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<blockquote data-quote="KK123" data-source="post: 2203291" data-attributes="member: 451727"><p>Hi DCUK, I actually did get referred to a lipidologist (Total cholesterol was 8,HDL 2.45, trigs 0.5). He went on about statins but did refer me to a team of Nurses that had been set up to look into a sort of DNA analysis as well as to test for FH. It was fascinating stuff. Anyway, I did not have FH but they did 12 other DNA type tests on various cholesterol signifiers (sorry I'm not being very scientific) and they came back as me naturally having markers that meant a higher cholesterol than an average person. Meaning I had inherited a propensity towards a higher than average level compared to Ms Average. They still recommended statins and said diet/lifestyle would make no difference, only statins would get it down to 4. Why should I get it down to 4 by artificial means?, I just don't get it. MY body makes that amount and that's that as far as I am concerned, obviously I do follow a healthy lifestyle anyway but the next time my Dr asks me how much cheese I eat I'm going to explode. x</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KK123, post: 2203291, member: 451727"] Hi DCUK, I actually did get referred to a lipidologist (Total cholesterol was 8,HDL 2.45, trigs 0.5). He went on about statins but did refer me to a team of Nurses that had been set up to look into a sort of DNA analysis as well as to test for FH. It was fascinating stuff. Anyway, I did not have FH but they did 12 other DNA type tests on various cholesterol signifiers (sorry I'm not being very scientific) and they came back as me naturally having markers that meant a higher cholesterol than an average person. Meaning I had inherited a propensity towards a higher than average level compared to Ms Average. They still recommended statins and said diet/lifestyle would make no difference, only statins would get it down to 4. Why should I get it down to 4 by artificial means?, I just don't get it. MY body makes that amount and that's that as far as I am concerned, obviously I do follow a healthy lifestyle anyway but the next time my Dr asks me how much cheese I eat I'm going to explode. x [/QUOTE]
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