To be literally terrified by test results!

[abouttoturn50]

Hi, long story short, my partner took his own life January last year and tbh I've spent from then until recently eating crap and drinking far too much and doing bugger all exercise! Meaning I'm now about 4 stone overweight.

I stopped drinking completely in December. At the beginning of this year I had bloods done because I was feeling tired (obviously due to the mess I've been) and that showed I was pre diabetic and my blood pressure was pre hypertension. I started walking and cutting down on sugar on and off.

Had my 50 year check 3 weeks ago and I'm no longer pre diabetic and my blood pressure has gone down but could still be better. However my Cholesterol test came back high which made me a bit anxious.

Last week my daughter's partner (45) passed away due to LVH caused by high blood pressure and I'm now in constant high anxiety about my health!

I have a diagnosed anxiety disorder and have just been referred for an ADHD assessment (now my whole life makes sense!). I'm now walking 20-30 mins every morning, upped my oats/whole grain/veg/fruit intake, having a benecol drink every day and using Nutracheck to calorie count and keep saturated fat low but I'm actually scared to eat anything bad! Normally when I calorie count I can work an ice cream in each night and a McDonald's every now and again but my 2 DDs that are still at home want maccies tonight as it's the menu change and I'm actually scared to eat one!

I've spoken to my doctor and been referred for talking therapy. My DDs think I'm becoming obsessed!

I've included a screen shot of my results!

Sound like you're nourishing your body well. Speak to GP for if they suggest doing anything about the cholesterol but it sounds like you already are doing what they will advise.

How long is the wait for talking therapy? Can gig afford private?

@Krumblina thank you for your reply. I meant to add to my post that they have advised to try and bring it down with diet and I'm being retested in 3 months.

My reasonable self is saying if they're leaving me for 3 months I'm not likely to drop down dead anytime soon but anxious me is winning the argument.

I can afford privately but the waiting times are the same. I've had therapy a few times. I'm in peri menopause too so hormones are definitely not my friend atm either!

Do not panic. My cholesterol level has ways been really good but on one blood test it doubled. Talking to the doctor I mentioned that I had eaten a lot of cheese over Christmas and normally I do not eat cheese, cream, butter etc. I took a blood test 3 months later and I was back down to my normal level.

Can I also suggest that rather than just walking you look up some Walking Exercise on YouTube. There are loads Like Walk 3 Miles. They give you your cardio boost but also use lots of other muscle groups that you would not using just walking.

@PrincessNannie thank you so much for your reply. That definitely makes me feel a bit better.

My friend mentioned something similar re the exercise. She told me to search "Get Fit with Rick" so I'm going to give this a go too! I'll carry on with my walks because I think that definitely helps with my MH 😊