Kathryn, think about what the Dr. told me: "too much water is bad. At least for you." She thought maybe I was carrying around a water bottle, drinking all the time, like many people do. Then she asked if I drink alcohol! Yeah, maybe 6 glasses of wine a year.
I filled in my new chart pages, lab values, weight, bp, BMI from the last 5 years. Unbelievable to have it all right in front of me. No wonder she got on my case about my labs this last time. They were not as good as I'd thought. Trending pretty much like they have been all these years. And I've been trying so hard. Really changed my diet a lot. She says I may not be able to get my cholesterol down. It might be hereditary, and also there's a component to thyroid disease causing this in some people and I do see my numbers go up substantially after that.
Printed out BMI chart and weight/height chart. Well, I'm 6 lbs from being in the normal range for weight and BMI. I sure wish I could get there.