[cheryl]

Total Cholesterol........204 range 100-199

Triglycerides 35 range 0-149

HDL 62 range 40-59

LDL 135 range 0-99


VLDL 7 range 5-40


My good cholesterol is high so what does that mean LOL...and my triglycerides is excellent.......




Oh and I got another question.....

What is this BUN, and BUN/Creatinine whatever the numbers were lower thent the range

The BUN is 4 range is 5-26


And the BUN Creatinine ratio is
7 the range is supposed to be 8-27

Other then that all my CBC came out perfect

The other metabolic panels besides the Creatinine came out perfect...Hepatatic function panal is fine....

and of course my A1C is not non diabetic range it is 6.5.....LOL

but my Glucose serum was 65 LOL.....I don't remember being low, but I was just finished with a snack cause I was only 90 two hours after breakfast so hmmmmm LOL...

So what does all this mean any smart people out there KNOW

Also should i even worry about cholesterol since this was done and I wasn't fasting doesn't this skew the results a tad bit.......makes sense my HDL, might of been high, I ate oatmeal for breakfast or and put that good butter in it promise that raises the HDL or whatever I dunno I am dumb



Cheryl

[owlyn]

If you weren't fasting, your cholesterol results and BUN:creatinine are meaningless. You need to do it all over again, and do an 8 hour fast. Why didn't you fast? It will now cost someone (you, your insurance company, and therefor others, or if paid by the government, us, the public) more money.

[painthorse]

Originally Posted by cheryl

Oh and I got another question.....

What is this BUN, and BUN/Creatinine whatever the numbers were lower thent the range

The BUN is 4 range is 5-26


And the BUN Creatinine ratio is
7 the range is supposed to be 8-27


Cheryl

I believe these relate to kidney function.

[shockme]

hey cheryl! bun and creatinine are indicators of renal [kidney ] function. low numbers are good-means your kidneys are good! trish

[cheryl]

Originally Posted by owlyn

If you weren't fasting, your cholesterol results and BUN:creatinine are meaningless. You need to do it all over again, and do an 8 hour fast. Why didn't you fast? It will now cost someone (you, your insurance company, and therefor others, or if paid by the government, us, the public) more money.

what's up your butt.....I didn't think about it the doc didn't tell me too, and I cannot function without food, sorry for asking

Then I thought about it today it just hit me.....I think someone is tired of paying taxes LOL.....

And you know what, I cannot stand people that act like that.....**** you know what I wish you lived half my life, and you'd understand why the **** I do things the way I do, I don't think anyone barely can do the things I do, with the amount of stuff I am responsible for...........I am going to say this again don't judge me or give me a **** lecture unless you actually live in my shoes, I BET your diabetes would fall apart and fade, IF YOU EVEN HAD MY LIFE, and you know what I am proud, of the fact I can balance more then most...


Cheryl

[cheryl]

Originally Posted by shockme

hey cheryl! bun and creatinine are indicators of renal [kidney ] function. low numbers are good-means your kidneys are good! trish

Yea, I was at football today, at two games, and I asked this nurse friend I had about it....she told me it had to do with protein or something to that affect, I guess I am flushing good......Yay another thing not falling apart just the artieries LOL

Cheryl

[JediSurfer]

Hey Cheryl,

Your results all look pretty good to me considering how long you have been diabetic. Wouldn't worry about the cholesterol too much. Its easy to reduce those numbers. I think eating slightly less salty foods can sort that. somebody correct me if I am wrong.

I love it when people start talking about money and the like when it comes to health care and life.

"If you weren't fasting, your cholesterol results and BUN:creatinine are meaningless. You need to do it all over again, and do an 8 hour fast. Why didn't you fast? It will now cost someone (you, your insurance company, and therefor others, or if paid by the government, us, the public) more money."

sounds to me like you don't pay enough taxes and slighty bitter that Cheryl is hard working and getting the care she needs. maybe you should go suck on some oil.

All I can say is what a pile of **** and what the **** are you talking about. To be honest that sort of talk is wrong and inhumane. I suppose it ok to pay armies around the world to bomb innocent women and children but when it comes to your own peoples health care its a different matter. Right?

Makes me mad. In the last six months with all the testing for complications the cost for the NHS has run into the thousands of pounds. More money than you probably earn in a year. Yet nobody here in the health care system we have has ever mentioned cost. why is that? You cannot put a price on life Full Stop


Good to hear you are nearly within designated parameters Cheryl. Kidneys are one our main concerns really so the news is excellent.

