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<blockquote data-quote="Ryhia" data-source="post: 2336179" data-attributes="member: 503862"><p>Well I had my cholesterol test at the hospital yesterday morning. This was not just a cholesterol test but my lipoprotein (a) and Apolipoprotein B100 will be tested as well. The blood nurse said it will take a little while for my results to come back so I wait in anticipation to see what they are. I already have a good idea of what my cholesterol levels are though as I did my own cholesterol test that morning which showed a total cholesterol level of 6.24 with LDL being 4.27, HDL: 1.50 and Trigs 1.04. I was very stressed and panicky at the hospital though which I understand can affect levels. If my tester is accurate, I know they are certainly not going to be happy with those numbers and I am pretty sure they will be pressing me to start Atorvastatin. If my ApoB results come back bad then I really do have to consider my options.. I understand ApoB is a much better indicator of cardiac risk than LDL cholesterol.</p><p></p><p>Those reading are probably aware that since July I have been trying to reduce my cholesterol by modifying my diet. And I have seen some reduction in my LDL levels which is encouraging. However this last month, I have found that my HDL and Trig markers seem to be generally going in the wrong direction. My HDL in July was 1.9, compared to the 1.5 of yesterday. Trigs have only slightly modified going from 0.9 to 1.04. The fact that I have been eating lots of fibre and have been trying to uplift my walking should have had a positive impact on HDL. When I spoke to the lipidologist I did say I would try to lose some weight as I am at the upper end of what I should be for my height and I just wonder if this is what could be impacting my HDL and Trigs as I am probably inadvertently reducing the number of calories I am eating and perhaps the amount of fat. One of the experiments I have tried with my tester is to eat a very low calorie/low carb diet for 3 days. What I found surprised me as my cholesterol went up and my trigs and HDL also went the wrong way. This is so frustrating as my bloods loved the lower calories. Its such a strange beast cholesterol and very dynamic, yet well nigh impossible to figure out. Even lipidologists don't have the full picture so what hope do I have. All I can do is keep tweaking my diet and testing until I find something that works. I still find it unacceptable to take medication for something I have caused in the first place unless it comes about there is a real reason to do so. In an ideal world it would be lovely to lower my cholesterol yet still keep my bloods low as well. Not easy to do I suspect but given the choice it has to be bloods all the way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ryhia, post: 2336179, member: 503862"] Well I had my cholesterol test at the hospital yesterday morning. This was not just a cholesterol test but my lipoprotein (a) and Apolipoprotein B100 will be tested as well. The blood nurse said it will take a little while for my results to come back so I wait in anticipation to see what they are. I already have a good idea of what my cholesterol levels are though as I did my own cholesterol test that morning which showed a total cholesterol level of 6.24 with LDL being 4.27, HDL: 1.50 and Trigs 1.04. I was very stressed and panicky at the hospital though which I understand can affect levels. If my tester is accurate, I know they are certainly not going to be happy with those numbers and I am pretty sure they will be pressing me to start Atorvastatin. If my ApoB results come back bad then I really do have to consider my options.. I understand ApoB is a much better indicator of cardiac risk than LDL cholesterol. Those reading are probably aware that since July I have been trying to reduce my cholesterol by modifying my diet. And I have seen some reduction in my LDL levels which is encouraging. However this last month, I have found that my HDL and Trig markers seem to be generally going in the wrong direction. My HDL in July was 1.9, compared to the 1.5 of yesterday. Trigs have only slightly modified going from 0.9 to 1.04. The fact that I have been eating lots of fibre and have been trying to uplift my walking should have had a positive impact on HDL. When I spoke to the lipidologist I did say I would try to lose some weight as I am at the upper end of what I should be for my height and I just wonder if this is what could be impacting my HDL and Trigs as I am probably inadvertently reducing the number of calories I am eating and perhaps the amount of fat. One of the experiments I have tried with my tester is to eat a very low calorie/low carb diet for 3 days. What I found surprised me as my cholesterol went up and my trigs and HDL also went the wrong way. This is so frustrating as my bloods loved the lower calories. Its such a strange beast cholesterol and very dynamic, yet well nigh impossible to figure out. Even lipidologists don't have the full picture so what hope do I have. All I can do is keep tweaking my diet and testing until I find something that works. I still find it unacceptable to take medication for something I have caused in the first place unless it comes about there is a real reason to do so. In an ideal world it would be lovely to lower my cholesterol yet still keep my bloods low as well. Not easy to do I suspect but given the choice it has to be bloods all the way. [/QUOTE]
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