x post lab results

Dietician just called from doctor's office

All was good except my iron which was 36 and s/b at leat 40 so I have to double up on that. 

My vita D was 48.  They say fine, but I've read Poet Kelly enough to know it would be better higher and I've already ordered my D from vitalady and recently started that. 

B12 was 548
Folate was high

A1C was 5.4.  OK but I would have liked it lower at this stage.

Cholesterol was 202 (close enough to 200 I guess)  maybe it's the increase in protein/meat that has kept it over 200, 

I'll get a copy of the rest of results when I go in and see them at the end of next month, but she says they are all fine.

Yeah it was done over the phone but she said the individual numbers on cholesterol were fine.  At the moment I only take 29mg of Iron so I'm going to double up on it.  I have the worst periods and really should get somethind done about them so being a bit low on iron doesn't surprise me.  

Sometimes I miss my iron if I haven't spaced my calcium right, but I'm working on that too by switching the iron to the morning instead of before bed.....which reminds me I need to take my last dose of calcium......

I'm glad about the A1C but for some reason I thought it would be below 5...in the high 4's or something.  Still like you say, it's good.

Sounds good, and great that you have a plan too. The vitalady d really helped me postop. I couldnt get my d level up preop or postop until I started using the vitalady dry d. Now my levels are in the high 80's.
Kudos on the a1c, under 6 is great!
 

Thx.  How often did you take her dry d?  I'm just taking it once a week and using my 5,000 every other day to use them up.  I have a lot left.

If you are taking 50,000 once per week and 5,000 units every other day, that is equal to 65,000 units per week which is the same as 10,000 per day but if you want to increase your level, you could take 3 of the 5,000 unit capsules daily and not use the 50,000 unit capsules for awhile til you use up the 5000 units and that should help bring up your level

Those numbers look great! As for the cholesterol, you really need to know the HDL/LDL ratio to know if there is a problem. As someone who looks at lots of cholestrol and lipid profiles I really believe that your genetics play as big a role as your weight and eating habits.

yeah she said they were fine, but I'd like to get it a bit lower.  Genetics do play a part.  I remember this MO woman whose cholesterol was fine, but her skinny hubby had to take meds for it...you never can tell.  

I seem to remember my cholesterol trending high even when I was in the 140's.  I'm going to focus more on chicken and fish and cut back on the red meat and see if that makes a difference.

I would up your B12.  You aren't low officially but it is better to be above the range.  I look for over 1000.

I started to take it 2 times( the 50,000)  a week and then the other 5 days I took 5000 twice a day with my calcium.

Now I take the 50,000 once a week and 5,000 units twice a day with calcium.