Got some more tests back. The good news is my fasting insulin is 5, which is pretty much optimal. To me, this means I'm winning the war. My CoQ10 level was 1.5, which is high normal. Another good sign that damage done by taking the statins for a few years may not be that bad. No need to take more CoQ10 supplements, which I had tried briefly to see if they would help my blood pressure.
Triglycerides were lower, back solidly in the reference range, but here's where it starts going south. Total cholesterol dropped a little, still high. HDL dropped, back down to low 30s. TG to HDL ratio is still over 4. But LDL particle size analysis (first time ever tested) was all in the red. The big reveal? LDL pattern B confirmed. That actually explains the higher TG, low HDL, high LDL issues I've had pretty much my whole life.
What does this mean? The healing is far from over. I really want my CAC score, to see how much damage has been done. Statins are DEFINITELY not the answer. But the real action item is I need to drop more weight. At 265 (already over 50 lbs less than my top weight recorded), BMI is still about 36. I want it to be 26. That means getting down to 190ish. So, time to take everything a lot more seriously and be more strict with diet. I'd been trying to take it easy, because I wanted to give my skin time to shrink a bit on its own, and to not alarm or upset my wife. She says she prefers me with some bulk (probably so she feels better about her own weight issues, as well as trust issues).
I broke the news to her that I needed to drop to 190 to fix my cholesterol (which she was far more concerned about than I was) and get my heart health on track. She wasn't thrilled, but she didn't threaten divorce either.
I know (absolute conviction) that I can do it. The only question is how fast, and how many people I will piss off in the process. (Mostly the wife). But that's where I'm at.
I see my idiot wanna-be doctor (not an MD) who will continue to push pills at me on Wednesday. He won't even understand the results of the tests I had him order for me. Hopefully I can get him to order the CAC score, armed with the basics of pattern B LDL. Otherwise, I'll have to find someone that will order the test. Then, drop another 75 lbs. I want to do that over the next year. Then, re-test everything and see where I'm at.
I also have to quit smoking again. Planned to anyway, but it has to happen. I've done it before, I can do it again.
This isn't even a setback, just part of my healing path. Definitely a re-focusing, though. My "why" might be narrowing a bit, at least for a while.
Also considering being interviewed on a podcast. Not sure I want that, but considering it.
#carnivore #health
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