I proceeded to tell her that 50% of people who have heart attacks have elevated LDL cholesterol and the other 50% do not. I recently got the results of my latest diabetes panel and within moments of checking the results on line I received a phone call from my primary physicians office.

I assured the nurse that if she were to look at the full blood lipid panel results as well as my A1C (average three month blood sugar level) it appeared the test was in error and we simply needed to run another test. I returned the call and a nurse got on the phone and explained to me I needed to pick up a prescription for 80 mg of simvastatin immediately. I guess she didn't get the math. She asked me if I was willing to take that chance. I soon received an email from my primary physician who had the prescription ready for me to pick up. Finally in frustration said she would have the doctor contact me. She retorted back the test could not be wrong and I was in danger of having a heart attack.

It seemed my LDL cholesterol had gone up significantly and I might add unusually so, up 75 points.