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Health

Log​

  • 23/12/17 - added a Diet log.
  • 23/12/17 - added a ^ sleep log.
  • 23/12/17 - bout that time of year to start thinking about losing weight so I spent some time this morning converting my health status downloads to a decent format and I figured I'd update this page and figure out a way to keep them in sync.

^ keeping some items private via draft status and .gitignore ( No worries, I'm pretty sure my health insurer is getting a pretty good deal anyway )

Todo​

  • lose 15 lbs
  • Shingles Vaccine

Status​

  • Age: 50
  • Medications: none ✅ ( trying to keep it this way )
    • occasionally take aspirin
  • Weight: Current: 190 lbs ( Healthy BMI is 130-175 / Ideal - 160 ❌ Target 🎯 - 175)
  • Blood Pressure: 110/70 (23/10/31 - good ✅ )
  • HDL cholesterol: 38mg/dL ( Low ❌ 40-60 mg/dL ) Ratio 4.1 ( Normal ✅ < 4.5 )
    • lose weight 😢 < 15lbs / exercise more
    • more fish/flax/greens & less sugar/carbs
    • possible familial mixed hyperlipidemia ( inherited )
  • LDL cholesterol: Calculated 89 ( Normal ✅ < 129mg/dL )
  • Cholesterol: Calculated - 150 ( Normal ✅ < 200mg/dL )
  • Triglycerides: 130 ( Normal ✅ < 150mg/dL )
  • TSH: 1.654 ( Normal )
  • Urinalysis: ( Normal ✅ 0.550 - 4.780 uIU/mL )
  • Blood Other:
    • previously had high C-reactive proteins indicating inflammation/infection
  • Skin: Too much sun from tennis via dermatologist
  • Colon: clear ✅ 23/05/20 ( doc recommended early since family history )

( Last Metabolic Panel 23/05/18 )

Genetic​

  • Age-related macular degeneration ( DNA test )
  • diabetes ( dad's )
  • colon/intestine ( mom's )

TOC​

Physical​

Diet | exercise | sleep | genetics

Environment​

house | weather | air quality | clothing | shoes

Mental​

mindset | play | learn | social | meditation | spirit

About​

23/12/17 - I'd just like to keep some notes along the way so I have a reference. I'm just like everyone else about this time of year. I have a pretty holistic sorta mindset on health even though I've found myself with some weaknesses over the years. I smoked cigarettes in college and for a few years following. I'm in pretty good shape right now, but I come from a long line of plump little Welshmen so I'm privy to indulge. My eyes have suffered in recent years from screen time and the only DNA marker risk I have is macular degeneration. My dad and a couple of his brothers have onset diabetes so I'm going to try and avoid it altogether with exercise and diet. In regards to wholistic, I find it odd that folks will wear a device to track the thirty minutes of steps they do a day and ignore the other 1410 minutes. Aside from genetics, I think the most important impact on health is your routine, especially lifestyle, diet, sleep, and exercise so I'll start by logging some of those.

Sync​

I noticed a project not too long ago on Github that allows for an open-source export of your medical data from MyChart and others. Would like to explore that at some point so I could just sync the blood, lipid panel, and other tests... so I can move that data around at will mainly because I like the control and I think there will end up being decent AI diagnostic tools available in the future.

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