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So my doctor wants me to go on statin drugs until the day I die.
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My cholesterol levels came back, and they were a little high, but not too bad.
But the good doctor filled out a risk assessment form, and I end up a high risk to have a heart attack. Thus the statins.
But, other than being penalized slightly by having a somewhat high cholesterol levels, the main reason I'm in the danger zone is I am 61 years old, and my dearly departed mother had a significant stroke before the age of 60.
Being 61 gets me 11 penalty points, and my mother having a stroke before 60 causes my penalty points to double and thus vaults me into the heart attack danger zone.
If I was younger and my mother hadn't had a stroke, my score on this risk assessment would be fine.
So I'm not going on the statins, but I am going to amp up my exercise program in order to reduce the "bad" cholesterol.
My diet is already very good.
Would you go on the statins, to play it safe? Or would you gamble, and see if getting fit does the job?
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