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Pass The Skinless Chicken Please

2007-09-15

I'm mad at something that is out of my immediate control, and I know I wouldn't be who I am if old Glynn and Sweetie Allen never conceived me. But as I age it now appears I have gotten the worst from both parents.

Ok, so they both wore glasses but I believe genetically I follow the matriarch side with having to get glasses now when I am 44 as opposed to my whole life. This cholesterol thing is bothering me more than I care to admit.

I broke down and cried yesterday morning on the phone with Jim. Of course he can't handle anything, and as I told him, I could be lying dead in my grave and he may concede I might have a cold and to stop overreacting.

But this scares me. Five years ago my LDL was 140, HDL was 45. Now I'm at 215 and 35? How the hell does the body do a complete reversal? Ok I understand that as women age the cholesterol creeps up as they near menopause. But I'm not ready for that either. I think somewhere inside of me I always thought I'd have my daughter. But the poor thing probably wouldn't be born so much as molded like Gumby. To borrow G's term, now I'm the one that feels as if I have brown gravy in my veins. Did I ever mention I have my own death mode I succumb to when I initially cope with bad news? Oy.

Lord knows I'm not the poster child for healthy eating or exercise. Val is and even her LDL is 180. High, but still below 200 but the number is supposed to be around 130. So now I'm waiting for Pravachol and take it for six weeks and see where that number is in 6 weeks, so my doctor can lower my dosage. How 'bout none? She warned me if there were any side effects to just stop taking it, I cued her into the fact I should have been born a lab rat. Side effects? Please, if there is one I get them. She replied that I'm a muddler and I'll ignore everything and keep taking the medicine so I don't let her down. Hence, there are a ton of other drugs out there to treat it. Yeah, yeah whatever.

Personally my belief is that environmentally I did this to myself as well. Moving out here in the valley of Limerick where the closest food source is Wawa hasn't helped. I know I never used to eat hoagies and sandwiches like I have since I've been here. I am glad that some of the things I enjoy I won't have to give up. I've always used non fat sourcream and lowfat yogurt. I love fresh fruit, so the move to the west coast will help that. Salads are ok and I love a balsamic vinaigrette. But cheese? God I love a good cheese, any kind actually.

I won't be able to eat the seafood I ordered. That is going to suck. I love shrimp, scallops, crab..all the good stuff. Chinese food? Don't know, I'll have to research that. Mexican food, which I adore, I'm sure is bad for you, but my plan is to find and moderate the taste of the things I love so I don't feel as if I'm missing anything.Which is funny when I think about it, since I don't normally eat but when I do, I want it to be something yummy, and convenient.

But for now, this moment, I'm not eating a thing if that is even possible. I feel as if I'll put the wrong item in my mouth and I'll end up exploding into a waxy laden ball of plaque and sludge. When the investigators arrive at the scene, a black leathered foot will toe through the mess, attempting to figure out just what it was that created a puddle of muck and goo. Photos will be snapped, evidence bagged and labeled. A haphazard outline will surround the pool of goo. In time my picture will appear on milk cartons, right above the nutrition table, asking the question, Have You Seen Me? Yet there I am all over the floor as a dessert topping and a floor polisher.

I better start the process now and save time for identification purposes.


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raggedtigeruk (2007-09-18)
2nd comment.....are you 44? If so, you look ever so young to be 44. You look as if you are in your twenties!!!

raggedtigeruk (2007-09-18)
I have high cholesterol and have to take a statin to reduce it. In the UK, they work on the ratio between good and bad cholesterol, the idea that it is best to be below 5.0. I was 7.0 before the drugs, now i am 4.6, with no side affects from them. signs of getting old....bleh....41 and counting up quickly

Witqueen (2007-09-15)
Its actually just a wake up call. Everyone that knows me, knows I take care of everyone and I don't worry about myself. I'd like a happy medium, maybe die at 90 doing something that makes the evening news... :-)

Bishop\'s Fantasy? (2007-09-15)
Do you want to die in your sleep at the ripe old age of 150, or do you want to go out with a story that makes the evening news? Isn't the stress of obsessing over everything you put in your mouth just as bad as the high cholesterol?

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