1. October 2017 : I arrive at Harefield Hospital mid-morning for a battery of Fitness For Surgery tests
2. May 25th 2018 : on the ward the day before my heart valve surgery at Harefield Hospital. Taken around tea-time.
3. June 27th 2018 : blood tests ordered by my GP. Totally forgot to fast ! Duh !!
I thought a comparison was interesting. I'll state that after my October HDL result, I chose sometime around Feb/Mar to try and increase it by regularly eating a spoonful of coconut oil.
Total LDL HDL Trigs Trigs/HDL
1. 5.0 2.97 1.25 1.7 1.36
2. 6.1 4.2 1.33 1.3 0.98
3. 5.2 3.6 1.1 1.1 1.00
N.B. No test gave an LDL figure, so it was calculated using LDL = TC - HDL - trigs/2.19
So I did raise my HDL ! Time to start on the coconut oil again !
I'm pleased with the two later trigs results given they weren't fasting !
I'm intrigued that my TC dropped 0.9 within a month ! Sadly my HDL also dropped.
Geoff
2. May 25th 2018 : on the ward the day before my heart valve surgery at Harefield Hospital. Taken around tea-time.
3. June 27th 2018 : blood tests ordered by my GP. Totally forgot to fast ! Duh !!
I thought a comparison was interesting. I'll state that after my October HDL result, I chose sometime around Feb/Mar to try and increase it by regularly eating a spoonful of coconut oil.
Total LDL HDL Trigs Trigs/HDL
1. 5.0 2.97 1.25 1.7 1.36
2. 6.1 4.2 1.33 1.3 0.98
3. 5.2 3.6 1.1 1.1 1.00
N.B. No test gave an LDL figure, so it was calculated using LDL = TC - HDL - trigs/2.19
So I did raise my HDL ! Time to start on the coconut oil again !
I'm pleased with the two later trigs results given they weren't fasting !
I'm intrigued that my TC dropped 0.9 within a month ! Sadly my HDL also dropped.
Geoff
