Experiences with

Cholesterol test

Also where my cholesterol should be. Can anyone recommend a home cholesterol test please. Many thanks for your time. Judi

In June my non fasting cholesterol levels were: Total 3,0 HDL 1.8 LDL 1.5 tricylcldes 0.7 So after a full year of taking statins and changing my diet to have more oily fish, eat more etc and fruit etc etc I had my cholesterol test and my results were Total 3.2 HDL 1.3 LDL 1.4 Tricycldes 1.1 So while

She has also scheduled me for another cholesterol test as was very high last time and can then follow up on stroke risk which is my main concern. I read in an article posted by PMRpro that that a higher proportion of younger PMR patients get non temporal GCA leading to stroke.

I am to have my blood check up and have been told I don’t have to starve regarding my cholesterol test. Is this something new or has somebody made a mistake ?

Had a fasting cholesterol test and I don’t understand the results 🙄. I’ve asked Doctor and his response was ‘it’s stable’ ?? As they are pushing me to go on Statins I really need to understand what they mean. This is what’s on the results.

Am i entitled to a free NHS cholesterol test? [i]'m 51, [/i] [i]My father had triple[/i] heart surgery[u], has [/u][u]high[i] cholesterol, heart [/i][/u][i][u]failure[/u][/i].

A little further down my road of tests, in summary I have no symptoms but it all started with a cholesterol test of 8.9, gp said it could be liver related as it’s too high to be diet. Had liver bloods and ALT was high at 150.

I’ve never had a cholesterol test so I don’t know if it’s high or not, apart from some episodes of shortness of breath and chest pain over past two years which was diagnosed as GERD I’m pretty healthy, normal weight, healthy eating don’t smoke or drink so I am at a loss as to why I have this diagnosis

I am a 37 year old female and I know that the familial high cholesterol is in my family, however, I had a cholesterol test about 10 years ago ‘prior to diagnosis’ and it was a healthy 3. However, I’m panicking that this will have changed.

Got another cholesterol test but at a chemist fingerprick one today as I was worried about my cholesterol results from 4 weeks ago so got this done at the chemist as my doctor would repeat the bloods as it had only be one month since my bloods and my total cholesterol 4 weeks ago was 5.5 now only 4 weeks

Yesterday I read in the BBC news that a women had been refused her thyroid bloods test along with a cholesterol test due to shortages in England and Wales of blood test tubes. Has anyone been refused recently.

I'm nearly 62 years old; this is a deliberate use of the word old.... I'm no longer me, no respite from pain, insomnia, fibro fog, pins and needles, hypersensitivity to noise and bright lights. Added to this I also have Hypothyroidism with these symptoms: fatigue,increased sensitivity to cold, constipation

Out of interest, for those who have been actually told they have FH, I thought it would be interesting to know what their cholesterol levels were before they were presumably prescribed medication. I found I had a natural cholesterol level of between 9 and 10 over 20 years ago and have been taking statins

Hi everyone! How are we all? Quick question please? How reliable are cholesterol testing home kits? With thanks Shaivi

GP wants to start me on Rosuvastatin as my cholesterol level has risen (7.7) since starting my treatment on Decepeptyl and Xtandi. Was wondering if starting a statin would reduce the effects of my treatment on the prostate cancer itself. Many thanks in advance

How many phials do I have to fill for a thyroid test?!! Struggled with filling just one for cholesterol test, despite following the tips on here. Will have to try again on that one as medichecks did send me a free replacement.

Just want it to feel normal and then today I’ve just had a phone call from the doctor asking me to come in as they’ve had my results of my cholesterol test so now I’m really worried about this why are they asking me to come in it’s got to be bad news and I’ve heard so many people say don’t take statins

Just had results of Cholesterol test which is 6.2 (up from 4.8 three years ago and pre PMR). Started a low carb diet as soon as prescribed Prednisolone and it has certainly stopped me from gaining. Weight but has meant that I have had to add more fat to my diet for energy.

Hi guys 25 years old I have had this line of yellow through the middle or exposed bit of my eyes for sometime now Just wondering if anyone has had something like this or knows what it could be Done blood tests and all that Only coming back with high cholesterol and slightly elevated liver test

I have the results of a Cholesterol test (British NHS). I was told it would include advanced lipid results, but it only has nothing like the info given in a test in the US. The numbers are also very different. Any help interpreting this, would be greatly appreciated.