Cholesterol tally

So at that doctor's visit where they weighed and prodded me, they also drew up several vials of blood, checked out white blood cells, cholesterol levels and all that other fancy lab stuff they do. I got a post card with the results from my doc., and guess what? As far as my blood, I'm looking pretty healthy. It had me feeling skinny all day.

HDL (good) cholesterol - 66.....Ideal is greater than 40

LDL (bad) cholesterol - 111.....Ideal is less than 130

Triglycerides (fats) - 70.....Ideal is less than 150

And then just for kicks, she scrawled this in the upper left-hand corner with some recommendations for a GYN that I asked for: "HIV negative." Thanks doc.

The American Heart Association's Web site also offers guidance on those cholest. levels, though they're a little different than the ones my physician wrote down. I guess it varies.