F*** him! He/she works for you, not the other way around! If somoone like that refuses a simple test, the physician is obviously totally brainwashed by drug treatment / major pharma! Find one that will work for you.

I just remembered, I friend of mine (no smoking or drinking more than a couple drinks a month, exercises an hour a day minimum and eats healthy) had high cholesterol and triglycerides. He went to a cardiologist and told the guy NO STATINS! The doc said take 5 grams a day of fish oil. His blood values improved greatly in 3 months.

Ted_Hutchinson,
I already pay out the whazzoo for Health Insurance,so I need not pay more by Ordering from a Company simply because a dip $h*t big Pharma lover refuses to order Tests!What matters is,I asked for the Test as it is MY Health,and I pay a pretty Penny!I want to know what my Vitamin D level is,so I will know how many IU's of D to take.

Saved1986,
He also refused to order C-Reactive Protein,Homocysteine,B12 (refused twice) and Typing my Blood.I paid $10 to have my Blood Typed!At the end of his recent Letter,he said,"More vigorous Medication regimens are indicated."I REFUSE to take Statin or Diabetes Medication!Last June,when he wrote a Prescription for Avandia,he told me 2 things..1) Don't have filled until your Labs return,and 2) Don't heed what you read or listen to what you hear about Avandia and Cardiovascular Disease.If he didn't know about Avandia and Cardiovascular Disease,he would not have remarked!At least twice,this Man told me I read to much.YES,I do!!I have the right to Educate and inform myself about Drugs that have detrimental side affects.I'm having most difficult time finding a Physician that will work for me or with me!

Chatterbox, it sounds like he is totally anti nutrition and nothing but a pharma pimp. If I was you I would take folic acid (800 mcg daily), B-12 (500 mcg twice a day for a week followed by once a week after that), B-6 (5 mg daily), Fish Oil (min 1 g a day) and a 5000 IU Vit d (one daily for a month followed by once a week after that).

I would more than double that to a total of 2G EPA + DHA. I'd suggest something like 3 of these daily or couple of small teaspoons of thisbut as omega 6 actively displaces omega 3 you also have to seriously reduce the amount of omega 6 oils you are consuming. It really means eliminating industrially made Corn, soy, sunflower safflower oils and everything that contains them. Currently omega 6<>omega 3 ratios in the US are up to 20<>1 the safest level is below 4.5<>1 even in the UK current status is 12<>1 so we need to do just the same.

I doubt that will be sufficient. If you look at this article
Startling Findings About Vitamin D Levels in Life Extension� Members By William Faloon you see what happened in real life when people only took 5000iu/daily /D3 for 3~9 months. Levels were only just above 42ng/ml.
1000iu/daily for each 25lbs you weigh is generally adequate but checking with a 25(OH)D test after 3months will confirm if this is adequate for your body.
Remember to take oil based gel caps and WITH the largest meal of the day for optimum uptake. Correcting magnesium deficiency as you correct vitamin D deficiency is a good idea as the extra magnesium will counterbalance the extra calcium your body will be able to absorb as your vitamin D status rises.

For the suggestions I've made Vitacost or Amazon are possibly cheaper for US readers but I use IHERB as their shipping to the UK is cheapest. Code WAB666 saves $5 don't order �18 or more as you get taxed.

Good points Ted. You can buy a lemon flavored high purity fish oil (NOW foods) on iherb.com

as a newbe, you'll are scaring the bejebbies out of me, esp since I take zocor and have for the last 8 years. Of course in that 8 years i have also had 5 heart surgerys, now I wonder if that was something I could have done without and still lived. I thinK my last cholesterol(sp) was around 180.Both my 2 dogs and I have been taking pure coconut oil every day and they are doing great but I've only tried 2 weeks so don't know what i will be like I heard it was really good, so guess i will find out.