In a message dated 3/2/2008 12:54:24 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
My cholesterol is 155. I can't remember the number of my good cholesterol but it is low. My doctor said its from not being able to exercise like I used to. My neighbor had some pretty high cholesterol and got it down without drugs. He was really careful with what he ate. It was a few months before he got bloodwork done again but it was way down. I don't know your situation and I fear it formyself as my brother is only 5 years older than me and is going down the path of high cholesterol that runs in my family. Good luck with everything. Stacy ----- Original Message ---- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, March 1, 2008 5:26:31 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] high cholesterol i had my bloodwork done recently and my cholesterol is 275. my good cholesterol went bad as well. i do have a family history of this. all my siblings and both parents. anyway, he put me on lipitor and after 2 days, i had just about every side effect. my body felt like i was having a e-coli uti, (run over by a semi). i felt feverish but no fever. and chest pains. so my question is this: do any of you fellow quads have high cholesterol? i ask because i wonder why my body rejected it so badly & quickly. could it be a quad thing? my family had no problem with it. the other drugs i take are pain pills & fosamax which the doc knew of them so i don't think it was a drug interaction problem. we can't exercise so i'm gonna try my best with 'the diet'. it was really bad pain, increased spasms too. dianna Hi Stacy & all, I have an update on this issue. I called the doc to report all the side effects. He said he thought this might happen as I have a problem with SCI pain but Lipitor being a very good cholesterol drug, he wanted to try it. Instead he put me on Welchol & I've had no reactions to it. I have to take 3 pills twice a day but I guess I'll have to live with this or let it go & not live with it :-) We all know exercise is not an option. My AB brothers is 160 and weather permitted he runs 4 miles a day, goes on ski trips & snow mobil trips so go figure. Anyway, if the day comes & you can't handle Lipitor because it makes you 3 times as miserable as you already are, try Welchol. I should add it works thru the digestive tract instead of the liver so the drawback is constipation. As all drugs, if ya need them,,,whatta ya gonna do? Dianna **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001)
