... I'm a 50 yr old female with family history of high cholesterol and triglycerides. I had triple bypass may 2008. My triglycerides started out at 1400 now down to 293. My hdl is now 39, ldl 118, and cholesterol 216. ... (2 replies)

... mechanism. That means you've got a lot of little guys taking out all of that LDL, so your high cholesterol level isn't telling the whole story. Nevertheless if you can lower that LDL without significantly lowering your HDL you'll be sitting in tall cotton. ... (28 replies)

... s are not that bad, given the high HDL... ... (28 replies)

... I just got a letter from my doctor asking me to make another appointment to discuss the results of my blood work. She said my cholesterol is really high. ... (28 replies)

... trigycerides have always been high around 200 to 290. ... (4 replies)

... Hi, I'm new here, just got these test results today. Bloodwork was done after fasting. Total cholesterol 387 HDL cholesterol 45 Cholesterol /HDL ratio 8.6 Calculated LDL cholesterol 293 Triglycerides 246 TSH .55 I don't understand these numbers and hope you can explain them to me. The Dr gave me Lipitor to start tonight. He said these... (7 replies)

... is pretty high which is good. ... (11 replies)

... I was taking Lipitor 10 mg for 4 years and it kept my numbers in range. Last year they doubled my medicine because my triglyceride and LDL starting coming back up. I took the blood test 4 months later and numbers were about the same. I was then put on 30 mg. Lipitor. On 30 I started noticing calf charlie horses and trouble sleeping. Again, the numbers were: overall # 293... (4 replies)