I Intend To Live Forever - Or Die Trying

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This doctor of mine…

A couple years back…wrapped up the annual physical…with a haunting…well I guess you have to die from something…comment…it was meant as a compliment…this old gal fortunately pretty healthy except for that dreaded ongoing high cholesterol…her still refusing once again…to take a statin…

Tried them three times…each time side effects increased in severity…the last…numbness from knees down…vertigo…fatigue…weakness…ringing in the ears…took a year to go away…made the option a solid…never again…promised the doc…patient me would kick it into gear…eat better…exercise…get those numbers down…without meds…

Went whole hog…avocados…nuts…berries…flax seed…omegas…yada yada yada…tried in vain to incorporate them into the daily diet…then discovered…Step One Foods…all those cholesterol lowering things…in food products…created by a cardiologist…quality ingredients…scientifically based…seemed worth a shot…

Did the one month trial…and sure enough…numbers went down 50 points…still high but in a safer range…but one of us…got lazy…and over time…well…you know how it goes…and here we are…a few years later…those numbers way up there again…patient me once again vowing…to exercise…and eat right…

But this time…she’s gonna get those numbers down…and keep them down…cuz like Groucho Marx says…I intend to live forever…or die trying…
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And that husband of mine…agrees…