Personally, as a relatively young and basically healthy woman, I wouldn't take a statin. I refused them when a doctor wanted to put me on them a decade ago (I was 40). They are hell on the liver. But IANAD.
Willow: It feels like we're going around in circles. Xander: Our circles are going around in circles. We got dizzy circles here.
'Sleeper'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Zenkitty - Feb 01, 2014 9:08:44 am PST #18704 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
meara - Feb 01, 2014 9:18:39 am PST #18705 of 30000
Maybe it's just I have a lot more coworkers in their 50s than I have at previous workplaces.
Probably that, but still sad.
Kat - Feb 01, 2014 9:21:57 am PST #18706 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Also, stores track you by your cell phone. That was the other thing that was creepy.
I put on lotion today so I need to re-shower before I go get my mammogram.
Calli - Feb 01, 2014 9:33:17 am PST #18707 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Oy. Unconnected friends are debating in the comments section of a Facebook post. One of them flounced and blocked, and the other is all, "Would you just tell her that . . ." And, no. It isn't junior high. I won't be the go between so you can win the debate that you shouldn't have started in my post in the first place. We're all in our 40s, for goodness sake!
Consuela - Feb 01, 2014 9:53:52 am PST #18708 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yeah, a quick look at the NIH website about statins & red yeast rice is not reassuring: [link]
Effective RYR contains a statin and should be prescription only and could damage your liver. Or so I gather. I'm not enthusiastic.
I'm hoping that if I cut out dairy/red meat and eat even more steel-cut oatmeal (which I like, and I eat frequently) I can bring it down. Still, it's a drag. I suspect it's genetic, unlike my blood sugar levels which are high because I have an incurable sweet tooth.
Jesse - Feb 01, 2014 10:01:15 am PST #18709 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I tell you, it's not the NSA we should worry about. It's companies.
Yeah, I guess I knew that. I does make me want to game the system a little more, so at least it's to my benefit. This requires thinking about what I'll want to buy next week, but I can probably manage that.
I could almost literally not be more proud of myself for changing the chain on my ceiling fan light. Go team doing stuff!
Typo Boy - Feb 01, 2014 10:06:01 am PST #18710 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Not just the NSA. I worry about both. And line between the two is not as clear as it might appear in any case.
shrift - Feb 01, 2014 10:23:57 am PST #18711 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Consuela, I am also in the crappy genetics boat and refuse to go on statins.
Kate P. - Feb 01, 2014 10:32:09 am PST #18712 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Kate, no, it's American University in DC. Neither of my nieces wants to go back to Tennessee, I'm afraid. Which university were you thinking of? If you don't mind saying.
Aw, well -- that's exciting for her, though! The school I was thinking of was [name go poof!].
Phew, I finally got Rose down for a nap. Now she just has to wake up in, uh, 20 minutes so we can go to a friend's birthday party. (It's possible, but not exactly likely...)
flea - Feb 01, 2014 10:37:03 am PST #18713 of 30000
information libertarian
My father went super-low-fat/vegan and dropped his cholesterol by 40 points in 3 months, so it is possible.