Str 13, Dex 13, Cholesterol 223

Rel · Mar 31, 2005

I've been a Type 1 diabetic since I was 21 years old. I'll be 34 in June.

*pauses to virtually kick CL's ass*

I've got lots of grey hairs but none of it is falling out.

On the upside, thanks to a miracle of genetics, my cholesterol is great. My bad cholesterol is good my good cholesterol is good and I eat bacon and potato chips whenever possible. Right now I'm eating a potato chip wrapped in bacon.*

I'm finally getting revenge on my jackass friends who were always like, "Rel, want a donut? Oh yeah, that's right, you can't eat donuts. Bummer." They are having to cull the fatty foods out of their diets and cut back on the salts. I'm eating bacon-wrapped potato chips! HA!

*I'm not really eating a bacon wrapped potato chip right now. But I might later and you can't stop me.

Inconsequenti-AL · Mar 31, 2005

Nothing too bad.

Weight goes down. Weight goes up. Weight goes... you get the idea.

I'm sure there's a significant link between getting on a keep fit binge - gym, healthier eating, running. Then getting bored of it between 2 weeks and 4 months later...

One of these years it'll stick.

Oh and I don't want to know what my cholesterol count is.

Greylock · Mar 31, 2005

Damn, Mark! And you and Jo eat pretty damned decently. Regarding the too young to feel this old, etc, I guess there's a whole passel of us now. Talked to my boss at work today, and she wants to see me in a beard, regardless of how white it may be. Might have to grow it back.

der_kluge · Mar 31, 2005

Alsih2o, if it's any consolation, a guy I worked at my previous job had high cholesterol. He took medication for it. This guy was 6'0", all of about 170 lbs, went swimming 3 times a week, running the other 2 days (M-F), and for his hobby, he ran triathlons.

His dad died at an early age of a heart attack, and it really woke him up. So, he made it his life's goal to see his kids to adulthood.

But yea, it's mostly hereditary.

Captain NeMo · Mar 31, 2005

I'm extremely paranoid-I think rashes are life threatening, I think I'll get an infection from a tiny cut and have to have my arm amputated, that chicken sure did taste funny...etc. Nothing serious (yet) although I've found grey hairs on my head since I was 10.

the Jester · Mar 31, 2005

Rel said:
Right now I'm eating a potato chip wrapped in bacon.*

What are you, a halfling or something?

Rel · Mar 31, 2005

the Jester said:
What are you, a halfling or something?

Sure, only much taller and with less hair on my feet.

What I really am is a man who bears somewhat of a grudge against his own body for turning on itself and destroying the islet cells of its own pancreas. A body like that deserves to be tortured by having to metabolize salty fat on a regular basis. And since it seems to be able to endure it without making my doctors squawk, then that's what it gets.

JoeBlank · Mar 31, 2005

Probably more info than you wanted to know, but I've started keeping some of this in the medicine cabinet:

Cthulhu's Librarian · Mar 31, 2005

I forgot about this earlier, but might as well add it now. Joe's post made me think of it...

I recently developed lactose intolerance. Actually, I have no idea how long I've been dealing with it, I just thought it was something else. After going to the doctor many times with what he diagnosed as irritable bowels, he told me to try not eating dairy for a few weeks. Amazingly, almost everything got better.

Unfortunatly, I love cheese, ice cream, and all sorts of heavy dairy stuff (i'm italian, cheese is the most important food group!). So now I have to either eat dairy, take lactaid, and still deal with the consequences, or try not to eat dairy. I'm slowly finding that soy milk is pretty good when I am craving cereal, and working on eliminating other things from my diet. But never cheese. I will always eat cheese.

faete · Apr 1, 2005

Well, I'm 24 & prior to intervention my cholesterol levels were essentially the same. Unfortunately due to odd genetics, there are always people who have horrid risk factors with very little ability to influence them.

After I adjusted my diet, exercise, and just about everything else to lower my LDL (Bad cholesterol) my doctor told me about a friend of his from the military. The guy was a ranger, and still kept up the PT part of his routine. His daily diet was a bowel of oatmeal and two meals of vegetables. His bad cholesterol was still over 200.

The moral of the story is you may need to bite the bullet and ask about some type of medication. Statins (Lipitor, Crestor, etc) are the big drug of choice, though don't let the comericials fool you since the older (& cheaper) ones work just as well. There are other drugs available (Welchol, Zetia, and a handful of others), but there are often price or compliance issues (Welchol is a few tablets before every meal).

Hope I helped.

-Eric

*Just a few weeks shy of being a 3rd year medical student*

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