Health - 21 September 2007

Hi. My husband which is 59 years old went to see the doc today for a check up and when he got home I asked him about the visit and how everything was...

He said that it was all great but his cholesterol was 520.

Okay.. So I am freaking out, I have never heard of it being that high in anyone!

Am I wrong? The Doc didn't give him meds for it because she said it was "coming down" from 540.

Is this doc a moron or am I freaking out over nothing?

Isn't your levels suppose to be around 200?
Is he at risk for a stroke?
I want to call the Doc Monday and find out what she is thinking and why he isn't on meds.. I need some kind of feed back now so I can stop stewing over this.. Thanks in advance!!

2007-09-21 16:48:49 · 9 answers · asked by Gypzee 2 in Heart Diseases

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2007-09-21 16:43:03 · 7 answers · asked by Me 2 in Diet & Fitness

2007-09-21 16:36:12 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Diseases

2007-09-21 16:32:01 · 6 answers · asked by saidg22 1 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-09-21 16:31:10 · 10 answers · asked by raguse7 1 in Dental

2007-09-21 16:25:14 · 15 answers · asked by , 4 in Optical

He has run out of meds. Doesn't seem to think he will explode. Again. This has been going on for years. Unbelieveable. If he doesn't care about himself - should I care for him? Where is the line drawn between taking responsibility for your own self vs waiting for someone to do it for you? I told him I would set up a Dr. appt. for him. I have done this too many times in the past only to have him no-show or cancel. I guess my question is this - when is it ok to walk away knowing someone will die because they can't deal on their own? Almost 50 years old already. It;'s not my responsibility to make sure he gets to the Dr. and takes his meds... Right?

2007-09-21 16:20:34 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Heart Diseases

2007-09-21 16:15:04 · 4 answers · asked by madblackwoman 1 in Skin Conditions

2007-09-21 16:13:13 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Women's Health

i am only fourteen years old and i am geting a root canal, will it hurt alot?

2007-09-21 16:09:44 · 7 answers · asked by lisa 1 in Dental

I Don't Want To Ask My Doctor...Just Yet....Not To Be Gross & Please Take Me Seriously...There Like This..Idk What To Call It...It Feels Like A Bubble Or Just An Extra Piece Of Skin Or Something And Its Right There Around The Hole And I Don't Even Know How To Describe It...But When I Use The Restroom It Hurts...It Doesn't Always Hurt. But Sometimes....And I Think It Even Bleeds Sometimes...But When You Touch It...Its Really Painful. & i Have No Clue What It Is Or From. By The Way It Feels..Its Like As Big As The Tip Of A Qtip..And Its Skin...
What Could It Be? Help!

2007-09-21 16:00:00 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in First Aid

2007-09-21 15:57:11 · 7 answers · asked by fr33w1lly 1 in Men's Health

Is it okay to have mashed potatoes the day you had your tonsils removed? I am hungy and very sick to my stomach from the vicadin. Its me feel better when I eat something. What are some ways to relieve the pain. Thank you.

2007-09-21 15:56:50 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

my husband had one of these and had his testicle removed. will he be sterile now?

2007-09-21 15:54:44 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Health

Do you have any idea how much money the salaries and the weapons and the transportation and the medical and the logistics and the trucks and the planes for a 140,000 man army cost?

Only governments can afford those kinds of thing.

How can a retired officer just "start" a business like that?

What is the connection between Blackwater AND PNAC both starting in the same year and notice the signers of PNAC are mostly all in office right now.

Could it be Blackwater is really owned by the signers of PNAC?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater_USA
"founded in 1997"

http://www.newamericancentury.org/aboutpnac.htm
"Established in the spring of 1997"

PNAC signers "Elliott Abrams, Gary Bauer, William J. Bennett, Jeb Bush,
Dick Cheney. Eliot A. Cohen, Midge Decter, Paula Dobriansky, Steve Forbes,
Aaron Friedberg, Francis Fukuyama, Frank Gaffney, Fred C. Ikle,
Donald Kagan, Zalmay Khalilzad, I. Lewis Libby, Norman Podhoretz,
Dan Quayle, Peter W. Rodman, Stephen P. Rosen, Henry S. Rowen,
Donald Rumsfeld, Vin Weber, George Weigel, Paul Wolfowitz"

2007-09-21 15:53:56 · 6 answers · asked by easy_game_101 2 in Mental Health

Maybe 1,000 calories
4 hours of exercise

2007-09-21 15:51:40 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Diet & Fitness

is there any herbs, teas, vitimins or such that mite help someone with endeomotrosis thats ttc?

