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Cholesterol
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IMO, cholesterol readings are entirely genetic. I eat what I want, drink what and as much as I want, never pass up a juicy steak for a head of lettuce. All my blood work comes back the model of perfection. It really stumps my doctor why. The wife on the other hand, like the rest of her family, can walk past the bakery section of the grocery store and peg out the cholesterol readings.
I just finished a healthy organic lunch. It was most tasty!
It's good to see you're eating your veggies.
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Their green beans really ain't bad. Nothing like moms out of a Mason jar cooked in bacon grease, but better than the ones in a TV dinner!
I'm 81, never smoked, and I've been taking Crestor (rosuvastatin) for 8 or 9 years with no problems. My total cholesterol is consistently around 130, LDL is around 70, and HDL is in the upper 40s. Prior to taking Crestor, I took Lipitor (atorvastatin) for 15 years with good results and no problems until I started to have pain in my hands and shoulders. When I stopped taking Lipitor, the pain disappeared within days. Apparently l built up an intolerance for Lipitor after years of use. My cardiologist then switched me to Crestor. Fortunately, if I build an intolerance for it, there are plenty of other cholesterol reducing drugs out there.
Just had two CT scans. The seconded one where they put iodine in you and then take a second scan.
Now I get a thing from a DR saying I should have my bowel system checked out.
Nothing about my liver or lungs as was the last time....
Now I get a thing from a DR saying I should have my bowel system checked out.
Nothing about my liver or lungs as was the last time....
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Good for you, Kevin!
I have been on Carvedilol since 2011.
So far so good.
So far so good.
Everyone is, as Rusty suggests, wired differently. My total cholesterol is, and always has been, quite high and the LDL and HDL are out of whack. As of a year ago my calcium score was 19, less than my cardiologist's score, and pretty respectable for my age and condition. No statins, ever, and I'm willing to bet something other than heart disease will get me. I eat right and exercise regularly and try not to worry.
Bryan
Bryan
Genetics has a lot of influence. I am fortunate in that clean plumbing seems to run in the family. afib on the other hand.....well it was my turn. went through the battery of tests. cholesterol all good, scored a zero on the echo - squeaky clean. so they determined the afib is entirely an electrical problem, not a mechanical one.
Like 90%. I eat salads, very little red meat or carbs, walk 20 mi/wk, no smoke/alcohol/drugs, blahblahblah. No male in my family made it past 80 in our recorded history. My total cholesterol is 266 with 80 points of it HDL. I have outlived a few doctors though and every time I get a new one, when asked, I give them all the same "health care outcome expectation;" " I want nothing except a DRT!" They all ask: "What's DRT?" Me: "(D)ead (R)ight (T)here, preferably before my head smacks the floor. Can you help me with that?" About then they get up and leave. I'll be 72 in 3 weeks, I ain't dying young. Joe
Nothing will make you re-evaluate your health like going to the cardiac appointment and seeing all the folks on O2, in wheel chairs, swollen legs, etc. in the waiting room. I’m doing my best to avoid that fate. Dad is 95 and still hanging in.
My favorite uncle whom I am named after was tall, slim and muscular. He didn't work out rather he just worked. Besides his job he owned three rental properties that kept him busy.
For most of his life he ate six fried eggs, ten strips of bacon, two slices of buttered toast and two slices of toast and jam for afters.
His cholesterol numbers were always in the norm.
The found him in one of his rental properties with a bruise on his forehead and a wet paint brush in his hand.
He was 60.
For most of his life he ate six fried eggs, ten strips of bacon, two slices of buttered toast and two slices of toast and jam for afters.
His cholesterol numbers were always in the norm.
The found him in one of his rental properties with a bruise on his forehead and a wet paint brush in his hand.
He was 60.
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I’m also 68. I smoked tobacco until 25 years ago. I was on a chemical diet in my early years. About 15-18 years ago I weighed 255# and 5’11”. I’m presently down to 165-170#. I could probably dump some of the PM drugs I’m on. Other than having my cancerous prostate ripped out, my internals all seem to be okay. I should have died by the looks of some car wrecks I was in, but I was lucky. I sold my Superglide when I was 21. Never got another. I say don’t change anything to you, OP,! Keep on trucking.
Watch out for the 4-wheelers!
Watch out for the 4-wheelers!
You have good genes. It took cutting out processed sugar, nearly stopping all fried food, and good sized doses of a statin and cholesterol blockers to get mine under control. Having a heart attack made that choice pretty easy.
