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@normahorn

Thank you for the information regarding BTM.

However, you missed my point regarding terminology used. To me "normal" does not refer to guidelines or recommendations but to what is typical of the average person. The average adult woman is 5'4" in height and weighs 170.6 lbs. So the normal for women is to be almost classified as obese with a BMI of 29.3. With lipids, the upper limit for LDL of 100, I would guess, is not what would be found in the average woman.

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Thank you for pointing hat out, I know what you meant now! Closer to the average height, I weigh about 115 lbs, a low bmi for sure. Getting personalized medical care for 'smaller' sized patients is vital, i agree.

All of our lab numbers or biomarkers will fall within a spectrum, more or less. If the number(s) become extreme, it'd definitely raise an eyebrow. But sometimes, the little things sneak upon us over the years. My ldl in the past fluctuated depending on what i ate, many times they were normal. Well it sure did its damage. If there is a guideline to adjust normal range according to weight or age, would that be nice! I'm so glad I got this managed right before diagnosis of op. It'd be a lot tougher to figure out management of multiple disease states all at once.

The main reason I wanted to put my voice in this topic of cholesterol, is in regards of evenity's side effects upon cardiovascular system. I haven't read into the mechanism behind this yet, but for those of us whose lipids are borderline like mine, we should be on guards.