Friday – 6 Month Checkup

Posted: 9th May 2008 by trboh in Daily Blog

Holding this mornings workout for tomorrow afternoon.

Had my 6 mo check with the Doc this morning. Had already had my blood and pee work done, along with a Chest X-Ray. Had an EKG done at the office this morning.

Here are the results. No problems found. I am really pleased with the results. I work really hard to get good results like this.

Total Cholesterol = 195
LDL = 114
HDL = 43
Triglycerides = 189
Fasting Blood Sugar = 88
PSA (Prostate-Specific Ag, Serum) 0.9
BP 120/70
Heart Rate 74

We did determine that I will up my Flomax from 4 mg to 8 mg daily and see how that helps my “having to go” problem.

I pointed out to the Doc my new friend, a suspected ventral hernia running downard from the bottom of my ribcage to just above my belly button. I don’t even know when this started I just noticed it one day when doing my ab workout. There is no pain or discomfort. The Doc is sending me to a surgeon for evaluation, however, his first thought is that they may do nothing at all, at least at this point. That visit to the surgeon is next Friday. I am really hoping we can just ignore this. That is how I like to handle most things.

Epigastric Hernias
Epigastric hernias are protrusions of fat or sometimes intestine through the abdominal wall between the naval and the breastbone.

  1. Heather says:

    Great report Terry! Congrats on working so hard to be healthy.