Back from the doctor … again. 
After not getting any better after being on antibiotics for a few days, actually I’ve been getting much worse, I went back to the doctor this morning. Turns out she kind of misdiagnosed me earlier in the week. While I do have a bit of a sinus infection, that’s not what has been causing the severe throat pain. I was wrong yesterday as well though, I don’t have strep either. I have tonsillitis. 
So, in addition to the antibiotics, I’m now on Prednisone for the next 12 days, too. Unfortunately, this also means no Carlsbad 5000 for me this weekend. 
In fact, she told me to hold off on all training for at least 5 days.
Since I know how Prednisone typically affects my weight, I weighed in today instead of tomorrow. I was down another 1.6 pounds this week which brings my total loss to date up to 76.2 pounds. 
They also did blood work on Wednesday and I got those results back today. She was VERY happy with my numbers with the exception of my glucose. She said it might have registered slightly high though due to the fact that I hadn’t been on a 12-hour fast prior to the draw since it wasn’t scheduled in advance. Here are my results:
Blood Pressure: 118/73
Triglycerides: 124 (recommended is < 150)
Total Cholesterol: 192 (recommended is < 200) – it was 249 when tested last May 
HDL Cholesterol: 49 (recommended is >= 40)
LDL Cholesterol: 118 (recommended is < 130)
Chol/HDLC Ratio: 3.9 (recommended is <= 5)
Glucose: 105 (recommended is 65-99)
All in all, pretty good numbers especially given my current weight. She told me to keep it up with my weight loss and exercise regime and they’ll only continue to drop and get better.
Until next time ... 
Those numbers look great! I’m sorry you are sick and won’t be able to participate in the Carlsbad 5000, though.