What do you think of my mom's lab results

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Since my mom doesn't have a computer, I will speak for her here. Her last lipid

panel results were as follows:

Total 156

HDL 36 Low

Trigs 256 High

LDL 69

Chol/HDLC ratio is 4.3 What does this mean?

Her BUN, Creatinine and Globulin are also out of range.

Her doctor says her numbers are fine except her Trigs, which I said has to do

with what she eats, he said that's right. She likes desserts loaded with carbs,

fats and sugars, she eats one or two servings of dessert per day. She eats very

little veggies, and small portions of meats. I told her other than the

desserts, she also eats too many carbs in the form of starchy vegetables, rice

and noodles, pretzels, etc.

I told her after the appointment that her TC of 156 is too low. She has pain

issues, weakness in her legs, foggy thinking. She was diagnosed with CHF about

5 years ago and takes generic Coreg. I said that the CHF is probably from CoQ10

deficiency caused by the years of statins. I told her to take supplemental

CoQ10. She said her cardiologist says she no longer has CHF, is that possible?

You can get better after a diagnosis of CHF by taking CoQ10? I took it to help

my myositis, (muscle inflammation.)

I told her that her HDL is too low, and that increases her risk of heart

problems. I told her she if she cut out the desserts, her Trigs would probably

come down. She says she is going to die soon anyway, so she is going to eat

what she likes, (she says this when I tell her she should change her diet.) She

would like a quick fix like taking a pill.

She is about to turn 79. She does little but lie in bed and watch TV. She has

no energy to do anything. I told her that her HDL is too low, and that

increases her risk of heart problems. I told her that the pain issues and

brainfog are from statins.

Any comments?

Connie