Help me defend these lab results

#81

Thank you for this … it’s PERFECT!

(Erin Wilson) #82

All of her work is amazing. I highly suggest searching her blog for more information and checking out related articles. She’s basically a master at cross-checking dats.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #83

You know, there is an acronyms wiki in the Resources forum, but I hate to post the link and ruin all the fun (YKTIAAWITRFBIHTPTLARATF). :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

#84

Just got back from the doc’s office… went “OK”. She HATES my total cholesterol number and said if I can’t bring that down I should start statins. I pointed out my good numbers and she said she’s looking at the entire picture and doesn’t like what she sees. I pointed out all the ways that I feel BETTER with this way of eating, and she asked that I compromise and if I “insist on continuing to eat meat”, that I limit it to once a day. I can do that.

What’s got me really concerned is that she did an EKG and didn’t like it so I’m going for an echo-cardiogram tomorrow. I wonder if that has something to do with the fact that I haven’t been able to work all week because of this extreme weakness and fatigue? Guess we’ll see. Always something.
Sue

(Aimee Moisa) #85

@PaulL Why did you blur out the word you blurred out?

(Aimee Moisa) #86

Definitely, if by “world” you mean my backside! LOL

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #87

I have a weird sense of humor, and sometimes I substitute perfectly proper words for profanity, but blur them so people can still pretend I was swearing. Does that make sense? :grinning:

If it does, could you please explain it? :rofl: :rofl:

(Aimee Moisa) #88

OH MY GOD! You are a kindred spirit!!! I totally understand. What you enjoy is the ridiculous irony of life’s arbitrary nature. I laugh at that all the time myself. :slight_smile:

(Alec) #89

Ooooo… this a thousand times over. If we could plaster this over the walls of this place, maybe we wouldn’t have people in such a stressed state about their high cholesterol and LDL. It is protective, not a risk factor.

Why would anyone take a statin, which very effectively will reduce cholesterol, when reduced cholesterol is associated with increased all cause mortality? Can someone please explain that to me?? And these drugs are the biggest drugs in the world. Blimey!

This is why our diet guidelines must change. They are killing people prematurely.

(Aimee Moisa) #90

There you go again with the acronyms, @Alecmcq! :wink:

(Alec) #91

Now, surely I am allowed LDL? No? Oh, I am going away to :sob:

(Aimee Moisa) #92

You have overused your allotment so you can’t even use the common ones, especially when there are ignoramuses like me around who don’t know what they stand for and can never remember which is good and which is bad or keep up with contradictory research that shows that maybe the bad one is good and the good one is bad or maybe the bad one has good ones AND bad ones or maybe the good one has bad ones and good ones or maybe the total being high was bad but now it is good and the total being low was good but now is bad and now I will just go to bed now cause I am so confused.

(Alec) #93

Aimee
It really is very simple. More is good. Period.
Cheers
A

(Aimee Moisa) #94

Thank you for the clarification, Alec. I do have to ask though… Is a single letter, commonly seen when using initials, consired an acronym? I think I am going to have to check with the East German judge on this one.

(Alec) #95

Bugger, does that mean I am using up my acronym allotment with my initial? Better stop that then.
Cheers
Alec

#96

Here’s an easy way to remember the two: LDL = lousy. HDL = happy.
Sue

(Alec) #97

It’s a new day, and I get my quota back.

WWWUA? :joy::thinking:

(Aimee Moisa) #98

Sadly, I am no you. I’m not smart enough to parse out the meaning of a random acronymic riddle like you did for Beet Hoe Vin last week.

(Alec) #99

Sue
If you or your Dr are concerned, why not have a CAC scan done? This looks at the disease directly, it is not measuring some shaky proxy marker for the disease (like cholesterol levels).

If my Dr said that to me, I would show him the charts below from WHO data, and ask exactly why he wants me to reduce cholesterol when this data shows the higher cholesterol the lower the all cause mortality. I would ask whether he is trying to kill me. I am not joking. If there was some slippery answers in response, I would be leaving his office immediately. These Drs need to keep up to date, do their homework, and not trust the bollox provided by statin pushing drug companies.

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(less is more, more or less) #100

Exactly. @Alecmcq is being more charitable than I, as I’d expect the doctor to keep him or herself current where it matters. If such data is unpersuasive, the doctor isn’t worth my time or patronage.