2007-09-21 15:51:30 · 5 answers · asked by meow8384 3 in Alternative Medicine

what are home-remedies or advices for stretchmarks? i can't even wear a normal bathing suit...and i don't like tanning oils and creams,,,,i heard mederma cream works..

2007-09-21 15:48:35 · 10 answers · asked by *Gen.Orange* 2 in Skin Conditions

i know there not real centipedes, but they look like them. There tiny little bugs in my vagina and pubic hair.iI tried spraying them with ant spray (its the only bug spray i had) will that work? i need to know if i should get another kind of thing to get rid of them or not. they feel really icky and im afraid they will climb in there and i wont be able to get them all out.

2007-09-21 15:47:45 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Women's Health

2007-09-21 15:47:25 · 4 answers · asked by gn_bakos 1 in Women's Health

I am SUPER busy. In 10th grade and taking really hard classes at school. Two math/two science. Which means I have a LOT of homework. I have band practice after school (2:30-4:30, dont get home till 5) and drivers training at night(6:30-8:30 dont get home till 9).i'm pretty much staying up half the night to do homework. Result=SUPER short on sleep. now im hooked on caffeine, and im jittery all the time. Today at marching practice i couldnt even march because my mind was everywhere but there! thank god i have an awesome caring teacher. im really dehydrated, which=me having blackouts! i was talking to my band director and he said that its not healthy and i just have to find "me" time. But i told him I dont have time to have "me" time. I only have a crazy schedule like this for a couple weeks, but how can i manage it better so im not up all night. i need help! im short on sleep, i barely eat or drink and im wired on caffeine! any advice???

2007-09-21 15:47:04 · 11 answers · asked by pepsi 1 in Mental Health

Help me. I feel really really depressed about my life. I'm going to try my best to type this up but I don't even have energy to do that. I feel so depleted and upside down.
I've turned 20 this year and I've become more aware about my life. I've been self-reflecting a lot the past few years.
During my entire teenage hood I was miserable. I lived like a zombie to repress my depression. I would wake up goto school, come back home, go play games or go online then sleep. My dad was an alcoholic and an *******, we were poor and i had no friends. The "friends" I had were backstabbing cunts. But I sticked with them because I was so lonely all the time, any companionship was better than none. I also did alot of drugs. Every aspect of my life was down the drain; relationship, health, finance.
As a result I wasted my youth away. I achieved nothing and barely graduated high school. After I graduated I lived in isolation for almost 2 years before I went to community college.

2007-09-21 15:46:52 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mental Health

what do i do to lose the fat and get a six pack?
this is my daily diet:
Breakfast:
3-4 pankakes/ waffles
milk
Lunch:
6 slices of pizza 3 bread sticks
(fast food one a week)
large fry,large chocalte shake 2 double quarter pounders
Diner: Varies
Snacks: 2 slices of cake/muffins

2007-09-21 15:45:43 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Diet & Fitness

2007-09-21 15:44:52 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dental

I do not have acne, I just have pimples on a couple places on my face that I would like to get rid of. Any reccomendations on what works and you have experience with? Any suggestions are appreciated.

2007-09-21 15:44:49 · 11 answers · asked by T.Long 4 in Skin Conditions

and use the urinals

2007-09-21 15:44:45 · 7 answers · asked by gn_bakos 1 in Women's Health

Everyday I look at the clock at 11:11. Am or PM, I never miss it. I rarely ever notice myself checking the time until I spot 11:11 and it feels eerie. For the past year I would see 11:11 every now and then, but it's become an everyday occurrence within the past couple months. What does this mean? Is there any significance in this number? I also know of 3 very different people that experience this 11:11 thing too.

2007-09-21 15:44:37 · 44 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mental Health

My husband cannot hold his bladder all night and doesn't wake up to go to the bathroom. His meds for this are not working at all. What can we do? we both just want to get some sleep

2007-09-21 15:44:02 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Men's Health

ok so i was russhing on some marble floor and i acidently sliped and slid a lil. my ankle some how got hurt. i dont think i sprained it or did anything really bad to it. but early this morning i was in tears about how bad it hurt. some one said i pulled the tendons.
What else could this be?

2007-09-21 15:40:05 · 4 answers · asked by AirlineBob 2 in Injuries