Lowering My Cholesterol

It’s been a while since I wrote anything here - but I am still alive and kicking.

After a few problems with Inegy and Crestor - I was eventually put on Ezetrol (ezetimibe) which works by reducing the cholesterol absorbed from the gut. I am not sure if this drug will be having much effect because my diet is usually fairly good anyway - i.e low in fat.
I had a bit of a scare at Christmas when I was getting lots of chest pains. I ended up in A&E on Christmas Day to see what the heck it was. With the family history and high BP history - I was kept in for tests. The final diagnosis was inflammation of the lining of the heart - Pericarditis. While I was in I had an angiogram which was all fine. My cholesterol was 5.1 - which is not too bad. 

I don’t worry as much about the cholesterol now - but keep taking the Ezetrol and try to keep off the fatty foods  most of the time. 

After about 10 weeks on the Inegey - which is a combo of a statin and ezetimibe - I have stopped taking them. After a bout of unexplained vomiting and generally feeling unwell , loss of appetite I blamed the Inegy. It could be someting else - but since I started taking them I have been feeling depressed, getting back pain, and also lost interest in sex. I have been off the statin - (simvastatin) and ezetimibe mixture for two weeks now - and feel a lot better. I haven’t told my GP yet - but I know I should soon.  I need to tackle my lifestyle now - more exercise is the main thing I need to be doing. So less blogging too.

I still have doubts about the whole "cholesterol is bad" - after reading several articles. I need to investigate more about the effects of cholesterol - and will try and put any findings on here.