I went this morning to a heart specialist for a stress echocardiagram. I had an irregular EKG at the doctor's last week and my total cholesterol was high,--231, up from 220. But all my other numbers were better, and the HDL was good so I had a ratio of 3.0 which is good. My CRP (C-Reactive Protein) was good--0.6. But he thought because of the EKG I should check out my heart.

So I got all hooked up and walked on the treadmill and it showed that everything was fine. My mitral valve prolapse was the same. Very little leakage but still advised to take penicillin when having teeth cleaned. Since my HDL is good and CRP is O.K. no statins now. That was a relief because I REALLY don't want to do that. And I think my new diet can only make things better. I'm supposed to recheck just the cholesterol in six months.

I think this good diet must have helped all my other cholesterol numbers but I can't figure out what I'm eating that would raise the overall number.

I was very shocked because we have a Lifestream cholesterol monitor at home. I did the test one hour before I went to the lab and it was 193. I have been monitoring with that for a while and thought I was getting it down. Then I get the test back and it's 38 points higher! Obviously there is something wrong with my machine and I sent it back to the company to be checked for the second time. I sure can't rely on that if there is such a discrepancy.

I'll be going back to Lisa on Monday to continue with NAET.

Posted by elizabeth | Filed under: Mitral Valve Prolapse

1. Posted by Ken Albin on July 4, 2005