RE: Rising Cholesterol + Potassium Test Results

[Guest guest]

Hi Dawn

What medication were you taking

Hi everyone,

I had to have my cholesterol bloods checked after being on medication for a

while.

My cholesterol has actually gone up since last September

Serum total cholesterol level was 6.8 mmol/L ( Range <5.00 mmol/L)

now 7.3

Serum triglycerides was 2.9 mmol/L (Range <2.30 mmol/L)

now 2.6 mmol/L

Serum HDL cholesterol level was 1.5 mmol/L (Range >1.00 mmol/L)

now 1.8 mmol/L

Serum LDL choesterol level was 4 (calculated) range <3.00 (calculated

now 4.3 (calculated)

Total cholesterol HDL Ratio was 4.5 ratio Range 3.50 ratio

now 4.1

Liver function tests

Plasma gamma GT level

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[Guest guest]

Hi Sheila,

I was on Ezetimibe 10mg.

Now on Rovuastatin 5mg

Still waiting for NHS blood results from endocrinologist visit three weeks ago (

Thyroid, liver, thyroid anti-body tests etc).

Potassium is also slightly raised, gp said not to eat bananas or tomatoes ( not

that I ate lots of them before). I do eat healthily, cant do right for doing

wrong.

Dawn

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[Guest guest]

Hi Dawn,

Sorry to interject but have you googled the drugs that you have been prescribed?

Statins do have side efects, even though the medical profession and media wax

lyrical about them.(Increase risk of kidney

problems and Diabetes mellitis)

I do not know you status with regard to you thyroid.

Are you on hypothyroid, and if so are you being medicated for it?

High cholesterol can be a side effect of not being properly

medicated for hypothyroidism.

Did your doctor not suggest a dietary approach for your cholesterol levels?

High dose Niacin (B3) is also used for cholesterol control.

Kind regards,

Tina

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[Guest guest]

Dear Tina,

Gp did not ask me to change diet as I advised that I do eat very healthily. Dont

drink or smoke either. That is why I get very frustrated. I saw Dr P last

November and he said that I am hypothyroid however gp says not. I saw an endo 3

weeks ago and am still awaiting blood results ( anti bodies, liver function

again, hormones etc).

I wanted to get the NHS to confirm that I am Hypothyroid, but I think that I

need to reconsider self medicating, I am just so worried about it all. My

" fibro " pains are getting worse, muscles really hurt and my arm started shaking

when I lifted a cup of tea up the other day and when your young daughter tells

you to go to bed at 4pm because you can't keep your eyes open it's upsetting.

I have noticed this week that my eyebrows are also getting thinner.

I have put 4.5 stone on during the past 5 years, it wont budge.

My gp thinks that the high cholesterol is " genetic " , although nobody else has

this problem.

Dawn

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[Guest guest]

High cholesterol used to be one of the main tools a doctor would

use to diagnose hypothyroidism in the past, but now, they are not even taught

about this. Because of your very slow metabolism, plaques start to build up in

your blood vessels. You can help this yourself by taking high doses of Niacin

(vitamin B3) 300mgs daily. You need to get the flushing kind. You take this

with 350mgs CoEnzymeQ10 daily. These are two natural products and they work.

Doctors should NOT diagnose by using thyroid function blood test

results alone. They should take account of your symptoms and signs, your basal

temperature taken over 4 or 5 days before getting out of bed and before having

anything to eat or drink, a full clinical examination, taking into

consideration your family history, i.e. have you any members of your family

with a thyroid or autoimmune disease? Thyroid blood tests should be done, but the

diagnosis should not be based on serum tests alone.

Check out our web site www.tpa-uk.org.uk

and click on 'Hypothyroidism' in the Menu. Check your symptoms and signs

against those listed there, and read everything you can. If the NHS refuse to

give you a diagnosis because they say your thyroid function tests show you

don't have a problem, then you may well be left with no other option other than

to go down the self-treatment route, but if this is all that is left for you

(you are not alone in this), then we will do whatever we can to help you. Just

take one little step at a time.

For the moment, I would ask your GP to test your levels of

specific minerals and vitamins. This is because if any of these are low in the

reference range, no amount of thyroid hormone (not even your own) can be fully

utilised at the cellular level until whatever is low has been treated. These

specific tests are iron, transferrin saturation, ferritin, vitamin B12, vitamin

D3, magnesium, folate, copper and zinc. Once the results are returned, post

them here on the forum and we will help with their interpretation. We need to

know whether they are at the bottom, the middle or the top of the range or even

outside of the range, so please post the reference range too for each test

done.

Let us also have the results of your thyroid function tests.

Doctors are not allowed to withhold these from you. Get the reference range for

those too and post them here. Doctors often tell their patients that they don't

have a thyroid problem if their results show ANYWHERE within the range and this

can be so wrong. They are not taught how to read results.

Luv - Sheila

Dear Tina,

Gp did not ask me to change diet as I advised that I do eat very healthily.

Dont drink or smoke either. That is why I get very frustrated. I saw Dr P last

November and he said that I am hypothyroid however gp says not. I saw an endo 3

weeks ago and am still awaiting blood results ( anti bodies, liver function

again, hormones etc).

I wanted to get the NHS to confirm that I am Hypothyroid, but I think that I

need to reconsider self medicating, I am just so worried about it all. My

" fibro " pains are getting worse, muscles really hurt and my arm

started shaking when I lifted a cup of tea up the other day and when your young

daughter tells you to go to bed at 4pm because you can't keep your eyes open

it's upsetting.

I have noticed this week that my eyebrows are also getting thinner.

I have put 4.5 stone on during the past 5 years, it wont budge.

My gp thinks that the high cholesterol is " genetic " , although nobody

else has this problem.

Dawn