Cholesterol Lowering Meds-Are you on them?

An LDL of 112 isn't going to kill you, but smoking and no exercise will kill you. All the research supports this fact. There are many smoking cessation programs available and they may be able to help you. Exercise would be great for increasing your HDL and lowering your LDL. Your other numbers are great.

I agree completely!! I'm going to try the patches first, they do work I just need to stay on them longer this time. AND I need to get moving again. This one should be easy since it's now warmer weather and the daylight hours are longer.

Thank you!!

I stopped smoking 20 years ago, so I know how difficult it is to give up. It was one of the most difficult things that I ever did. I wish you success with this challenge.

gail

Thank you Gail!!

I was at a community health meeting here in the UK where I live now and they pointed out that smoking was THE leading cause of death in our borough of 225,000.

I was on simvastatin but no longer. Three months after the surgery my PCP saw my cholestrol had improved and told me if it continued to improve, which it did, she'd take me off it. 2 months later, gone.

 I think you're being WAY too hard on yourself. You sound pretty successful to me except for the smoking. I doubt you had the surgery to stop smoking, you had it to lose weight which you did.
 
I used to smoke and did the hypnosis thing which worked for smoking. I am not fond of exercising, but I'm doing that too. But, I made up my mind that the surgery could only take me so far, I have to change too. I'm exercising almost every day. The first 5 minutes are the hardest, then I'm into it and usually go for 20 minutes or more.
 
I took a long look at why I didn't exercise and part of it was that I was lonely -- I didn't want to do it by myself. My husband has MS and is supposed to ride an exercise bike, but he wasn't. We made a deal. I got an eliptical and put it next to his bike. He gets me up some mornings and some mornings I get him up. If I can go for a walk on my lunch hour at work, big bonus. I hope this helps. You know you'll do something about the smoking. Good luck.