I get mine checked every 6 months . my doctor gives me a copy of all my bloodwork and i can look at the results myself . i quit my cholesterol pills a couple of weeks ago and i am taking 3 fish oil capsules a day . i go back to the doctor in feburary and i will know then if they are working . if my cholester is up i will start back on my pills.

I get mine checked every three months when I get my A1C done. I get a copy of my blood work too. I am taking the fish oil capsules too as well as fenofibrate. I have good good cholesterol and not so good bad.. I have higher triglycerides. I will see what it is next time.

Every three months but you know it can chage drastically as to what your eating if your not on pills for it. I used to work in a lab and tested mine often for fun. They usually check it once a year for regular people and I don't see how they can let anyone go a year when I have seen how it jumps around. But that is life in the city!

Mine is checked every 3-4 months - it actually changes day to day because of what we eat in any given period, It could be low or high for the test and the opposite the following week,

I WONDER IF IT IS DANGEROUS FOR ME TO QUIT THE PILLS FOR TWO MONTHS ?

I honestly dont think I would quit takking the pills, Lizzie. Why dont you ask your doctor what he thinks.

If your cholesterole is high then take them see what the pills do. The only thing is you don't know if it is the pills working or you watching your fat intake now... CoQ10 is depleted from the body when taking any statins so you can if you want buy supplements for that to replace it.

We all sorta know what we eat if it is good or bad.Icecream is probably your downfall Lizzy even carb smart cause of the fats in it. Honestly when I would eat fresh fish almost every day cause I lived on the beach it was easy. I ate salads with little oil and vinegar all the time and some chicken and yes lots of eggs. No cookies, cakes, donuts sweet stuff rarely.I had good cholesterole readings. That is why I don't believe about the eggs either.
If I bake the chicken I make and keep it on hand and eat that instead of grabbing a celery and cream cheese I am better off too. I just don't get fresh fish now cause one it is to expensieve here to buy.
But I am trying to do that again with my SB way of life minus the fish and we shall see what happens. Triglycerides are also fats. So if they are up also then you know your eating to much butter or oils or bad stuff with fats in it.
We need a few weeks on Survivor!!!! Lol

yes survivor is exactly what we need lol , one of my favorite shows . the last bloodwork i had done while on stantins was good and my triglycerides too. i just hate taking the stantins i know they are bad on the liver . i thought i would try the fish oil and see if i get any results, if not i will be forced to go back to the stantins. i read on another post somewhere a few months ago that someone was taking fish oil and their cholesterol dropped . i don't remember who posted.

yes, The reason I inquired is because the blood glucose level is important because one of the affects of high levels are to raise the levels of so called bad cholesterol, this makes the blood stickier and causes arterial Plaque, which will constrict the arteries and may cause a heart attack.
Nothing I'm sure you don't already know.
But my doctor has not given me any indication of what level of cholesterol would lead to a need to take statins.
She told me it depends on the individual, such as high blood pressure which I don;t have, I also get al ot of exercise.

I don't want to go on statins but everything with this dam diabetes seems just a bit of a guesstimate
try this or that and everyone is different .

One doctor told me "Well some people like to take lots of pills and potions and some don't"
Needless to say I didn't see him again!

THE guidelines for good cholesterol is 40 - 85 (HDL)
for bad it is 15 - 130 ( LDL)
TRIGLYCERIDES 10- 190

I WOULD INSIST THAT YOUR DOCTOR TELL YOU WHAT YOUR NUMBER ARE . YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW . . I ALWAYS TELL THE DOCTOR I WANT MY TEST RESULTS FOR EVERYTHING HE DOES . IF YOU KNOW YOUR NUMBERS YOU CAN DECIDE WHATS BEST FOR YOU . XOXOXOXOXX

the bad cholesterol range isn't that wide - and 190 for triglycerides is considered high for a diabetic

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE RANGE ON DIABETICS , THESE RANGES ARE ON MY BLOODWORK PAPERS THE DOCTOR GAVE ME .

that's for normal people - ours should be lower. Besides which every lab has its own guidelines. Fish oil did nothing for me. I am on Lipitor 10mg every other day and I take buckwheat in yogurt every day - that lowered my cholesterol.

My lab guidelines are: LDL 5-40
HDL 39-96
TRIGL. 30-200
TOTAL CHOLEST. IS A COMPILATION OF THE ABOVE

I always get my blood results - when I worked they faxed them to me, I have a folder where I compare numbers,

I hate my doctor because he has no bedside manner. Hoewver, he is not a pill pusher and only gives them when absolutely necessary. So I stay with him. And he gives me all his lipitor samples and I cut them in 1/2. My insurance won't pay for it because its not generic.

MY DOCTOR IS GOOD IN A LOT OF WAYS AND HAS A GOOD BEDSIDE MANNER UNLESS HE GOT UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED AND THEN HES CRANKY . THE THING THAT I DON'T LIKE ABOUT HIM IS THAT HE IS ALWAYS IN A HURRY .

Meant to mention - cheese is the biggest culprit for high trig. and cholesterol. I keep velveeta in the frig and only eat it sparingly when I make mac n cheese about once a month.

All doctors are in a hurry