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I JUST HAD my annual physical. My doctor phoned with the results of my tests and said there
was a problem with my cholesterol and triglyceride levels. My cholesterol was at a sky high 300
and the triglycerides, likewise high at 190. To my horror the doctor suggested that I start on a
cholesterol lowering drug. Drug! I was shocked! I had just turned fifty and already the lifer
pharmaceutical pushers were at my door! How did this happen to me? I had quit smoking over
five years ago, I ate right and I exercised four days a week. I could not accept this awful thing
casting its ominous shadow across my path.
I asked the doctor to allow me some time to truly fine tune my eating habits in the hopes that it
would help to naturally lower my cholesterol levels. He unenthusiastically agreed. You see, he
knows my family history. Some of us are cholesterol factories…it’s a genetic curse…one I had
hoped would skip me.
For two weeks I was so depressed and angry! I hadn’t even begun to investigate what I needed
to do. All I could do was go on, and on, about the medical crisis that had befallen poor me.
Finally, exasperated by my now routine tirade, my husband shook me from my spiral of negativity
with his words.
“You smoked for over thirty years. How was your chest x-ray?
“Huh?”
“Your chest x-ray? You smoked like a chimney. Did they detect a suspicious looking mass?”
“My God, NO! My lungs are fine!” I said, my mind not even attempting to comprehend such an
idea.
“Hello?? You’re worrying about cholesterol? Something that can be controlled with a pill. Tell
someone who has cancer about your unfortunate cholesterol problem.”
Okay, okay. Sometimes we need a wake up call. Someone or something to remind us how
blessed we are. We have such a weakness to be consumed by the negatives in our lives. We
must allow ourselves to observe the positives and express our gratitude to the power that created
us.
Thankful to not have an immediate threat to my life, I was moved to act in a positive manner. I
gave myself eight weeks to lower my cholesterol. I researched many different diets and began a
program of healthier eating and continued my usual exercise program. I’m happy to report that
my cholesterol and triglyceride levels are down and I am no longer a candidate for cholesterol
lowering drugs!
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