Kiwi; I figured I'd get this out of the way, got a busy day ahead of me.
FWIW, thanks Kiwi, doing this has opened my eyes. Additionally, pre-Vascepa my Total Cholesteral was 213.
Table: Only documented Blood test is from May 2016
Mine/ Standard
>Cholesterol 188/ <199
>Triglycerides 186/ <149
>Cholesterol/HDL 3.9/ <4.9
>HDL 48/ >40
>Non-HDL 140/ <159
>LDL 103/ <129
>VLDL 37/ <29
>Calcium 9.1 8.3 - 10.4
>Blood Pressure resting/normal = 122
>Pulse rate.... depends if the nurse is pretty..... :D) 68-76
>BMI; Here's the scary one... Body Mass Index = 32.1, yikes, I've got a paunch but not an over the belt hanging gut like I swallowed a Beach ball.....
>Exercise? No, I do walk about 2-3 miles a day walking to and from my office. 10,000 steps? 2 miles is approx. 3500 steps, so, no I'm not getting the minimum daily exercise.
>Don't smoke, drink maybe 1-2 beers per week
>Diet, I'm on the see food diet, I eat just about anything I see.... I don't restrict myself. If there's salmon I eat it, if there's a brisket I eat it, BBQ no problem. Texas diet? yes, except for the beer part.
>Not a diabetic
Now the what if's;
>Would I buy Vascepa if it wasn't covered by insurance.... (see below). Current situation is I stopped out of Vascepa when the 90 day script cost me co-pay $650 through my Obamacare provider.
>Would I buy Vascepa if it was only a 7% RRR and not covered by Insurance? No. However, it depends on how the PPS does after Reduce-It? I have few vices, I think I would pay out of pocket for Vascepa simply because what it did for me previously (story to follow).
>Conversely, would I buy Vascepa if it was 7% RRR and it was covered by Insurance? Yes.
>Reasoning; when I was taking Vascepa previously I liked the general effect it had on my physiology and mental state.
Ready for my daily story? I told this one before. I was taking Vascepa for a few years (from 2013?) before my insurance no longer covered the cost. Insurance coverage stopped in like 2014 or 2015 thereabouts, when I went on Obamacare. In April 2013, I awoke from an Anxiety attack. Terrible experience, I couldn't sleep, every time I did go back to sleep, I'd wake up 6-7 minutes later in extreme mental discomfort. It was like someone was holding my head underwater, I felt like I was drowning. Very panicky. I'd been going through some family issues, stresses that may have triggered this mental state. IMHO, I felt like had I not been taking Vascepa, things could have been very bad mentally. My family has a history with mental illness. Just this fact alone can trigger things.... Oh crap.... Anyway, that's my story. Since then, what's helped me a lot without having the benefit of Vascepa, is that I drink Kombucha (probiotics), I eat yogurt, fermented foods etc. I think the serotonin uptake through one's digestive tract helps. That's my story and I'm sticking with it.
If you want more...... I have loads.... Thanks kiwi.
Almost forgot...the 7:1 Ratio, TG/HDL 186/48 = 3.9
Don't know my EPA/AA ratio, I do eat red meat
Nuke
AI