Peace n love

Rich

[owlyn]

JediSurfer,

Both of those tests require fasting. I wasn't sure before I posted, so I researched it first. In fact, before I read about the non-fasting, I had composed a post advising asking about a statin, and that the BUN:C ratio was good except that it might indicate a slight bit of dehydration. But then I read about the non-fasting and did some additional research. Maybe you should try that before telling me to go suck oil. If there was no fasting, the results are skewed, and therefore meaningless.

It's really nice for everyone here to be cheerleaders for each other, and there is certainly value in that. But- the fact remains that the tests need to be done over again, and she needs to fast first. Otherwise, the tests are meaningless, and a waste of time and money. Someone else could have used the appointment where the blood was drawn, and, as I said, someone, and I don't know who, will need to pay for them again. Or maybe you don't care who has to pay for them. If someone else is paying for the meaningless tests, what the heck- let them pay for it. Nice attitude. That will surely keep insurance premiums affordable and taxes low. She might be paying for them out of pocket for all I know, in which case, I really don't give a (fill in your 4 letter word here) (except for the appointment time).

So Cheryl, don't fast, take your tests and be misguided by all the cheerleaders here telling you the numbers are great even though the results may be skewed. That'll keep you real healthy.

Signed,

Just looking out for your best interests as well as those of society.

[cheryl]

You know what Rich, I love ya.........You kick some serious blank blank....

Thanks for your encouragement, I was more concerned cause they want me to start on med's but I am really starting to see this causes more harm then good.....It's like you can try to fight a heartattack, but then you run the risk of congestive heartfaliure and much more......

So, I dunno, I think I am gonna pass on the drugs unitl further notice and do another blood test in three months and find out, and I will fast....and I am upping foods in vitamin b1, and all, since diabetics are known to have a defiency in them....

Cheryl

[cheryl]

Owlyn,

The point was it sounded like a lecture, I have insurance under my husband, so yea I pay for the co-pays, I will never use gov't assisted insurance it sucks, I'd rather go broke, even if we are all paying for the poor people's insurance thru taxes, it still sucks, atleast in TN, it does....So I will never subject myself to that horrible care ever again in my life. Point is get more mad at the gov't because we are paying for worthless care for the poor and needy anyway.........And go get mad at my doctor, because no one even told me to have a fasting, come to think about it, every blood test I have ever done was never a fasting, But It actually popped in my head today, thinking how come I have heard of all these people fasting, but I have never ever in my life had too, and this is numerous different doctors......

So I don't think I am to blame for this....at all, but now I know I should really fast, and will just wait the 3 months and get my butt more in gear.....just to be on the safe side, before I even attempt to pop pills, I got mad cause it was like you were lecturing me, and I really didn't think about it, since I technically never had to do it.....

Sorry for being mean, but you had jumped the gun too.....take care and I don't want to fight, let's let by gones be by gones....

Cheryl

[SueM]

My understanding was that the test does not need to be fasting, just as long as the lab knows then the diference can be taken into acount.
I have never done a fasting blood test and have no intention of ever doing so.

[owlyn]

Originally Posted by cheryl

Owlyn,
...

Sorry for being mean, but you had jumped the gun too.....take care and I don't want to fight, let's let by gones be by gones....

Cheryl

Sounds good to me! I'm sorry, too.

BTW, I've had where docs don't tell me to fast, so now I always ask, having been burned before. I always make the appointment to be their first one in the a.m.- that way, I can have my bedtime snack, and just skip coffee in the morning. No great hardship that way. I'm not eating between midnight and 8 am anyway

[JediSurfer]

If the tests do require testing it is the failure of the medical team for not informing Cheryl of this fact.
Noways lets not argue. I can be a little hot headed sometimes. I apologies if I offended you Owlyn. It wasn't my intention I was just trying to put my point across.

Cheryl, which med did they want you to take? I have had it suggested that I take a drug, the name of which evades me, that will contribute to healthy kidney function. But have heard the side effects can be very bad and my Professor told me that there is no need as the evidence for preventative measures are not necessarily a a good thing and the studies are still sketchy.

[JediSurfer]

Originally Posted by SueM

My understanding was that the test does not need to be fasting, just as long as the lab knows then the diference can be taken into acount.
I have never done a fasting blood test and have no intention of ever doing so.

I was under the same impression too Sue.

[Cyborg]

Nice numbers. I think you may still want to get the LDL cholesterol lower. Under 100 is recommended for diabetics...