Mandie.... - High Cholesterol Message Board

JJ · 07-06-2002, 12:08 PM

Hi kiddo..Now I hope I don't put myself on your NASTY list, as I am just trying to give you a little insight here. If I remember correctly you told us a while back you have a tendency to get extremely upset very easily and to let you know if we see it happening, and that is exactly what I think Gooba and a few others see, including myself.

I know you are very worried over the cholesterol and a few other problems, but by being so upset your only making things worse, PLEASE, try and calm down. You know hubby and I have also been in search of something going on 2 years now, as we have had all sorts of problems with meds., but so far we haven't, so the almighty search goes on.

Last time his blood test showed his trigs. down but his darn cholesterol went up, now this time the cholesterol is down to 224 but the lousy trigs. went back up over 400. His cardiologist said he would love to put him on something, but the side effects he experiences are so lousy it isn't worth it, so to just keep up with his diet, but cut WAY back on the bread he likes to eat, and keep up with the exercise and see what happens in 3 months. There just isn't much out there for those of us who do have such rotten side effects from meds. One thing you do have to remember, unless you stick with one thing for at least 4 to 6 months, your not going to know if it is helping or not.
Trying to jump from one thing to another is only going to confuse you and your system. I know when they kept shoveing me on all sorts of different meds. I only got worse, so I finally got ticked and tossed everything in the pail and let my poor body take a break from too many meds.

I have to go in 2 weeks to the dr. so I know I am in for another round of it with her if my numbers are up again, so like they say, her we go again. I think she is also running out of options with me as I am also so sensative, but hey, sooner or later, hopefully sooner, something will work. I have really been cutting back even further on the carbs. although I was not a big carb. lover anyway, but I did eat my share. I also stopped taking the fish oil capsules, as my LDL seemed to really go up alot while I was taking them and it does say that could happen, but who knows, it might have been coincidense. Right now I am just taking it one day at a time and doing the best I can. Just have to wait a couple of weeks to see how the numbers are and take it from there. I hope U find a dr. you can work with soon, as that is the most important part, having complete faith in the dr. and being able to express your concerns to him/her. We here on the board can only offer suggestions that may or may not have worked, as we are not drs. and naturally not everything works the same for each person. Please keep us posted how it is going, calm those nerves down and as usual, I wish you the very best.

JJ

Mandie · 07-06-2002, 09:17 PM

thank you so much for your wonderful reply. You don't know how much it means to me to hear from someone who understands, and is in the same place as me. Yes, I do agree that I get emotional- but that is because I have tried so much and nothing seems to agree with me and at this point I just have nothing left to try. My doctors just throw their arms up and say, "oh well, I guess you should just take your chances since you cannot take any of the meds" I cannot buy this, and so the quest continues for me until I can find an answer to help me. I thought that this board was part of the quest, but I soon found out that this is not so and I do not feel comfortable with such a horrible and insensitive person reading and memorizing every word that I say. You are very kind for taking the time to write me and explain what you are going thru and what actions you are taking. It is great comfort to me to meet a nice person who truly should be on a support board. M

Mandie · 07-06-2002, 09:41 PM

thank you for your kind and informative response. I certainly do appreciate you understanding where I am at this time and am so happy to communicate with someone who is in the same place as I am. I am trying very hard to cope with this huge problem, and I feel very lucky that | have such a wonderful family and many wonderful friends who are there for me as well. That is what is important to me. I do not appreciate a total stranger who is suppose to be on a compassionate support board telling me what I should or should not be doing. This board is for information for a cholesterol problem- that is all. That is what the reponses should cover. Again, thank you very much for your kind support- M

Mandie · 07-06-2002, 09:46 PM

JJ please forgive me but I did not think that the post went thru the first time so I answered you twice. I just wanted to explain myself incase any board member complains that I submitted twice for the same post. I certainly did not mean to do this- it was an oversight--- M

TB · 07-07-2002, 12:13 AM

Mandie,I am going to have to agree with JJ here.I see you getting upset and jumping all around.Calm down for your own well being.You mentioned your quest.I am a little unclear on what you are wanting.What are you looking for?In your other posts you asked for help and advice.I think you got it.I think Gooba gave you alot more than you were maybe ready for.I know it was more than I would have probably given.
When you said that the board was for cholesterol problems did you not take into consideration that there are alot of other things that can contribute to that?That stress and other things have a bearing on it.I like the support on this board because it covers the total person and all of their problems.The part about memorizing I do not understand.We are all strangers here and we only have what we put on this message board to get an idea of what each of us are going through.I look back at old posts to bring myself up to date especially if I find something that may help what somebody asked about earlier.That is the only way to be sure.Good luck on your quest.