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As the blood test was late morning I did eat breakfast and decided to have a mushroom omelette not my usual bowl of fruit and yogurt to see if that helped. She did say my cholesterol was up to 5.9 which is too high though.

So the fact they are saying my cholesterol is high at 5.9 and has gone up could be due to non fasting! I am refusing to take statins.

Well that I don't know! I get strange reactions to substances in food too, lemon balm is one that gives me all sorts of nerve pain and pins and needles, been drinking herbal tea with it in not realising. Could be the source of the palpitations too! I always feel really good when I do a low carb...

My previous diabetes blood test around 6 months ago went from fasting to non fasting. No need to fast now I was told and my HBa1c had risen from around 36 to 51. The rise was mentioned as worrying, I couldn't help thinking it was a result of not fasting! Today I was told my hba1c is good at 50...

What does Ichf stand for please? My cholesterol is higher than 5 just, but the good cholesterol is higher, the bad is ok, and as my blood sugar for the last couple of years has been perfect I wonder if a cholesterol of over 4 matters to me. I do not want to take statins.

I've given my TV to MIL who has been in a home after being in hospital, she is going home for the first time this year tomorrow! I won't have the TV back, I am getting a new one, but will have a lot of catching up to do. I have watched Wolf Hall, 1 and 2 on the big TV, normally dominated by...

Me too!

Sorry that first one should read 1.3 not 3

Hi All, I have been told my cholesterol is borderline high following my diabetic review last week where the bloods were not back, so when I rang in I was fixed up with a telephone consultation with a GP new to me. She told me my total was 4.6 and they worry about that with diabetics, it should...