Thu, Dec-08-05, 14:04
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Out of my mind
Posts: 51
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Plan: Vegetarian CEA How
Stats: 189/172/135
BF:
Progress: 31%
Location: Pahrump, NV
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3 months of policosanol and gugulipid didn't help :(
I am sooo bummed. on 8/2/05 I went in and got tested, and my total cholesterol was 273, with my LDL 183. The dr. agreed to allow me to take Policosanol (I took 20mg daily) and Gugulipid (I took 1000 mg daily) to see if I could bring it down without going on statin drugs.
Went and got retested on Monday, and they just called me. I have to go in tomorrow, my total only went down to 266. I am so bummed, I've taken that medicine every day, I've tried to exercise, and it drops 7 points. whoop de doo. I don't know the other numbers, I will find out tomorrow.
Unfortunately, I'm fighting genetics. My dad's untreated was 400, my mother's was over 280, so it doesn't help at all.
I had so much hope that these two supplements would help, and that just really depressed me to see they didn't help much at all, so I'm going to cave and go on statin drugs. I hate the thought, but I hate more the thought of dying of heart disease like my Dad and grandparents all did from high cholesterol.
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