My A1C and glucose are normal, but my cholesterol still came back very high. It's frustrating when I'm trying to eat mainly Protein and it causes the cholesterol to shoot up.

I know I should nix the cheese, but it makes me happy and makes it easier to stay away from all the Pasta, bread and potatoes.

Should I be a thin person with bad cholesterol or a fat person with good cholesterol?

Are those my choices? It runs in my family. We don't get cancer. We have strokes in our 80s.

Here is a good place to get info on statins. www.spacedoc.net

Catracks ~ interesting the medical profession is always making statements about how unhealthy are cholesterol levels on but it isn't even consider as a comorbidity for consideration for wls. how iranic.

Catracks ~ interesting the medical profession is always making statements about how unhealthy are cholesterol levels on but it isn't even consider as a comorbidity for consideration for wls. how iranic.

* Doink! You know, now that you mention it .....

I only know that I haven't felt this great in YEARS. I know they talk about it like it's an asymptomatic killer, but don't truly sick people feel pretty lousy?

I walk about 5 miles a day, do crunches, and lift. On the weekends I hike around 10 miles up mountains.

Moving enough?

yes most people just don't understand their numbers. HDL , LDL and triglycerides. I mean I have high chol but my over all number ALWAYS looks good but I needed to move more to get my hdl numbers where they needed to be.

Yes, just like the crazy ones always feel sane.

...but don't truly sick people feel pretty lousy?

b.b.b.b.but I FEEL perfectly sane!

I'm SOOOOOOOO CONFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSED!!!!!

Hey, just had an appointment with my surgeon and NUT this week and voiced my concern about my cholesterol - my NUT told me something very interesting that may make you feel better: According to her, it's normal for cholesterol to go UP after surgery for around 6-9 months, and then start going down again. The reason for this is all the fat being released or something of the sort. That made me feel a lot better, as my cholesterol was actually not too bad before surgery (yes, with statins, but with a major family history of cholesterol and heart disease, I've been on cholesterol medication since I was a child - that's the only way all of us can control it) and now it's pretty high. So I will continue to monitor it, but hope to see an improvement within a few months.

Hey, just had an appointment with my surgeon and NUT this week and voiced my concern about my cholesterol - my NUT told me something very interesting that may make you feel better: According to her, it's normal for cholesterol to go UP after surgery for around 6-9 months, and then start going down again. The reason for this is all the fat being released or something of the sort. That made me feel a lot better, as my cholesterol was actually not too bad before surgery (yes, with statins, but with a major family history of cholesterol and heart disease, I've been on cholesterol medication since I was a child - that's the only way all of us can control it) and now it's pretty high. So I will continue to monitor it, but hope to see an improvement within a few months.

I never though of that. To tell you the truth, I really don't know WHAT happens when fat is burned.

I never though of that. To tell you the truth, I really don't know WHAT happens when fat is burned.

I think it's connected to all the estrogen that's released into the body - to the best of my knowledge, high estrogen is linked to higher cholesterol.

Thanks Miriam, That makes me feel so much better.