Doctor's Check-Up: Results

[athelind]

Looks like my adjusted eating habits (I refuse to call it a "diet") have done the trick. Not only have I dropped 20-plus pounds since May, my blood numbers are VASTLY improved:

Test	Reference	05/09/07	08/22/07
Cholesterol	125-200	233	178
Triglycerides	<150	149	74
VLDL Chol.	5-35	30	15
LDL Chol	<130	169	129
HDL Chol	>40	34	34
Chol/HDL ratio	<= 5.0	6.9	5.2

Still need to work on getting the good cholesterol (HDL) up -- more exercise is the recommendation. I'm most pleased overall, though, and my doctor was really impressed by the turnaround.

Comments

[shdragon.livejournal.com]

What ARE your adjusted eating habits, by the way (if you don't mind me prying)? This is something I need to get around to as well pretty badly, but I'm rather food-uninspired.

[trpeal.livejournal.com]

I echo shdragon's question about your eating habits. I just had blood work done, and my cholesterol numbers were highly inappropriate. Enough so that I was given trial samples of Lipitor. :( I am working on changing my diet and exercising more to get the levels down so that I can get off the pills, so any tips would be greatly appreciated!