How well am I?

You may or may not know, but I have a great aversion to doctors. Now before anyone chastises me for this, I come by it honestly. Caffeine Mom – the healthcare professional – absolutely refuses to go see a doctor. Why? Because doctors are for SICK people. Yes, it can be frustrating to be in the Caffeine Family.

Anyway, the Health Sciences folks hosted some sort of “wellness screening” on campus today: one of those things where they check your blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol, etc. One of my co-workers convinced me that I should go. She knows my aversion to doctors so she offered this thing as a “low discomfort” alternative. Sure enough, it wasn’t bad. The only invasive aspect of the whole thing was a finger prick to get blood.

So, how’s my “wellness”? Overall, I was pleased with my results. It turns out I need to lose just a few pounds, according to the BMI numbers. Big surprise there, huh? MY blood pressure and blood sugar stuff are fine. I was a little surprised, though, when my bone density number turned out to be a tad low. Hmm, I guess milk really does a body good. The more pressing concern though was on the cholesterol front. My total number was fine, but my HDL (the good cholesterol) was a little low. The wellness woman kind of pitched a fit about that, but I did some more research and I think she may have been overreacting a bit. Still, it probably wouldn’t hurt to try to get that number up a tad.

Okay, I figure you didn’t really want to know all this, but I just figured I’d share my (sort of) clean bill of health. Other than that, GO CARDS!