my triglycerides were 375!!!!
i've looked at my diet, and i don't think that's the problem.
i'm a little overweight (130, whereas my best weight was around 105...thin bones), but actually 5 lbs lighter than 2 years ago when my triglycerides were 213, still high, but nothing like this.
but i didn't exercise for a month before the test because i inflamed my hamstring tendons really badly in the beginning of june and had to rest them.

can lack of exercise for a month make the triglycerides go up that much?

what else could be causing the problem that i'm not aware of?
(including in my diet....i don't think diet is the issue, but am i missing something)?

i know diabetes can show up with high triglycerides, but i thought that was only if the diabetes was uncontrolled. my fasting blood glucose was 104, prediabetic, but not diabetic, though type II diabetes does run on both sides of my family.

we did have a cookout 2 days prior to the test and i ate more than normal. not worse than normal, just more than normal. could this have affected the triglycerides that much? did all of that eating put my blood sugar at an elevated level and affect my triglycerides?

of course, these are the questions i will be asking the doctor next week.

just thought it would be good to hear from someone with experience.

regardless, scared the BLANK out of me and i'm walking every day now.

i see drugs in my near future.....
heart disease runs in my family with the major symptom being early death.

so, if there is anyone with advice on statins and/or drugs to lower triglycerides, i'd love the input...some of the info out there seems rather contradictory....especially the drugs for triglycerides.

just when we learn to manage one thing....along comes another to make life always interesting

my GP wasn't overly concerned 2 years ago with my numbers of 245 cholesterol, 155 LDL, 47 HDL, 213 triglycerides. now the numbers are 250 total cholesterol, 133 LDL, 42 HDL, 375 triglycerides. the only number that has really changed is the triglycerides. i don't know if he will be concerned now, but i am, and will make sure we take care of the situation.

my grandmother had a stroke in her early 50s, followed by quadruple bypass surgery around age 60, and died from it all when she was 67. hopefully i'm catching this early enough so that i don't follow in my family's footsteps...i'm only 45.

sue