New Doctors

Met my new PA for Internal Medicine yesterday. Did the basic new patient appointment and reviewed my medical history, and there is enough to keep her busy for awhile.
She was curious as to why I wasn't on meds for cholesteral - told her my doc didn't want to put me on any more meds. She informed me that they wouldn't interact with my psych meds at all.
I also found out that "white coat" hypertension, really means that you have high blood pressure. Just because it goes down while you are in the office doesn't mean they don't have to take it seriously.
The other thing I found out is The side effects listed for Seroquel or any other meds that list diabetes - doesn't really give you diabetes. It actually brings out what you would normally get sooner than you would have gotten it anyway. This means since I'm predisposed to it, it has nothing to do with the med - it's the way of my life.

Melissa (PA) has started me on an asprin a day until I see her in 2 weeks for my physical. I went to visit the Vampire today. It's nice they do it right in the office. She'll go over the lab results and give me a copy and talk about an action plan all at the same time as the physical.

Basically the bottom line is, according to Melissa - I'm a heart attack waiting to happen. Nice, huh. But the good news is - she says we can turn that around.

I can't wait to see what she tells me in 2 weeks.