My cholesterol numbers total have always hovered very close to 300. About 2 years ago I went to a cardiologist as I felt slight chest pain ( later I realized it could have been muscle strain or perhaps heartburn issues) I did the stress test in his office and a sonogram test he said there did not seem to be issues with my heart. He said we simply must get your BP lowered and Ch lowered.
I started taking a low dose statin and BP meds. My latest lab ( added Peloton and Pilates) was lower than I have ever seen all normal. Started checking my BP right after a 30 min Peloton ride and again was blown away by how low and normal my BP was
I’m going to stick with the 20mg statin for now cause I love eggs and bacon but in my family most lived into upper 70’s with smoking and no exercise. No heat attacks or strokes on both sides either so hoping I can bypass such complications.
I’ve had high cholesterol since I was college age. Not as high as your number but higher than they say it should be.
They put me on a statin drug called Baycol, from the people who brought us Zyklon B. Then Baycol got withdrawn by the FDA for being toxic and I stopped taking anything. Then many years later I suffered a severe heart-related issue. Was code blue in the operating room. Now I take 80mg of Lipitor along with a handful of other meds, vitamins and minerals. The lipitor is a horse pill in size. My numbers did improve.
But the strangest thing, I decided I needed to shed a few pounds. I was never really very overweight but just didn’t like my ‘body image’. So I went on a strict Keto type diet (more Atkins than keto but they are the same). I was concerned that eating lots of protein and avoiding sugars and carbs would cause my numbers to slip back. To my suprise all my numbers improved. Lower BP. Lower total cholesterol. Better ratio of HDL/LDL. And though I was never close to diabetic range, my blood sugar levels also dropped 20 points. My cardiologist was intrigued. I also dropped 30 pounds in weight in just a few months.