I am 3 months out and my PCP ordered some labs for me. My cholesterol is a funky one. I have thankfully gone down in my total cholesterol from 203 to 185. The bad one (LDL) went down from 147 to 134, but unfortunately my good (HDL) is also lower - from 42 to 34. The HDL was already low to begin with, given you want more than 46mg/dL. This makes my ratio worse from 4.8 to 5.4 putting me in a cardiac risk area.

Has anyone heard of this happening after surgery?

Most of my Protein is whey isolate shakes, made with Water. I occasionally make them with 3-4oz of unflavored soy milk, but the "creamy" taste doesn't always agree with me. I eat lean meats like chicken breast, shrimp, scallops, halibut, some turkey. I rarely have eggs, they also don't agree with me. If I have one or two a week, that's it. I also have FF Greek yogurt and cottage cheese, with a Babybel snack as my main cheese. The rest of my food is a soup/broth, green veggie, some fruit, and a little bit of hummus. I cook with EV olive oil and anytime I have a dressing on my veggies, it's my homemade balsamic vinaigrette made with that olive oil -- all good for the heart. I do eat avocado (against doctor's orders) for the same heart healthy HDL and Fiber.

I exercise very regularly, 5-6 days per week with light walks on my "rest" days.

I'm worried about this and not sure what to do. I can't take cholesterol medication b/c we still plan to have children. I know most of the time it's genetic, but I'm just curious if anyone else had this after the sleeve?

I snack on walnuts & my HDL was real good.

So my gastroenterologist informed me today that consuming TOO MUCH shellfish can make the LDL cholesterol go up. I've been eating shrimp and scallops like 4-5 times per week since solids. YIKES! Just wish my doctor or NUT would have mentioned this when I asked them about the cholesterol problem