Hello
After some interpretation please.
Just had a cholesterol test repeated after some months (they wanted to put me straight on the meds in May) and want to know if medication is the only way forward. I have put the results from May first and then from yesterday and those are definitely better. These weren't fasting tests even though the data I can get is about fasting for triglycerides. I am not in a high risk group. My Q score is not high and I recently had my gallbladder out and have lost 9 lbs. I am now only in overweight BMI by about 3 lbs. I have medicated slightly raised BP. My diet is very restricted and not nutrient rich but it's also very low fat. I am also constantly anaemic.
Any thoughts? I'll go on meds if they tell me to but it's a bit depressing that I lost all this weight and don't eat fat :(
HDL ratio May 4mmol/mmol Now 4
LDL May 3 mmol Now 3mmol
non HDL May 4.44 Now 4.11
serum cholesterol level May 5.9 mg Now 5.5
HDL cholesterol level May 1.46 Now 1.39
Triglycerides May 3.2 Now 2.5
I am not good at understanding this but it looks like my cholesterol is a bit odd and probably only a borderline problem and that the triglycerides are higher than they should be but not hugely. I am not sure the tablets are really the answer?
Feel free to disabuse me of this fanciful notion!