Was your first cholesterol test after age 40, and was it high?

No it was not high. My doc, who had 30 years experience, said he’d never seen such good numbers in all his 30 years of experience. I was 46 at the time.

Not high. I’ve never had problems with cholesterol. I don’t remember the exact number…too many years in between and to be honest, when it’s good, I don’t keep the details.

I finally got a official GP after just using the emergency room and urgent care for decades. She suggested that I should have my cholesterol checked but then I reminded her about the feeding tube and that 70% of calories I have ingested over the last year were scientifically engineered formula. So she didn’t think it was worth the bother.

That reminds me.. Butter sounds good. Going to make some egg-noodles and cover that shit in butter and parmesan.

Mine was high around age 30, still thin then but partying. If I recall it was 146, 92, after testing it seems my genetics are the root cause, not my habits. So a pill at 40.

@KNOWITALL The first time they tested you was the test you had at around age 30?

@JLeslie Maybe a bit younger, due to birth control. Around 30 they cut me off the pill due to the cholesterol.

I have had great insurance since age 30 and have been going for regular checkups since that age. My cholesterol has never been high and I’m now in my early 50’s. It’s around 150–158.

I had my first test when I was 43 (May, 1990). It was 130. I had another one when I was about 67; it was 132.

@KNOWITALL

“If I recall it was 146, 92….”

Those look like blood pressure numbers.

As far as I know, a cholesterol measurement results in just one number. If those are the results of two different CL measurements, then 146 is very good. If the other one was 92, then that’s definitely not a high number.

Could it be that you’re instead taking a pill for high blood pressure, or are you actually taking medication for a cholesterol level of either 146 or 92?

My first test was when I was 40. I was teaching management classes for the company I was working for and part of the curriculum was health training. I was on the Atkins diet (mostly red meat and no vegetables) which mortified the health instructors and to make matters worse I smoked. As part of the health sessions we did a cholesterol test for all the students. I came in at 127. The health gurus though something must have gone wrong so I took it again with the next class and I came in at 118. Must be genetics.

I had my first test when I was 40, and it was high; total cholesterol was around 245. Given my family history (risk of stroke), it was a concern.

@zenvelo So, probably you were high your whole life. I wonder why you weren’t tested earlier with the history.

@Brian1946 That a good question for @KNOWITALL. I had just assumed she was giving HDL and LDL numbers, but maybe she was mixing up BP and Cholesterol when she answered. Cholesterol total is one number, but usually a panel is run broken down into HDL, LDL, the ratio is given and also Triglycerides.

*slaps belly
yep, high.

I guess we use(d) different numbers here for testing.
My first test was when I got a check up when I was working in a factory.
They did ears, eyes, lung capacity, mobility, flexibility, the lot.
And cholesterol….
Which was 7
Been tested a few times after that; always good.

@JLeslie At that time, my mother had not yet had her stroke (only my grandmother) and guidelines for testing were age 40.

These days, though, they start testing for cholesterol much younger. Both my kids had their numbers checked at age 18.

My cholesterol stayed quite low until everything went at once, thyroid, then cholesterol, then sugar count. Well into my fifties.

Yes. I can’t remember the exact numbers but they were good so they didn’t try to kill me by prescribing statin drugs.
I do remember my HDL being higher than normal. They attributed that to my exercise regimen.
As for heart attacks and disease, I hear more discussions on inflammation than cho.

@lucillelucillelucille Cho?

@rebbel -Cholesterol. I hate to type more than necessary lol

@lucillelucillelucille I don’t necessarily have a problem with typing long sentences, in general (of course there can arise a situation, in which I feel pressured to be short and quick, but those are rare), but I fully understand your, obvious, hesitation to do so.
In this instance I want to bring forward the message that I get the abbreviation, and my sincere gratefulness.

From what I’ve heard, nothing worse than heartburn can be blamed on Margaret Cho. ;-)

@Brian1946- XD
@rebbel Please express your gratefulness in the form of cash money or interpretive dance

@JLeslie I should not fluther before coffee….haha!

Cholesterol is why they cut me off the pill, all genetic.

^ Have you tried the rhythm method? Sucks if you use the wrong song.

@Patty_Melt haha!

I went all over the place trying to find those numbers. In the process I 1) created an account in my Patient Portal and 2) Put in a call to the insurance company asking why they didn’t cover the bill from the the PP said I owed. I spent probably 2 hours on it, just because of this question!
Never did find the numbers.

* Correction. I was 56 at the time. *

“If I recall it was 146, 92….”
Those look like blood pressure numbers.

That’s what I was thinking Brian1948. @KNOWITALL?

GMTA Dutchess IV. ;-p

Yes they do @Brian1946!