Greenpatches

That’s the Proverbial pun!

Does anybody know- in general is it routine to test non-HDL cholesterol levels at the same time as glucose levels. The hospital haven’t...

Thanks! I’ll keep plugging away…

Many thanks!

So, last week’s test shows I’ve dropped from 45 back in May to 42 now, so still just within the prediabetes reference range. Slow and...

That said, we are 5 mins on foot from a road well-known for being …how shall we say? ‘Problematic,’ Maybe that has bearing on my result?

Cripes! And I thought we were affluent! So changed to the most well to do area of town and you’re right , it was lower! That said , I’d...

Yes, I’m wondering the same thing on tge linked thread. My cholesterol level was 6 four months ago; just had it retested this morning ...

Sorry! I d not read your last post properly. Ignore the question.

I’m interested to know, did you go not Ezetimibe straight away or did you try out statins first? I’d thought that the formers iquite a...

Se non HDL cholesterol level: 5.3 mmol/ This was in early May .

Think the dose suggested by the pharmacist was very low, so hopefully (any) side effects would be minimal. Yes the whole nocebo thing...

Yes had a bit of a read about it, Hopefully if there was an initial rise, it’ll have levelled out by now.

Ah…skew negatively, do you mean? I was told that losing weight generally indicates that your cholesterol level is dropping.

Thanks both. Some useful things to think about there. I’ve heard about Ezetimibe before. First things first, see what the blood test...