Brandon's Blood Results Are In!

Well, I just completed the Navy-mandated 5-year physical the other day... and the last step of it was sitting down with the doctor and going through an exam and looking over my bloodwork.

It was pretty kewl b/c though I don't know my cholesterol levels and sugar levels and such from the past... I do know that my blood pressure was getting a little high b/c every time that I had to see a doctor about any minor complaint, they always commented that my blood pressure was a bit too high. Also, for years I have had all of the symptoms that I was border-line hypo-glycemic.

Well the doc looked at my blood work results and the first thing he said was "Your cholesterol levels look great... you must work out, huh???" -- wow, I was shocked and very pleased!

As it turns out, my blood pressure was right in the middle where it should be, my sugar levels were right in the middle where they should be and my cholesterol levels were so low they were even well below the low-point of the scale where they normally fall... in other words, they were "off the scale"... all that and yet my HDL-to-LDL ratio is on target as well.

Anyways, it made me extremely happy to realize that the results that I am seeing "externally" are showing up "internally" as well!

On another note, I found out the name for the shaking symptom that I have had since as long as I can remember: "Benign Familial Tremors". Apparently not only is it hereditary and goes away with age (typically), but it can also (rarely) become worse at some point in one's life to the point where it affects one's head also and can become quite severe. Interesting, but as the doctor pointed out, typically it is of almost no concern and should stay the same or get better with age. At least now I have a name to refer to it by... up to now when faced with the "what's wrong with you" question, my answer has always been "oh, that's normal, don't worry about it"... now I have a better answer!