To Mark and Theresa Re: Link between high cholesterol and pancreatitis help

[Guest guest]

Mark and Theresa: Can you enlighten me a bit more here? My PCP

insists that the only time high cholesterol plays a part in cp is when

the triglycerides are extremely high. He says that the HDL and LDL

have no part to play in causing CP and/or exacerbating panc attacks.

I'm very interested in this because at one time my cholesterol was

800!! Yikes...the most recent test it was something like 300 and

that's because I can't tolerate the drugs....they caused exteme joint

pain, etc., and PCP said to wait until we get this edema thing

straightened out (which if you read my posts on - you'll see that that

is going to be a battle as well) and then he wants to start me on

Crestor. My father died from heart failure at the age of 38 and it

was due to hardening of the arteries..now thought to be because of

high cholesterol.

Any thoughts or advice would be much appreciated!!

Thanks