Visited my PCP today and learned a few things:
My Upper GI was unremarkable. This is good.
I heard nothing about the ultrasound today, so I want to assume it was okay.
My HDL is a little low. This should improve with more exercise and weight loss.
I have become insulin resistant. They call this pre-diabetes, which I confided in my doctor is a load of crap because there is no such thing, and she sided with me on that. We agreed on calling it borderline. This will also improve with weight loss and activity.
My chest x-ray was inconclusive. I have a 1cm nodule on my right lung, which could be anything. It could even be different vessels and whatnot stacked on top of each other at the wrong angle. It could simply be scar tissue from pneumonia, or valley fever, if I've ever had either of those. Seeing as I get bronchitis every now and then, that's not far-fetched, but we still want to get a CT scan just in case and to give it a full 3-d image rather than a flat picture.
She says that none of these issues should preclude me from having weight loss surgery, and that she would be sending in her surgical clearance as low risk. This is the best that gets, because there is always a teeny tiny risk with any surgery. In fact, losing weight will help both the insulin resistance and the HDL cholesterol.
So now, I wait to find out when I can get a CT scan of my chest.
After the appointment, my kiddo kept asking me if we were getting a cat.
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