TAKING TIME FOR PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE

Florida is our official place of residence and that's where we schedule our routine doctor's visits.  This month has been busy with doctor's appointments.  We found a place that practices both traditional and homeopathic medicine and we booked appointments.  What a difference from our primary care physician.  First of all, the blood work is much more thorough, along with stool, urine and saliva testing. Once the results were in, we spent one hour each discussing, analyzing and planning a course of action.

Our primary care physician prescribed levothyroxine because of my thyroid numbers and prescribed a statin drug for Denis' cholesterol numbers. Before undertaking a life-time of prescription meds, we're taking the homeopathic route for six months.   We're taking the recommended supplements and will have new lab work done in 2-3 months.  I'll keep you posted.

I had my first cardio testing which consisted of a stress test, echo and 24-hour monitor.  I'm happy to report that all is normal.  Of course the creme de la creme was my colonoscopy.

Thankfully, God has blessed us with good health and we will do everything we can to keep it that way.  We were both diagnosed with a gluten intolerance and have begun eating gluten free, stepped up our exercise a bit with more cardio and Denis has committed to losing a few pounds.

We're looking forward to flying back to New England for Thanksgiving to spend time with the family.  I can't wait to see our grand daughter again.  This blog wouldn't be complete without sharing some updated pictures of her.

Wearing her corrective shoes

Could papa be reading to her? 

Dressed for Halloween

Thanks all for stopping in to say hi.