Numbers are in, People!
It’s strange but my healthcare app will deliver my test results to me without my doctor's comments. Just as is. Then he generally chimes when he sees them. I got the blood panel on Friday and most of the results came through that night. I guess he’ll assess today.
After three months of straight up veganism (though I may have had a little egg here and there in bread) my numbers are a bit better but I don’t think good enough to not be on the medicine. My LDL cholesterol was 102. Apparently, it should be below 100. It should be around 80, I think, optimally. Sooooo, what that tells me is that I am cursed with a genetic flaw that jacks my cholesterol. Disappointing.
No matter what I eat I’m stuck with this borderline number. Not horrible, not great. Why not just take the pills?
If I’m going to take the pills that leads to the other question: Why not just eat whatever the fuck I want? There’s definitely part of me that thinks that. Why can’t I just accept that I need the medicine? It’s weird, there’s a little bit of anti-vaxxer in all of us. No one wants to need pills but the other side of that is, ‘Hey, they have pills for this. Great.’ I rarely feel that way.
I haven’t really been craving meat. I think I’ve probably eaten enough meat for one lifetime. I’ve never really been a dairy person. Maybe it would be kind of good to eat fish a few times a month. I’ll have to decide. I know a lot of people are counting on me to not play a part in the animal death machine. We’ll see.
The other news is I got my sugar down a bit. Out of the prediabetic range. That’s good. That one feels potentially like the bigger problem.
A buddy of mine told me to get my testosterone checked, so I did. It’s actually a little high. No idea what that means for my health but I feel proud for some reason.
Being a man is dumb.
Today I talk to J. Smith-Cameron about playing Gerri on Succession and acting and her husband, Kenneth Lonergan. Thursday, I talk to David Mandel about writing for SNL, Veep, Seinfeld, The Harvard Lampoon and his new series, White House Plumbers.
Enjoy!
Boomer, Monkey and LaFonda live!
Love,
Maron
The Pills.
