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In just that one statement, I can’t tell you how much support you’ve given me with your words. I shall reply more to your post in a few minutes, but wanted to get my immediate feedback to you.If the doctor insists on statins ask for a coronary calcium artery scan first. It's plaque that causes strokes and heart attacks not cholesterol
my Cholesterol numbers are requiring my DR to call me tomorrow- BOO!! What’s a guy gotta do?
O...K...
Firstly thanks for all the feedback. And secondly here's a listing of the items that were tested this September:
Which of these, if any, should I respond to with my DR? Are these the four that you all recognize? Is there another test that's missing?
- Serum cholesterol
- Serum HDL cholesterol level
- Serum cholesterol/HDL ratio
- Non-HDL Cholesterol
Hmm? Could those results be hidden under another group?You could ask why they missed off triglycerides (which are really the most important) ..
You guessed correctly. Now, what do I ask the DR?guess you hadn't water fasted 12-14 hours before the blood was taken?
Oh, righto! Shall I also say this to the DR?This makes the entire exercise a bit pointless
And wheres that?In the meantime read @bulkbiker ‘s huge cholesterol thread.
No worries. It’s this one: https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/cholesterol-and-statins.156985/It's called Cholesterol and statins. Sorry can't do a link right now
That’s the one. glad you found it before I got here. It’s a bit of a big one!No worries. It’s this one: https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/cholesterol-and-statins.156985/
Yeah, right. I don’t think I’ll be able to consume, assimilate and make sense of it prior to my DR-chat. What I will make clear to the DR that all my numbers are well within parameters as being NORMAL and the one that is ABNORMAL is elevated by 0.1, and even that has been dropping since 2018.It’s a bit of a big one!
Wow, that’s good. What of my Markers above, is this Total cholesterol?I found my Total cholesterol went down by 2.0 points