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Cholesterol dropped 80 points and my doc is shook

dan_philly Sat, May 9, 2026 at 10:28 AM 23 replies 941 viewsPage 3 of 5
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May 13, 2026 at 1:25 PM#11
pat_auckland said:
Comprehensive lipid panel update relevant to the lipid panel: Marker Baseline 6 Months 12 Months Reference Total Cholesterol 255 220 180 <200 LDL…

True, with the qualification that this is a self-selected group. The people for whom it did not work post less, and that shapes everything we think we know.

That is the short version; the long version is somebody else's post.

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May 13, 2026 at 5:07 PM#12
FranDenver said:
Tracking labs for the lipid panel — here's the panel I get every 3 months and why: CMP: glucose, electrolytes, kidney function, liver enzymes Lipid…

Saving this. It is the first explanation that did not require me to already understand it.

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May 13, 2026 at 8:49 PM#13
pat_auckland said:
Comprehensive lipid panel update relevant to the lipid panel: Marker Baseline 6 Months 12 Months Reference Total Cholesterol 255 220 180 <200 LDL…

This is where I part company with the consensus forming above. This treats a plausible mechanism as a demonstrated one. Plausible is where you start looking, not where you stop.

Ask again with the specifics and you will get a better answer than this one.

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May 14, 2026 at 12:31 AM#14

Adding the numbers, since they settle part of this. Practical: whatever you change, write down the date and the reason. In three months the reason is what you will have forgotten, and the reason is what makes the record worth having.

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May 14, 2026 at 4:13 AM#15

Moderator note: good thread. Keeping it here rather than moving it, because the question is general enough to be useful. Tagging this one for the weekly digest.

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