I'm getting old

[Squeak 17]

When we returned from our World Trip, we went and had a medical exam to make certain we didnt bring any undesirable hitchhikers home with us. This include a complete blood screen.
My Cholesterol. is way to high
I'm healthy in every regard except that and since my diet is pretty good, with only small areas for improvement. the doctor has decided to put me on Cholesterol medication.
I have to take Lipitor Friggin old unhealthy peoples drugs
46 is not old and i'm not unhealthy, I resist taking medication at the best of times so to be told i need to take a pill every day kinda annoys me

Who else here is not fat and unhealthy and still has high cholesterol??

Healthy here in OZ is <5.5, mine is 7.9 Total Cholesterol. my good Cholesterol is pretty good, LDL are 1.22 (healthy is above 0.90) but my BAD cholesterol HDL is at 5.9 (healthy is BELOW 3.5) and My Triglycerides are JUST under the healthy limit 1.7 (healthy is 1.8).


So back to the gym and more salads for Squeak

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
My Life ROCKS!
How's yours doing?

[k-dubjumps 0]

Take fish oil to help your triglycerides.

Adrenaline is my crack

DPH #3
D.S. #16 FAG #12 Muff Brother #4406

[Squeak 17]

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Take fish oil to help your triglycerides.

Umm there at 0.1 away from the recomended

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
My Life ROCKS!
How's yours doing?

[shropshire 0]

Sanatigen and Cocoa before bed time (19:30) .... Gramps

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[DavidB 0]

Brother! Yep, not fat (excessively), not "unhealthy" but still taking a handful twice a day. It started with a thyroid replacement (seems we caught it just in time), then after a heart attack I find out heart disease, specifically high cholesterol, killed most all of the males on my mother's side of the family. I'm 55, could probably pass for 40, 6 foot 2 (a tick under 2 meters) & 210 lbs (a tick over 95 kilos).

A word of warning: If you haven't already realized it, travel just took on a whole new & aggravating dimension.

When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

[happythoughts 0]

Hah, I've been old for a while.

Doctors keep telling me, "You're going to have to give up... this... and this..."

I gave up doctors, they're too depressing.

[shropshire 0]

Good plan

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[skyrider 0]

I have to take a pill for high blood preasure, one for stomach acid, and one for back pain every day....Yer just gettin started!

[skyrider 0]

Oh yea, and the only way I can sleep threw a whole night, is take sleeping pills! I nevr dreamed (pun?) I'd have trouble sleeping....How da hell did that happen?

[shropshire 0]

I'm on my way to catch you up ... I have the Lansoprazole for thr acid and Brandy(which gives me acid problems) for the aches and pains.

Who'd grow old, eh?

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[kallend 1,625]

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I have to take a pill for high blood preasure, one for stomach acid, and one for back pain every day....Yer just gettin started!

I have to take one for cholesterol and one to lower my testosterone level.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[Squeak 17]

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I have to take a pill for high blood preasure, one for stomach acid, and one for back pain every day....Yer just gettin started!

I have to take one for cholesterol and one to lower my testosterone level.

I just read that article about you. Something to aspire to Dr JohnHappy New year old man.
On the plus side the alternative to getting older sucks arse

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
My Life ROCKS!
How's yours doing?

[skyrider 0]

Oh yes, and those little blue pills, Best friend a man ever had!

[shropshire 0]

Stops you from rolling out of bed aye?

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[skyrider 0]

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Stops you from rolling out of bed aye?

Better living threw chemistry, nuttin wrong with that!

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Stops you from rolling out of bed aye?

The above, plus a cursory glance at your sig line had me reading it "206 boners moving in close formation"

What you say is reflective of your knowledge...HOW ya say it is reflective of your experience. Airtwardo

Someone's going to be spanked! Hopefully, it will be me. Skymama

[airtwardo 6]

YOU'RE gettin' old !?!?!?!?










Don't sweat it Squeak, I've out lived half a dozen Doctors that
told me the light at the end of the tunnel was a train comin' fast!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[masterrig 1]

I was 40 when I got that 'news'. There's no age limit on it. Listen to your doctor and 'think young'! Watch the amount of stress in your life. You'll be all-right. Take care of yourself.


Chuck

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(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[usedtajump 1]

Last year's physical exam showed my combined cholesterol level at 243 with the "bad cholestrol" number being elevated. Told the doctor that my diet is almost fat free, that I walk five miles a day and just couldn't understand what the cause of the elevated number could be. He said that maybe I just had a "bad cholestrol day" when the blood was drawn.

Had my annual physical three days ago and the cholestrol number was down to below 200 and a with a dramatic drop in the "bad" number. This was done without any medication or significant lifestyle change.
Any medical types here ever heard of having a bad cholestrol day??

The older I get the less I care who I piss off.

[Gene03 0]

Are you are in a restaurant talking loudly about the drainage from your recent surgery or "The Bowel Movement of the Month/Week"?

No?

Then you're not old.

“The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)

[Heatmiser 0]

The voices in my head keep telling me to punch my doc in the balls if he trys to give me aripiprazole again.

What you say is reflective of your knowledge...HOW ya say it is reflective of your experience. Airtwardo

Someone's going to be spanked! Hopefully, it will be me. Skymama

[ryoder 1,387]

Getting old?
So has the doctor suggested scheduling a colonoscopy, or has the optometrist recommended bifocals yet?

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[Broke 0]

must be too many trips to the early bird special... Now that you are on Lipitor you can't drink as much

Divot your source for all things Hillbilly.
Anvil Brother 84
SCR 14192

[skyrider 0]

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Are you are in a restaurant talking loudly about the drainage from your recent surgery or "The Bowel Movement of the Month/Week"?

No?

Then you're not old.

BUT, if you don't always make it to the toilet in time....maybe you are!