Mildly High

That would definitely not be me!  But last week’s physical showed my cholesterol level to be “mildly high”, adding to my list of old-age woes.

First my body let my bone density decrease and now it’s allowed my cholesterol to go up!  In my case I don’t think the culprit is diet because we don’t eat much that isn’t good for us.  Things like fries and burgers are just not part of our daily fare.

Deborah is not yet suggesting medication, but my husband went on Zocor several years ago with numbers lower than mine.  So despite the fact that I hate taking medicine of any kind, I’m thinking of asking for something to change “mildly high” to “quite normal”.  I certainly don’t want to be asked to give up the egg I eat every other day in an effort to do this with diet.

I suppose it’s only natural that our bodies change with age, that some numbers go up while others come down.  I guess it should be reassuring to know we can fix things like this before “the big one” does us in.

How are your numbers?