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Hi all I am back after a long break.
Had a phone call,just after Christmas and just before I went off to Scotland for Hogmanay. My GP wanted me to go in for BP check and blood test. As My Hba1c is normally in March, I was thinking this would be a kidney function blood test for my BP medication. I carried on with the festivities with some lapses in my low carb diet ( not a lot but some) and a few Proseccos. Anyway on Monday I went off to the nurse for the blood test. Imagine my horror when I asked if it was my kidney function test to be told, no it was kidneys, liver, sugar and cholesterol!
I was panicking, BP taken 138/52 pleased. Went off home to wait to be called with results. Last night she called, my heart dropped. Liver and kidneys fine. HBA1C 43 ( was expecting higher after Christmas). She had phoned because my cholesterol was up from 5.9 ( last tested in 2015) to 8.0! She wanted to put me in statins ( which I will never take) but agreed to have a fasting re test in about 6 weeks. I have no idea of the breakdown as she said that this had to come from a fasting one ( not sure that is true) but now feel too scared to eat! Anyone have any advice how to get this number down under the magic 7.5 ( point at which statins will be prescribed) in 6 weeks on a low carb diet?
Had a phone call,just after Christmas and just before I went off to Scotland for Hogmanay. My GP wanted me to go in for BP check and blood test. As My Hba1c is normally in March, I was thinking this would be a kidney function blood test for my BP medication. I carried on with the festivities with some lapses in my low carb diet ( not a lot but some) and a few Proseccos. Anyway on Monday I went off to the nurse for the blood test. Imagine my horror when I asked if it was my kidney function test to be told, no it was kidneys, liver, sugar and cholesterol!
I was panicking, BP taken 138/52 pleased. Went off home to wait to be called with results. Last night she called, my heart dropped. Liver and kidneys fine. HBA1C 43 ( was expecting higher after Christmas). She had phoned because my cholesterol was up from 5.9 ( last tested in 2015) to 8.0! She wanted to put me in statins ( which I will never take) but agreed to have a fasting re test in about 6 weeks. I have no idea of the breakdown as she said that this had to come from a fasting one ( not sure that is true) but now feel too scared to eat! Anyone have any advice how to get this number down under the magic 7.5 ( point at which statins will be prescribed) in 6 weeks on a low carb diet?