Optima Health is makin' bank this year!

So. Here I am again. This time with more fabulous news on my health. Well for all one of you who have been following my blog..here's the latest. I had to meet with my doctor to discuss cholesterol meds. Yes, I have high cholesterol. Very high. BUT, this did not come as a shock to me because I have hypercholesterolemia. It runs in the blood on my mother's side of the family (I've always said, the ONLY thing I got from my birth mother was high cholesterol..thanks Mom!) Stupid chromosome 19! Your cholesterol as many of you know is supposed to be under 200..preferably around the 180's. Cholesterol is a plaque that builds up in your blood and can block your arteries causing you to be at risk for heart attack, stroke, or heart disease. When I was 8 years old I had my cholesterol taken. It was 340. ( I heard all one of you gasp!) Yes, that's extremely high. Mind you, my mother and grandmother's were both in the 400's and they have always been on meds for it. A few years ago, right before or right after I met Lee, i had it taken and it was 320. Wow 20 points. Anyway, after all these crazy health problems started I told my Dr about the hypercholesterolemia and she wanted to take my blood. My pediatrician and primary doctor in Roanoke never wanted to put me on meds because I was so young. I told my new pcp here in VA BEACH that I WANT to be on meds if I can do it safely. I don't want to have to constantly wonder if these crazy symptoms are cholesterol related. She said that back in the days that I had my cholesterol checked that it was pretty much unheard of to have someone that young or even as young as me on meds. Well, times have changed. She has a lot of young children on Cholestorol meds. Therefore I got my blood checked and my cholesterol was 306! (the doctor gasped) I jumped for joy because its the lowest its been in my entire life....even if it IS TREMENDOUSLY high. FYI I am now an officially consumpting Zocor on a daily basis. Let's add that med to the list...my BC, ativan, Naproxen, daily vitamin, and metamucil (that I've really been taking for my own amusment since Lee had it recommended to him because of all of his bowel problems)I feel like a have a nightstand of a 70 year old woman. Oh but it doesn't end there. Because of everything that is going on...I have developed severe anxiety. You can add celexa to that list of meds....I'm excited about this one. Not only to calm my nerves..but Lee's mom went on it and lost 30 pounds. I've already lost 10..lets add 30 more! Not to mention feeling better? That would be amazing!? So the last test she is ordering is another test that could tell if I have MS or not. That's a big one. I had a negative EMG and normally if that is negative you can rule-out MS but because my symptoms seem to persist, we're going to try the MRI. AND even though my back and neck x-rays came back negative as well...she's going to do an MRI of the neck since I have a lot of tension and back pain just to make sure there are no nerves there that we've missed. I know my doctor is thinking positively so Lee and I are too. Please keep us in your prayers ..I don't know when the MRI's will be scheduled but probably sometime next week. Oh and to my one blogger reader..anemia was ruled out..b12 deficiency..etc etc. There's really nothing left to do. If this is all stress/anxiety/depression..the celexa will slowly take care of that. I'm so ready for a new year!! Not that I'm trying to skip Christmas or anything but...anyway.