
There is organic elk and bison, and grass-fed beef available at the farmers' market, besides the chicken and lamb. I should clean the ancient stuff out of my chest freezer that freezer-burned during the years I was mostly out of town, and restock with fresh food. (I was mostly coming to the end of the side of lamb and pork, and quarter of beef I had before I started travelling, and needing to think about restocking, so it isn't a huge waste.) If I had meat red meat in the house, I would probably eat it.
I should probably invest in one of those food vaccuum sealers, too, to prevent freezer-burn in the future.