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Tom Bridgeland wrote:
except for ldl
> cholesterol, which was over 200! Hdl cholesterol was 58, pretty good,
> and triglicerides 47, very good, but the doctor freaked when he saw the
> the high number of ldl. Then my wife freaked, of course, and they gave
> me two months to lower the number or he would put me on statins! I am
> not sure what threat my wife will use to make me take them, and don't
> want to know.

Get the VAP test !!!  I had perfect blood results with my physical but my
LDL cholesterol was 164, my fibrinogen was 429, 375 is upper normal, Lp(a)
was 14, 10 is upper normal.  sigh.....  Ask your doc if stress will increase
LDL's!!!  I was very surprised at my VAP.  I feel like I flunked a
test......  ALL other blood levels were perfect.  My crp was perfect as was
my homocysteine.  go figure.  Since I posted my results the private emails
from the list have been very enlightening so I'm not worried about it.  I'll
retake it and let you know.  Oliva