Hypertriglyceridemia...Marcy

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Hey Marcy...we could be twins born from different mothers !!! :)

I will be 52 twelve days after your b'day...I have extremely high

trigs when not medicated....(carbs do it, wouldn't you know!?) and I

am on Pravachol and Lopid...three times the normal dose to control

both Chol/Trigs.

My doc calls my hypertriglyceridemia " familial " only we can't find

anybody but me with elev. lipids !

And I became a diabetic the beginning of this year after having had

panc attacks since 1994...and have you ever tried to feed these two

conflicting conditions?! Sheesh ! The panc wants nothing better than

to have carbs, nice soft easy foods to digest, but the diabetes

demands a very low quantity of carbs and manages better on lean

protein and high fiber....<big sighs> !!!! It is NOT fun ! I have

had FIVE panc attacks since my dx of diabetes which is more than I

have had TOTAL in the previous 9 years !

It's nice to " meet " someone else who got panc from lipids as it's a

little on the " rare " side and I feel like people look at me oddly

when I mention it....

Ciao...Jeannine/WA State

> In a message dated 12/01/2003 09:42:31 PM Mountain Standard Time,

> My CP was not alcohol related, it was high triglycerides. I also

have high > cholesterol. I'm on Pravachol and niacin. Mine was most

likely hereditary. > > I'll be 52 on the 10th, so I know how this

is scary. > > > With prayers, > > Marcy