Yee ha, dodged the Lipitor bullet again!
Had my yearly a couple days ago. The telephone rings yesterday, and it's the doctor's PA. "Mr. M we have the result of your lipid panel. Your cholesterol is 272 which is high. Your LDL is 170, but you...
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Thunder Mountain wrote:ScottG wrote:
Congrats!
I have kinda similar numbers and need to get them checked again.
May I ask if you fasted before the test?
Thx,
Scott
Yes, those were fasting numbers.
Ok, thanks.
I ask because my numbers were a bit high so I cut out red meat and most everything else I like and after a year my bad cholesterol went up 10 points and my good went way down.
The only difference was I didn't fast. I keep reading conflicting information on this but next time I won't let the Dr. surprise me - I'll be ready for the test.
Thanks for the post.
Scott
