Easy one first - I’m finally at a normal TSH! Hurray!
I have high cholesterol and have been put on a statin by my GP. I didn’t like it. Side affects sucked. So she put me on a different statin every other day very low dose. Still got the side affects, so I quit taking it and opted to go see a cardiologist.
I went to my dad’s. It makes sense to me because he’s pretty much got the family history right there with patient #1.
Dr. Skoufis is very nice, soft spoken and informative. Based on my numbers I have a 2% chance of stroke or heart attack versus a female my age with normal cholesterol having 1%. So we’re trying a different statin - Livalo.
He also ordered a calcium scan of my heart. I get that done the beginning of next month.
And losing another 40 pounds would be optimal, but not something I see happening quickly. I’m more active - which helps. I just have to stay away from the bacon cheeseburger and fries at the bowling alley. :-)
Update 12/10/19:
The Livalo cut my cholesterol level in 1/2!!!
No side affects at all. I'm on 2 mg a day. But I get 4 mg and cut them in half. There is no generic form of this drug and it's friggin expensive.
WalMart would cost me $800 for a 90 day supply of the 2mg.
But because of the great result - my cardiologist is sticking with this drug for me. I think it'll be $100 for a 90 day supply when I run out of the free samples they gave me.
