So grateful

[DeejayR]

My six-month blood test results are back and I'm chuffed to be relegated to prediabetic again at 46. I expected to be pegged at 48 since my home testing seemed to show a gentle upward trend, although the lows and highs are getting closer together. So to have dropped a couple of points is great and thank you all for your support and advice.
So onward and upward (or downward?) with LCHF and perhaps a little more attention to exactly how many carbs I eat of a day.

My cholesterol experiment has had mixed fortunes, after I stopped statins six months ago at a level of 5.1. The non-fasting (random) test revealed:
Total cholesterol 7.0
HDL 2.18
Non-HDL 4.82
TC/HDL 3.2
Non-HDL has replaced LDL and without that I don't know how to calculate the trigs.
Needless to say I've been summoned to the headmaster's study, sorry, GP's surgery on Monday no doubt to be told to get back on the little oval pills.
I'm still inclined before doing that to ask for a fasting test to see if it's any different. Also I would like a proper interpretation of those figures, if someone can please oblige. They're such a mixture.

 

[Lamont D]

My six-month blood test results are back and I'm chuffed to be relegated to prediabetic again at 46. I expected to be pegged at 48 since my home testing seemed to show a gentle upward trend, although the lows and highs are getting closer together. So to have dropped a couple of points is great and thank you all for your support and advice.
So onward and upward (or downward?) with LCHF and perhaps a little more attention to exactly how many carbs I eat of a day.

My cholesterol experiment has had mixed fortunes, after I stopped statins six months ago at a level of 5.1. The non-fasting (random) test revealed:
Total cholesterol 7.0
HDL 2.18
Non-HDL 4.82
TC/HDL 3.2
Non-HDL has replaced LDL and without that I don't know how to calculate the trigs.
Needless to say I've been summoned to the headmaster's study, sorry, GP's surgery on Monday no doubt to be told to get back on the little oval pills.
I'm still inclined before doing that to ask for a fasting test to see if it's any different. Also I would like a proper interpretation of those figures, if someone can please oblige. They're such a mixture.

So pleased for you Dee!
Couldn't have been better news.
Keep it going mate!

 

[satindoll]

My six-month blood test results are back and I'm chuffed to be relegated to prediabetic again at 46. I expected to be pegged at 48 since my home testing seemed to show a gentle upward trend, although the lows and highs are getting closer together. So to have dropped a couple of points is great and thank you all for your support and advice.
So onward and upward (or downward?) with LCHF and perhaps a little more attention to exactly how many carbs I eat of a day.

My cholesterol experiment has had mixed fortunes, after I stopped statins six months ago at a level of 5.1. The non-fasting (random) test revealed:
Total cholesterol 7.0
HDL 2.18
Non-HDL 4.82
TC/HDL 3.2
Non-HDL has replaced LDL and without that I don't know how to calculate the trigs.
Needless to say I've been summoned to the headmaster's study, sorry, GP's surgery on Monday no doubt to be told to get back on the little oval pills.
I'm still inclined before doing that to ask for a fasting test to see if it's any different. Also I would like a proper interpretation of those figures, if someone can please oblige. They're such a mixture.

Try this converter.
http://www.hughcalc.org/chol-si.php

Well done

 

[DeejayR]

Try this converter.
http://www.hughcalc.org/chol-si.php

Well done

Yes, thanks, I have that one but it only works with LDL, which I haven't got.

 

[satindoll]

Yes, thanks, I have that one but it only works with LDL, which I haven't got.

Sorry Dee, but still well done you.

 

[Kat100]

Congratulations on numbers .. It's so exciting to hear good news ..

 

[Daphne917]

Well done Deejay keep up the good work!

 

[Chook]

Well done. Low carbing is such a big life change but you've proved that it's worth it.

 

[Redsnapper]

Well done chief, 46 is great in anyone's book.Keep it up.

 

[ButtterflyLady]

Well done! I love your posts too.

 

[DeejayR]

Thanks all. My GP is ok to let me go another 6 months without statins since the high HDL score and good TC/HDL ratio keeps me below the high-risk category despite the overall figure. (My sister in law in Norway has been around 11 for ever and isn't regarded as high risk over there.)
The surgery has no idea how I'm managing my blood sugar and seems not to be bothered as long as it ain't going up and I'm happy. Which of course I am.
The first thing my GP says when I go in is "How are you?" This used to seem a bit of a joke ("No doctor, you're supposed to tell me") but I now see she actually means it since I've chosen to take responsibility for this part of my life.
She admitted today that the health service tends to group T2s under the heading overweight and with rubbish control. I like to think she can cross me off for another 6 months and deal with the next patient.
There are a lot of sick people out there and I'm not one of them *
* EDIT Nor sure about that last sentence. It may not be appropriate so it may disappear.

 

[Bluetit1802]

Well done Deejay, I'm really pleased for you.

The Non-HDL should be under 3.4 and the TC/HDL under 4, and HDL should be 1.2 to 3.5.
However, it is the Trigs that are the baddies, and you don't mention those.

 

[DeejayR]

The Non-HDL should be under 3.4 and the TC/HDL under 4, and HDL should be 1.2 to 3.5.
However, it is the Trigs that are the baddies, and you don't mention those.

Thanks for the non-HDL range. I'll add that to my reference figures.
I haven't got the trigs and I can't work them out since they don't give the LDL any more.

 

[Bluetit1802]

Thanks for the non-HDL range. I'll add that to my reference figures.
I haven't got the trigs and I can't work them out since they don't give the LDL any more.

Perhaps next time your test is due you could ask for the trigs to be tested? I don't know why some doctors don't do this automatically as they are so important.

 

[DeejayR]

Perhaps next time your test is due you could ask for the trigs to be tested? I don't know why some doctors don't do this automatically as they are so important.

Quite. My GP asked for a full spectrum (or whatever it's called) cholesterol reading and we assumed it would include trigs. Oops!

 

[Larissima]

Congrats on your HbA1c number! I'm afraid I don't know much about cholesterol, but my GP told me that although my figures were slightly elevated, the fact that I was eating low carb (i.e. more animal fats) accounted for that and she wouldn't have to prescribe me statins.

 

[Celeriac]

Labs use the Friedewald formula to calculate some of the readings e.g. LDL
http://www.livestrong.com/article/302242-how-to-calculate-triglycerides/

High or low trigs can mess up the LDL-C calculation supposedly.

 

[Robbity]

@DeejayR: Well done you! Have a couple of gold stars from me!

Robbity

 

[DeejayR]

@DeejayR: Well done you! Have a couple of gold stars from me!

Robbity
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Wow, I haven't had gold stars since nursery school and I didn't get many then.

 

[Robbity]

Well I've fixed that for you now - but I reckon you've probably graduated from Diabetic Kindergarten now with those results!

Robbity