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Today I had a follow up visit to discuss my bloodwork with my doctor but HE, who has not thrilled me in the past, was busy with pharmacy reps. SO i met with the nurse practionioner. I was THRILLED. She was SO supportive of Atkins and listened to me and was impressed with my Atkins progress and the fact that I'm doing Atkins RIGHT, working out, increasing my veggies...all the right things. 
She was great. So my results were what I knew from my call last Friday: my cholesterol was up and I'll give you my #'s in a minute. But she knew, that like DANDR says, the it often goes up before it comes down. She wasn't unduly concerned and just wants me to start fish oil capsules and do a re-test in 2 months. She had heard of the supplements and didn't mention Lipitor or anything like that...nothing alarmist.
She was thrilled with my HDL (65) and my TRIG's (60)
My LDL was 159 but she said that it often happens with Atkins and so she said that we should just watch it and rather than cutting out red meat and pork, I should just keep doing what I'm doing for now until we have a 2 month recheck. She said I was an inspiration for my progress and that YES, unlike so many naysayers...she understands that Atkins is a WOL and not a DIET. I was so HAPPY! ELATED to have a doctor that understands!!!
Oh and Asclepius, she said my VLDL number was in the good range..at 12 it was between 5-40.
I mentioned red yeast rice since I'd seen it mentioned here and she said I COULD take it and she understands it's a natural plant statin and believes in it but I should understand it can also lower HDL's since it brings down total cholesterol. I'm not quite ready to go there yet. Maybe I'll check that out at a later date.
I'm just on a high from having a medical professional (other than you, asclepius!
) who gets it and isn't trying to shove pills and stuff at me or convince me that Atkins isn't healthy!
So I wanted to share and let those who had been concerned about my electrolyte balance and blood workup stuff know what was going on.
I have my fish oil, my vitamins, and am also taking more garlic since it was also mentioned in DANDR as being good for LDL.
thanks for all your support!
She was great. So my results were what I knew from my call last Friday: my cholesterol was up and I'll give you my #'s in a minute. But she knew, that like DANDR says, the it often goes up before it comes down. She wasn't unduly concerned and just wants me to start fish oil capsules and do a re-test in 2 months. She had heard of the supplements and didn't mention Lipitor or anything like that...nothing alarmist. She was thrilled with my HDL (65) and my TRIG's (60)
My LDL was 159 but she said that it often happens with Atkins and so she said that we should just watch it and rather than cutting out red meat and pork, I should just keep doing what I'm doing for now until we have a 2 month recheck. She said I was an inspiration for my progress and that YES, unlike so many naysayers...she understands that Atkins is a WOL and not a DIET. I was so HAPPY! ELATED to have a doctor that understands!!!
Oh and Asclepius, she said my VLDL number was in the good range..at 12 it was between 5-40.
I mentioned red yeast rice since I'd seen it mentioned here and she said I COULD take it and she understands it's a natural plant statin and believes in it but I should understand it can also lower HDL's since it brings down total cholesterol. I'm not quite ready to go there yet. Maybe I'll check that out at a later date.
I'm just on a high from having a medical professional (other than you, asclepius!
) who gets it and isn't trying to shove pills and stuff at me or convince me that Atkins isn't healthy! So I wanted to share and let those who had been concerned about my electrolyte balance and blood workup stuff know what was going on.
I have my fish oil, my vitamins, and am also taking more garlic since it was also mentioned in DANDR as being good for LDL.
thanks for all your support!
We'll see how THAT goes. ;
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