I had another blood panel done last week, and the results are in. I'm not exaggerating when I say the doc was a bit surprised.

We had already seen my blood pressure in the 110 over 70 range (coming from 160 over 100 some time ago) and a resting heart rate of 52.

My B12 (after not taking any supplements for a few weeks) was 604, which means I can probably get by on a 1000mcg/day maintenance dose. D3 however, despite taking 25,000 IU every 2 weeks or so (but not in the 4 weeks before the test), was only 32. There is no doubt left I really need to take that every week for the rest of my life.

The fun part starts at cholesterol levels. She's convinced that a big part of those numbers are hereditary, and that changes in diet are often slow to show in the blood. Now, bear in mind that I don't think the numbers are all that important when it comes to heart disease, but we were still both pleasantly surprised. (Previous results from 4/2013)

Total CHL: 227 (was 283)
HDL: 45 (was 38)
LDL : 159 (was 192)

And the most spectacular: triglycerides: 86 (was 259!)

She expects these numbers to improve even further over the next year, and clearly sees that the diet/lifestyle is working in every way. I'm now at a stable 94kg (-34), but will keep up what is mostly a Zone/paleo type of diet. More important for PN sufferers: no statins!

All the other tests were perfect (kidney, liver) and even Ferritine (I was once suspected of having hemochromatosis) had dropped from 900 to 500.

The PN is continuing to improve, but, and this is not unexpected, there is some numbness in the feet that has replaced the pains. I can live with that - everything is better than that horrible pain, and it doesn't seem to affect my balance.

Very pleased.