Sign I'm getting older

Okay, let me start by saying that if anything I say applies to you and/or offends you, I"M SORRY!

I do not like taking medicine (just ask Tom). I had a headache one afternoon and he asked if I wanted an Aleve. I said, "Yes, ah, leave me alone." I know, not so nice, but it did make us both laugh.

Today I went for my physical - yeah, fun, right? Well, my lab work came back pretty good. Liver function - good; sugar level - good; platelet count, triglyceride, and lots of other levels - good, good and good. Then comes the cholesterol - snag! The lipid profile should be between 0-200 mg mine was normal at 199. HDL (good cholesterol) numbers are good. LDL (bad cholesterol) number should be 0-99 mg and mine is 115. My doctor said and I quote - "You are two french fries away from high cholesterol". Good thing french fries aren't a staple in my diet.

So much to my chagrin my doc put me on Lipitor. She explained that it is a preventive to prevent me from having heart disease and/or stroke. Yeah, that sounds good. It is just the thought of having to take a pill to control something in my body.

Okay, here is the part that might be offensive. I always thought people that have to take medicine daily are older people. You know the pills go in those little pill boxes with the days of the week on them so you can tell if you've taken your medicine for the day or not. I know I'm making a bigger deal out of this than it is. I guess it's just a sign I'm getting older. When I was younger there was the medicine I took so I wouldn't have acne (Medicine which needed to be taken with food. One morning I took it on an empty stomach and got sick on the school bus. Luckily, I had my gym bag with me. I quietly zipped it open and yakked and zipped it right back up. No one except, Tiffany, who was sitting beside me, ever knew.) Then there was the birth control pills which I was so excited to be able to stop taking (thank you, Tom for the snip-snip). Vitamins and the occasional colon cleanse and that's it for my medication. I don't even take the vitamins on a regular basis. Maybe that's it - it's more of a memory thing - to remember to take the meds. Probably that and the whole I can't control my cholesterol so let this pill do it for me. I think I just hit the nerve of the problem. I can't control the numbers - newsflash - Amanda, as independent as she may be, isn't in control of this. You know what that Lipitor isn't in control either, my Father is. So, I will not look at this as a negative thing anymore. I'll put my trust in Him to whom I belong. I'll pray, pop the pill, exercise and stay away from the french fries.