stitch's Journal

WAHOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! Today I went in for some follow  up tests. The last time my blood presure was going up border line on 90. and my cholesterol was 236 with high tryglicerides and ldl and low hdl. The doctor told me to loose some weight and watch my diet and come back in later and if there was no improvement then he would put me on some meds. Well my weight has not gone down at all. I have been eating healthy and exerciseing like the doctor said but I went beyond that into research on supplements. I began a regeim of taking my own supplements for high blood pressure and cholesterol. Well the results are in blood  pressure was down to 78, sugar was 89, and the best report was the cholesterol--ldl down trigicerides down hdl up and the total cholesterol was 175.....YEA!!!!!!! That's down 61 points and I sure shocked the nurses and the doctor on that one. They just can't seem to grasp this whole holistic approach on health.  This has not been the first time I did something with supplements and not their meds to fix something and it probably won't be the last. Doctors--you can't live with out them but  sometimes you can.