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Extreemly High Triglycerides?

Wow.. I don't know if I should cry or just jump off a building.. hehe Just kidding on the jumping part :-).

But I've had bad luck this year :-(.

First a lump in my neck labeled as being a "Warthin's Tumor".
Which added to my stress, Which lead to high blood pressure (Hypotension)
Took water pills for the hypotension, Which lead to dangerously low Potassium levels (In the 1 range)..
Dropped water pills and took potassium pills..
Which lead to 2 cancelations of my surgery.. (low potassium)
Potassium pills finally kicked in and surgery was a go.
Surgery complete.. No tumor.. Don't have paper in front of me.. But it was basically and over worked gland.
Ok.. Surgery over... Follow up with family doctor.. Blood pressures ok and potassium is ok.. Lets do nothing for 3 months.. OK...
3 Months later.. Blood pressures still in check as along with everything.. See me again in 3 months..
Go get blood work done...
Day of office visit.. .. (continued)

Blood pressure checked..
123/82... Yippie!!! Best blood pressure reading yet!.. Laughs at nurse and says.. "whew no pills for me".. She smiles and say the doctor will discuss this with you when she comes in... She leaves doctor enters with a bombshell! Triglycerides are 891!! Normal is 30-190!
Tells me to take Tricor or 4 weeks and see what happens..?
I am worried because my diet hasn't changed and all this was tested before.. What would make that jump that high.. and what's the best to lower it besides meds?
Glucose was high too.. 146
And LDL was 28?
Does that mean I am getting diabetes?
Im so confused.. Has anyone had triglycerides that high??

well, how high is your triglyceride? mine went to above 850 and my cholesterol is more than 370..but due to persistence of my doctor, it went down to 200 something both for my triglyceride and cholesterol. i have taken different pills until i got a hang of taking gemfibrozil, advicor, verapamil, those are my maintenance pills. i think the first one is the good one to decrease the bad cholesterol. check it with your physician..

im also taking atenolol for my blood pressure and im taking metformin for my diabetes.

my doctor informed me that its due to my genes or some part of enzymes that is not working properly. so nothing i can do, it has no connection with what i eat. its my system who produce those numbers. from what i remember, my protein went berserk as well and some doctor thought i have cyst but it was diagnose wrong. then due to too much protein i was having breast milk and im not even pregnant, but i know there are some gland problem that i know exist due to the test result.

so you see, i know how frustrated you are, but what can we do if something in our system is malfunctioning. my advice, just live each day happy, do good to you and to others, pray and enjoy life, i bet you, you will not worry at all. i trust god with my health, if im getting scared not for myself but for other who depend on me, i pray and call him right away, it helps..

thank you, but i know for sure we are in the same boat. we should learn each others history so we can exchange notes. with this we can help others who suffer with the same health problem. Report It

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