high cholestrol and triglycerides after chemo

golf_gal
golf_gal Member Posts: 69
edited May 2012 in Colorectal Cancer #1
I had folfox6 + avastin b4 and after surgery to remove met to sigmoid lymph node. Original cancer was rectal. I finished my last chemo on Feb 15. Went to internist and my cholesterol (297), triglycerides (305), and LDL (194) are high. Anyone else have this problem? I'm going against her wanting me to take vytorin. Took it b4. I think I will try cholesterol complete or policosanol. Any thoughts from my friends here? I haven't had any responses, have I offended you all? Maybe I should be posting in a diff board? I did have rectal cancer. Please take a minute if any of you can advise me. Get colonoscopy on Friday....keep me in your prayers, as all of u r in mine. Thanks, Jamie

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  • tommycat
    tommycat Member Posts: 790 Member
    #2
    Hi Golf Gal

    Just wanted to say Good Luck with the colonscopy on Friday :)
    Take Care
    TommyCat
    PS: Seriously doubt you offended anyone...your post probably got lost in the shuffle.
  • Annabelle41415
    Annabelle41415 Member Posts: 6,742 Member
    #3
    No correlation here
    Haven't had this problem but just wanted to let you know my husband's triglycerides were 1795 on a blood test and had nothing to do with chemo. Runs in his family. Sorry your post was lost and we appreciate your posts. You'll be in my prayers for better results. Good luck on the colonoscopy and keep us informed.

    Kim
  • k1
    k1 Member Posts: 220 Member
    #4
    My cholesterol values the same as before chemo....
    My cholesterol values are the same as they were before chemo but my blood glucose levels rose from the steroids they gave me in the chemo infusions. They are plummeting since I finished chemo but not completely back to normal at this point.

    My colorectal specialist is so booked up that I cannot get my post-chemo colonoscopy scheduled until late June!

    K1
  • thxmiker
    thxmiker Member Posts: 1,278 Member
    #5
    stating the obvious
    I would look at diet change. I went with the zone diet. (It made sense to me. It is more of an attitude about food then a diet.) A balanced diet will bring all those issues back to normal fairly quickly. Can a pill really change one's metabolism, when their diet is actually causing the problem?

    There is a great read called the Anti Cancer. It is about diet and research that has been done to combat cancer. It talks about many research projects that diet played a large part in cancer meds effectiveness.

    Best Always, mike
  • golf_gal
    golf_gal Member Posts: 69
    #6
    thxmiker said:

    stating the obvious
    I would look at diet change. I went with the zone diet. (It made sense to me. It is more of an attitude about food then a diet.) A balanced diet will bring all those issues back to normal fairly quickly. Can a pill really change one's metabolism, when their diet is actually causing the problem?

    There is a great read called the Anti Cancer. It is about diet and research that has been done to combat cancer. It talks about many research projects that diet played a large part in cancer meds effectiveness.

    Best Always, mike

    cholesterol
    Mike, I read and have this book. I watch my diet. Exercising more since I'm getting stronger. Both mom and dad have high cholesterol, could be genetics, coupled with not enough exercise. BTW while prepping for tomorrow's colonoscopy I used boudreaux's butt paste. Not even a tinge of burn. Will drink the second dose at 3:00 a.m. (movi prep split dose) since show time is 8:30. Thanks for all the caring. Will post results.

    I haven't heard of the zone diet. Will Google it. I use the south beach protocol.

    Thanks all!!!

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