u/koevh

Hi, I've recently got blood results from my GP and she said my cholesterol is very high, together with creatinine and Lp(a).

I had no idea. AI is telling me to jump to statin, but thought before that to ask for opinion and pointers to where to start.

I'm 29 years old, male, 68 kg (150lbs) and 170 cm (5'7").

I started a meal and gym routine in the beginning of 2026. I believe my meal is actually the problem or at the very least is not helping, but it's possible also that my condition is genetic. I don't know.

I eat 5 whole eggs per day, avocado, tomatoes, rice cakes for breakfast; broccoli, brown rice and chicken for lunch; and salmon, potatoes and pepper for dinner. I also take multivitamin, 5g of creatine daily and additional whey protein.

My blood results are as follows:

Creatinine: 107 umol/L

Cholesterol: 7.01 mmol/L

HDL: 1.86 mmol/L

Non-HDL: 5.15 mmol/L

LDL: 4.82 mmol/L

Lp(a): 91.6 nmol/L

Can you tell me if and how bad is this for someone my age and what should I do? My GP told me to try and eat healthier and to check it again in 6 months. I need to know more haha.

Yes, the first thing is to remove the yolks out of the eggs lol.

Any help is appreciated.

Hi guys, I went on a date last night with a guy who is absolutely my type and it was mostly fun but then we ended up at a queer bar in Prague and things got weird. Guys I already knew (hooked up with once or twice)were there, then more guys showed up, some saying they knew me and I had no idea who they were, and it turned out my date had already hooked up with basically all of them. Including someone I'm currently interested in. It just created this uncomfortable feeling I wasn't expecting, almost like jealousy but not quite, more like... does everyone in this scene just cycle through each other?

The date itself went fine on paper, though I wish it was a bit more 'intellectual'. He ended up talking only about experiences, and very on the surface things. He was clearly into me, kept staring at my body, told me I'm absolutely his type. But I felt zero horniness the entire time which is not normal for me at all. I'm pretty sure I have anxiety-induced ED and I think the whole environment just shut me down without me even realizing it in the moment.

I'm also scared of not being dominant enough as a top and I have some size insecurity on top of that, though honestly that feels like the least of my problems right now compared to the other two.

The bigger issue is that dating in a small queer city scene means overlap is basically unavoidable and I apparently cannot handle finding out my dates have histories with each other. My brain just fills all the uncertainty with worst case assumptions and I don't know where I stand and how good I am at competing with them. I would like a guy, then I'd like another and find out that both of them most probably already hooked up. It's actually hypocritical from my side, because I'm also one who hooks up and meets a fair amount of guys. Seeing this from the side though, really puts things into perspective, and makes me feel ick about myself and the whole scene even.

I'm seriously considering stepping back from dating and hookups for a while and just focusing on myself. I'm already working on my body at the gym and that's helping my confidence but I know the anxiety stuff is a separate problem that won't get fixed by that.

Has anyone been through something similar? Especially the performance anxiety loop and the feeling of everyone knowing everyone in a small scene. Bonus points for me not being in a relationship, and I'm nearly 30 lol.