Consuela, I am also in the crappy genetics boat and refuse to go on statins.
Hey! What do you two think you're doing? Fightin' at a time like this. You'll use up all the air!
Jayne ,'Out Of Gas'
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.
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
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.
msbelle - Feb 01, 2014 10:51:14 am PST #18714 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
have no motivation, stuck in my recliner, headache, wahhhhh
-t - Feb 01, 2014 11:34:32 am PST #18715 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Join me in Day of Sloth (probably a more accurate name than the Day of Rest I usually style it), msbelle. We might have cookies, but they are way over there.
Consuela - Feb 01, 2014 11:39:58 am PST #18716 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Consuela, I am also in the crappy genetics boat and refuse to go on statins.
My father went super-low-fat/vegan and dropped his cholesterol by 40 points in 3 months, so it is possible.
Yay, although argh. Gonna be difficult.
Steph L. - Feb 01, 2014 11:47:41 am PST #18717 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Consuela, I am also in the crappy genetics boat and refuse to go on statins.
My father has had 5 heart attacks and a quadruple bypass and I refuse to go on statins. More and more research is indicating that cholesterol levels are not the problem, but inflammation is. A HUGE contributor to cardiovascular disease is [sob] sugar consumption.
Jesse - Feb 01, 2014 11:47:52 am PST #18718 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm just sitting watching Ellen. I should at least be shredding and dealing with paper. Maybe next.
meara - Feb 01, 2014 11:57:57 am PST #18719 of 30000
I walked up to the movie theater (about a mile away), had pho on the way, and am going to watch the Oscar-nominated animated short films.
My throat still hurts a lot. I'm wondering if it's strep. But Dr Google tells me even if it is it should go away in 3-7 days. I've spent SO much on medical care already this year ($40 copays for physical therapy, $50 for the pink eye trip to urgent care, etc). I really don't want to go f they're going to say "oh it's a virus".
-t - Feb 01, 2014 12:05:00 pm PST #18720 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm going to watch this Colbert and then Elementary, and then go run away from zombies for a little while.
As an anecdata point, my parents both did the extremely low fat vegan thing for a while (then backed off to low fat mostly vegan with some occasional animal products (mostly fish)) and my dad's doctor still had him on a half a pill of lipitor until recently. I think standards might have changed, I don't think his numbers did. Anyway, he's glad to be off it.
One of my co-workers just did some kind of anti-inflammation no sugar detoxifying regimen and so far is feeling great. There was some specific thing she was hoping it would improve and it seems to have, though I'm afraid I don't remember what it was. Even by anecdata standards my research is shoddy, sorry!