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Back last July I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. Did a complete lifestyle change. Got the blood sugar under control and with the new diet and excercise program lost 46 pounds. Then in January I had a heart attack and got 4 stents put in.
The cardiac doc put me on Lipitor (among other drugs). I had already got my total cholesterol down from 191 to 111 with the diet and excercise. With the Lipitor my latest bloodwork showed total chol. of 95. My doc says she wants it below 70.
Really!? Seventy for **** sake? I already stopped eating anything that tastes good. I quit dairy, pork and pretty much everything but chicken, fish and veggies....lots and lots of veggies. Nothing fried. No hambergers, etc.
How do I get down below 70? All my doc could suggest was referring me to a dietician. I understand with my risk factors that these are the new guidelines but do any of y'all have any realistic suggestions how to accomplish this. Triglycerides were 125, A1C 5.9, fasting blood glucose 80... best numbers I've had so far. This is frustrating.
Mark
The cardiac doc put me on Lipitor (among other drugs). I had already got my total cholesterol down from 191 to 111 with the diet and excercise. With the Lipitor my latest bloodwork showed total chol. of 95. My doc says she wants it below 70.
Really!? Seventy for **** sake? I already stopped eating anything that tastes good. I quit dairy, pork and pretty much everything but chicken, fish and veggies....lots and lots of veggies. Nothing fried. No hambergers, etc.
How do I get down below 70? All my doc could suggest was referring me to a dietician. I understand with my risk factors that these are the new guidelines but do any of y'all have any realistic suggestions how to accomplish this. Triglycerides were 125, A1C 5.9, fasting blood glucose 80... best numbers I've had so far. This is frustrating.
Mark