In reply to Mndsm :
My mom even bought me a book about lowering cholesterol, she has high numbers too. I've lost a few pounds, but I've really got to stop being a lazy piece of E36 M3 and get after it. I'm not ready to for health to call it a day yet.
z31maniac said:OHSCrifle said:Tom_Spangler (Forum Supporter) said:Diet and exercise can help, but unfortunately a major driver of high cholesterol is genetics. In other words, there may be only so much you can do. Doesn't mean you shouldn't try, of course.
I have always wondered how much of "genetics" is actually cooking and eating like you were raised.
It is. My mother is a tiny thing who eats healthy and just texted me she is going kayaking and would call me later and still has high cholesterol.
It definitely is.
I'm 56, 6'2", and 361#. I grew up in the South eating all of those Southern foods that will put you in the ground. I still eat most of them. I eat fatty foods regularly. Eggs, bacon, fried chicken, beef. While I also eat lots of veggies, I do not watch my fat or cholesterol intake.
My cholesterol a couple of weeks ago was 190.
OHSCrifle said:In reply to Mndsm :
Nice going man. Is there anything you can do for the neuro issue? My kid's got POTS and has figured out how to exercise after some real scary E36 M3 back in 2020-22.
No idea - two MRIs, enough blood work to make another me, a host of other testing and they're calling it vertigo. Clearly not. I just want to be able to drive again, or at least ride my bike.
z31maniac said:In reply to Mndsm :
My mom even bought me a book about lowering cholesterol, she has high numbers too. I've lost a few pounds, but I've really got to stop being a lazy piece of E36 M3 and get after it. I'm not ready to for health to call it a day yet.
Two things did it for me, and strangely one of them wasn't heart failure.
First one was- not being able to tie my shoes. I carried my weight in a weird way, so while I wasn't quite 300lbs, I couldn't tie my damn shoes without struggle. That's embarrassing. Like I shouldn't be winded putting shoes on.
The other was Facebook scrolling. I got on a doom scroll and ran across reels of that 600lb show that TLC shows. And Jesus berkeley watching those land whales bitch about not getting their waffle house on the way to the hospital for weight loss surgery while they are ACTIVELY DYING really kinda set something off in me. Like goddamn is a triple smothered really that important?
z31maniac said:
YAY! Peripheral neuropathy, an uncommon but possible side effect of statin drugs. She said there is really no point in trying other statins, because they will likely have the same effect.
I had an almost heart attack over 20 years ago. Had high cholesterol, so was put on Lipitor (atorvastatin). After a few weeks, I felt as if someone had been massaging me with a baseball bat. Everything hurt. Doc took me off of that and put me on Pravachol (another statin), which I tolerated fine. Am now on Crestor (rosuvastatin), which has also caused no issues, except good cholesterol numbers.
I wonder if you might try to have your doc prescribe rosuvastatin and see if you have the same effect.
High cholesterol runs in my family. Lots of cardio exercise (find something you enjoy, start slow and work your way up in intensity), reducing your intake of animal products, and getting plenty of fiber in your diet are all great ways to keep things in check while your medication does its work.
It's always nice to hear from others that have had similar problems.
I just need to get my E36 M3 together. Nicole thank you, just going to the gym is so boring, I need to find something I can stick with. I've been thinking about a boxing gym.
z31maniac said:Decided toward the end of last year, I need to get my health in order (just turned 42). Bloodwork was not great, but everything was below the medication line except my cholesterol. It was so high, she made me have an ultrasound on my liver before prescribing anything. Everything came back good, started Atorvastatin. Didn't take long for my right foot to become half numb and tingly with the occasional shooting pain.
YAY! Peripheral neuropathy, an uncommon but possible side effect of statin drugs. She said there is really no point in trying other statins, because they will likely have the same effect.
Now, I know I need to lose A LOT of weight, clean up my diet, and dramatically cut back on the booze.
So to my question, have any of you experienced similar? Any experience taking Vascepa (prescription fish oil)? Or Repath a once per month injectable?
That's interesting, I hadn't heard of the link before. I've been taking atorvastatin for many years as a result of moderately high cholesterol levels. I never had any problems with neuropathy until I developed a chronic disease (amyloidosis) about seven years ago; as a result of that I've had pretty bad neuropathy in my lower legs and feet. I have my annual physical in a few weeks and I'll have to ask the doctor about that - my cholesterol numbers have improved over the last year or two, I wonder if I drop the atorvastatin for a while if the neuropathy will improve.
stuart in mn said:z31maniac said:Decided toward the end of last year, I need to get my health in order (just turned 42). Bloodwork was not great, but everything was below the medication line except my cholesterol. It was so high, she made me have an ultrasound on my liver before prescribing anything. Everything came back good, started Atorvastatin. Didn't take long for my right foot to become half numb and tingly with the occasional shooting pain.
YAY! Peripheral neuropathy, an uncommon but possible side effect of statin drugs. She said there is really no point in trying other statins, because they will likely have the same effect.
Now, I know I need to lose A LOT of weight, clean up my diet, and dramatically cut back on the booze.
So to my question, have any of you experienced similar? Any experience taking Vascepa (prescription fish oil)? Or Repath a once per month injectable?
That's interesting, I hadn't heard of the link before. I've been taking atorvastatin for many years as a result of moderately high cholesterol levels. I never had any problems with neuropathy until I developed a chronic disease (amyloidosis) about seven years ago; as a result of that I've had pretty bad neuropathy in my lower legs and feet. I have my annual physical in a few weeks and I'll have to ask the doctor about that - my cholesterol numbers have improved over the last year or two, I wonder if I drop the atorvastatin for a while if the neuropathy will improve.
It might also be related to breaking my big toe on that foot a couple of years ago. She wasn't sure. So I'm going to go to the Neuropathy clinic in the next month.
She thought the way statins impact nerve endings might be why I'm having the issues I'm having.
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