High Cholesterol Support Group
High cholesterol is the presence of high levels of cholesterol in the blood. It is not a disease but a metabolic derangement that can be secondary to many diseases and can contribute to many forms of disease, most notably cardiovascular disease. If you have high cholesterol, join the community to find support and share your experience.
Hi there i just got my lab results and havent met with the primary care physician until next week, but so far i was told that i have normal blood presure, my glucose is at 120 and my A1C was 6.4 first they dsaid my liver enzymes were high and now they said i have a fatyy liver, im scared to say the least i have children and im terrified to have a heart attack, my father had diatetes and my mother and grandfather had high cholesterol my grandfather passed away but my mother was able to control hers. Im scared to do excercise other than walking because im scared it will make me have a heart attack which might be dumb it scary to me, im getting anxiety just thinking about it, i pray and pray and feel better after a good cry but then i read comments and it gets me scared again. Next week my doctor will take a xray of my abdominal and my liver to understand whats going on with me more. please give me any advice that can help me be less stress
Are you scheduled for a stress test yet? Preferably, a nuclear stress test.
One thing to have your doctor test for that they usually do not (and should) is your ferritin level (just a standard blood test), which is an indicator of iron being stored in the body. I have a high ferritin level that is caused by fatty liver. A high ferritin level can cause a boat load of symptoms and can be easily mistaken for about any disease on the planet. If it is high then you will need to do blood donations very frequently (weekly) until it returns to normal, Today (3/13) was my fifth donation since 2/15. I will find out Friday if it is lowering. Oddly, the human body cannot get rid of any iron that is stored so it must removed by blood loss (normal for young women). Excess iron is deadly (think of stored iron rusting in nearly every major organ in your body.
A high ferritin level would be an unlikely crap shoot, but IMO everyone should be checked for it at least once (one version (90%) is genic) and the second type (10%) is caused be other things including fatty liver.
Another point, an abdominal MRI would be much better than an X-ray (or CT scan) to detect liver problems and anything else nearby, and no radiation!
Again, my cholesterol has been bad forever and I am still kick'n at 67, so I would not put that issue at the top of my list. However, I would take it easy until other possible problems are eliminated.
Good luck, and destress! Oddly stress is a health issue.
It sounds like you are taking this head on; good for you, I always drag things out. Isn't that what men always do...LOL
Funny story (not really). High ferritin levels is known to cause heart problems. About a year ago I visited my cardio doctor for unrelated reasons and I took him my latest lab work (ordered by a different doctor), just for his review. It showed that my ferritin level was high, but I didn't know what that meant at the time. The cardio doctor looked at all the blood test results and then pointed to the ferritin measurement and said that he did not know what "ferritin" was. This comment came from a cardio doctor that had been practicing for around 50 years, and he did not know a marker for possible heart problems. What a surprise when I figured out the truth - - on my own.
Lesson learned: never, ever trust doctors to know their business.