Just a new introduction for some of our new members
Just a thought for opur new members, because some of the new members, I don't know much about. It's a new year and we have a lot of new members who have found our site and have questions. So I thought just to let everyone know who we are we can give a little history of how we came to be here and our physical conditions. Some of you older ( being here longera0 don't need to cause it can be a hassle for you. But I try to keep my stats updated on word so I can just cut and paste. If you don't won't to that's find, I know most of you, but I don't really recognize some of our new comers, even though their questions indicate they have been thru what we have. 1. 4 pointer on April 16, 2004 2. Depression set in pretty quickly. 3. Physically no restrictions 4. Latest Blood work NORMAL ABNORMAL REFERENCE TEST 8/12/2004 8/12/2004 UNITS RANGE CMP13+LP+CBC/D/Plt+TSH Glucose, Serum 130H mg/dL 65-99 BUN 17 mg/dL 5-26 Creatinine, Serum 0.9 mg/dL 0.5-1.5 BUN/Creatinine Ratio 19 8-27 Sodium, Serum 140 mmol/L 135-148 Potassium, Serum 4.3 mmol/L 3.5-5.5 Chloride, Serum 103 mmol/L 96-109 Carbon Dipxide, Total 22 mmol/L 20-32 Calcium, Serum 909 mg/dL 8.5-10.6 Protein, Total, Serum 7.1 g/dL 6.0-8.5 Albumin, Total 4.3 g/dL 3.5-5.5 Globulin, Total 2.8 g/dL 1.5-4.5 A/G Ratio 1.5 1.1-2.5 Bilirubin, Total 0.4 mg/dL 0.1-1.2 Alkaline Phosphatase, Serum 64 IU/L 25-150 AST(SGOT) 20 IU/L 0-40 Cholesterol, Total 122 mg/dL 100-199 Triglycerides 52 mg/dL 0-149 HDL Cholesterol 60 mg/dL 40-59 VLDL Cholesterol Cal 10 mg/dL 5-40 LDL Cholesterol Calc 52 mg/dL 0-99 T. Chol/HDL Ratio 2.2 ratio units 0-5.0 Estimate CHD Risk < 0.5 times avg. 5. Problems : Depression, Impotent 6. Meds: Lipitor, Norvasc, Paxil can't find the rest 7. Problems: nothing abnormal 8. Saw Bogie's comment, and I stiil sleep with a pillow. If no one wants to add that fine; it just seems like we have some new comers that really don't speak about problems. We also have other problems that you can fell free to ask about. But it may help some of the newbies understand what we are going thru. Rus