As I parked my car and walked inside to get my blood results my heart was pounding. Why? Because I knew that my cholesterol would be high and God knows what else. I knew I wouldn’t understand the results but I was anxious to see Dr. Lemia. I got all my results and went to my car and attempted to read them. My eyes went straight to read the Cholesterol results. From my understanding I was borderline! I wanted to cry. I know it’s hereditary, I know I got it from my dad but I knew one thing was for sure and that was that I would NOT take that pill! It was only 11am when I got my results and I knew that I was seeing Dr. Lemia at 7pm. I felt that the time couldn’t pass fast enough!
I put my kids to sleep and I rushed out. I was there 15 minutes before my appointment in hopes that she would see my a bit earlier.Unfortunately she was still with her previous client. I heard the door open and I jumped. She took me to her room and we sat down. My heart wouldn’t stop racing because I was so worried. I handed my blood results to her and she took about 3-4 minutes to read through them. Those few minutes felt like an eternity to me! She looked at me and said, “Your glucose can be a bit lower, your vitamin D is good, however your cholesterol is a bit high.” When she said that, a tear rolled down my face and I automatically said that I would not take that pill. She laughed and said, “Of course not. We will bring it down, do not worry. There are many things we need to do and adjust. We will take baby steps to get you there I promise you.” I calmed down a bit and knew that the road was even longer than I thought 2 weeks ago when I first visited her.
She went through my 2 weeks diary and commented on everything I ate. When she was done with that she looked at me and said to continue cutting out wheat for 1 more week. She said that my 3and1 Nescafe that I had daily at 9am would have to stop. She didn’t expect all of these changes to happen overnight but to happen gradually. She suggested to me to have it every other day that week then completely stop during my second week. I looked right at her and said ok. Did I dare to argue with her? Of course not. Even though my 3and1 was heaven to me, there was so much sugar in it and she wanted me to cut it out completely. I had to increase my intake of MORE water and I could no longer have bread for breakfast. This was all spinning in my head and I felt like this year would feel like death. But I understood why I had to start this and followed her changes like a good girl that I am. She wanted to see me again in 2 weeks… Only God knew what she planned to cut out and eat instead the following visit… Till then I knew I had to follow her orders.
I love u dana and so proud of your journey ❤️
Aww thanks my bestie :*