Thank you, Shelley & MrsD., for the links; it will take me some time, but I will visit all .


For my HDL, he explained why the level has caught my PCPs (she's an Internal Med. doc) and his attention. He said that the number is too low for a woman but he'd be pleased to see the same level in a male patient.

He said a lot, and yet I don't remember him citing a specific reason for why he wants me to take Niacin rather than the Omega3, only that he believes Niacin is what will work for me to get the level up.

The other levels re: Cholestoral (sp? - to tired to double-check it right now) were good. That was the thing that threw me when my PCP said my HDL level is too low.

Because I was, and still am a bit confused, by how some numbers can be so good and yet one is so out of whack, I had given my cardio. doc the labwork, too, to go over with me (in case the lab hadn't provided a copy, which it didn't).


The beta blocker I take is Toprol XL.

Definite QTs. He said, by the loop back monitoring that was done (for, what seemed to me, an excessive amt. of days and $2400 - $900 of which insurance isn't covering): "You do feel it when it's happening." He showed me the print-outs (?) of my heart recordings / beats when events were recorded that showed the PACs and PVTs. Then, so that I could see what he meant, he also showed recordings where there were no events, and how a heart should be beating or having rhythms.

In addition to Niacin, he also said I should be taking Magnesium and Calcium. The amt. on the Magnesium he suggested is 250 to 500 mg.

Along with buying myself flowers, I did get what he suggested and have been taking it every day.