Healthy

Unsurprisingly, but welcomely, Monday's doctor's appointment basically established that my mom worries too much. Now, I still got a blood test, but the chance of diabetes is very, very small, in my doctor's opinion.

Frankly, he said, most diabetics he sees have a crash in weight before they start treatment, not an increase, plus blurry vision and an insane need to drink and pee. Now, I drink and pee a lot, but I've ALWAYS drunk and peed a lot. My eyes are fine. And, objectively, I haven't really gained all that much weight over the past year (like 12 pounds). Also, I'm at an in-between age where I'm too old for juvenile diabetes and too young for adult diabetes (though it's not impossible for a person my age to have the adult). The big stomach is just a function of the fact that men just tend to put on weight in their abdomen, like women on their hips. The doc believes it the kind of deal where just looks like you've gained a lot, but you really haven't. You know, you go over a "tipping point" where just a little more weight suddenly makes you look huge.

He also thinks my Paxil may have something to do with it. We're going to try and wean me off of it and see what happens. I've been on it for like six years now, so it's probably time. If the depression comes back, he said he'd put me on some stuff that came out after I started Paxil that is gentler and has fewer side-effects.

I suspected my mother's fears were unfounded, but it's still a relief to know I was right. We'll see what the blood test says just to be sure, but I'm really not worried.