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Don't know if anyone is still reading as its now got a little boring, but I said I would keep the thread updated.
Had my phone appointment today with someone from the lipid clinic, I didn't catch her name it wasn't the consultant though. Maybe a registrar? Don't really know what to report really, the appointment was basically just a question and answer session. She asked about family history, diet, exercise, whether I smoked and how much I drank, she mentioned my health and asked what meds I take (I don't take any). We discussed diabetes a little bit and my low carb diet, she commended me on my levels, said I was in remission which is more that my GP says, so I recommended that she visit this website as she would read of many more people who were managing their diabetes by diet. After the Qs she said she didn't think from what I had told her there was a specific family risk of heart disease. I do have family that have had heart attacks in their 50s but not fatal.
After discussing my diet (I'm now living on extra virgin olive oil which I hate) she was hopeful cholesterol would have come down a little but then said it needed to come down to 4.5 which is never going to happen any time soon, apparently it was 5.5 in 2016 when I was still eating carbs. She mentioned the measures they use to assess risk and that my LDL would indicate an increased risk of having a heart attack in the next 10 years. She said that if I cannot get my levels down it would be necessary to treat with medication No surprises for guessing what she meant. I told her I would not be happy to take statins as I had read contradictory reports and was quite skeptical as to the benefits of statin, I was concerned that my sugar levels would rise which I would not be happy about considering that Covid is around. I said I felt they were only beneficial if the person had already had a heart attack but was wanting to privately pursue other testing options to see whether I had cause for concern or not after which if the results were bad I may have to reassess things. She was very nice but I didn't convince her, not even when I mentioned how good my Trigs were, she just said that there was a range of statins and they should be able to find one which was suitable. Didn't bother going into any greater detail of how detrimental statins could be, didn't feel it was doing any good and I didn't want to antagonise.
Going forward, she is going to arrange a cholesterol blood test at the hospital she touched on genetic testing but she was non committal whether this option would be actively pursued, it think it may depend on what the consultant decides when she discusses this appointment. I hope I didn't come across obstructive, it may be useful to go through the DNA investigations if only for my family's sake. Bit concerned in case the blood test comes very soon as although it is unlikely I can reduce my cholesterol levels enough through diet alone, I would appreciate the chance. I might need to experiment with the Feldman protocol in readiness for my next test. Wouldn't that be a shocker if it worked for me. Anyway she said she had enjoyed talking to me, I hope that was true....I was on my best behaviour.
Had my phone appointment today with someone from the lipid clinic, I didn't catch her name it wasn't the consultant though. Maybe a registrar? Don't really know what to report really, the appointment was basically just a question and answer session. She asked about family history, diet, exercise, whether I smoked and how much I drank, she mentioned my health and asked what meds I take (I don't take any). We discussed diabetes a little bit and my low carb diet, she commended me on my levels, said I was in remission which is more that my GP says, so I recommended that she visit this website as she would read of many more people who were managing their diabetes by diet. After the Qs she said she didn't think from what I had told her there was a specific family risk of heart disease. I do have family that have had heart attacks in their 50s but not fatal.
After discussing my diet (I'm now living on extra virgin olive oil which I hate) she was hopeful cholesterol would have come down a little but then said it needed to come down to 4.5 which is never going to happen any time soon, apparently it was 5.5 in 2016 when I was still eating carbs. She mentioned the measures they use to assess risk and that my LDL would indicate an increased risk of having a heart attack in the next 10 years. She said that if I cannot get my levels down it would be necessary to treat with medication No surprises for guessing what she meant. I told her I would not be happy to take statins as I had read contradictory reports and was quite skeptical as to the benefits of statin, I was concerned that my sugar levels would rise which I would not be happy about considering that Covid is around. I said I felt they were only beneficial if the person had already had a heart attack but was wanting to privately pursue other testing options to see whether I had cause for concern or not after which if the results were bad I may have to reassess things. She was very nice but I didn't convince her, not even when I mentioned how good my Trigs were, she just said that there was a range of statins and they should be able to find one which was suitable. Didn't bother going into any greater detail of how detrimental statins could be, didn't feel it was doing any good and I didn't want to antagonise.
Going forward, she is going to arrange a cholesterol blood test at the hospital she touched on genetic testing but she was non committal whether this option would be actively pursued, it think it may depend on what the consultant decides when she discusses this appointment. I hope I didn't come across obstructive, it may be useful to go through the DNA investigations if only for my family's sake. Bit concerned in case the blood test comes very soon as although it is unlikely I can reduce my cholesterol levels enough through diet alone, I would appreciate the chance. I might need to experiment with the Feldman protocol in readiness for my next test. Wouldn't that be a shocker if it worked for me. Anyway she said she had enjoyed talking to me, I hope that was true....I was on my best behaviour.
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