Is My Cholesterol OK?

[lucylocket61]

Just got back from the DSN. My results are as follows:

Total cholesterol: 4.9
HDL: 1.4
LDL: 3
Trigs: 1

And my new official HbA1c is: 5.8!!!!

Is my cholesterol OK? I have refused statins for now.

 

[librarising]

lucylocket61 wrote
Is my cholesterol OK?

Looks fine to me Lucy.

Total/HDL of 3.5 (ideally 4 or lower)
trigs/HDL ratio of 0.7 (ideally 2 or lower)

Keep up the good work :thumbup:
and congrats on the HbA1c :thumbup: :thumbup:

Geoff

 

[MaryJ]

Hi Lucy

the targets for people with DB are:

Total <4
HDL > 1.2
LDL < 2
Trig <1.8
Ratio <6

Do you know what your previous Cholesterol levels were? It's hard to see in isolation what your results mean.

Well done on the Hba1c, coming down nicely.

Mary x

 

[diment]

the good news i just came back from clinic and my HbA1c is down to 5.4....yee ha.
HbA1c,
may 2010........8.4
august 2011....7.2
july 2012........6.0
sept 2012.......5.4

should be 4.4 to 6.4 = very good.

bad news........you guessed it Cholesterol.

cholesterol ...
; may 2010.......169
; august 2011...148
; july 2012.......230
; sept 2012......271

should be 50--200 = DANGER>>>>>>>>>

HDL cholesterol
may 2010.......48
august 2011...39
july 2012.......53
sept 2012......46

should be over 40 = OK

triglyceride
may 2010......101
august 2011...89
july 2012.......82
sept 2012..... 62

should be < 200 or 30-170 =OK

LDL
may 2009.....98
july 2012.....165
sept 2012....212

should be 0- 130 = DANGER>>>>>>>>>>>>>


I have lost weight (10 kgs) feel good since starting Atkins in may 2012.now my weight has stopped for 2 months thats OK.im happy at 74 kgs.im 5.9....but this cholesterol 271 its very high....? why.

my breakfast 4 slices of bacon and a 2 egg cheese omelette cooked in the bacon fat with 5 slices of zuccini cooked in the bacon fat.coffee with cream

lunch.. Flax seed bread with butter and sugar free jam

dinner.. some meat with salad or cauliflower....
exercise 1.5 hours a day walking and 30 minutes in the gym.
drink 2 litres of water and 3 coffees with full cream a day.
so too worry about these numbers or not ??????????????????????????
Last edited by crocken; September 1st, 2012 at 03:34 AM.