BigOwl
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I have been diagnosed with familial hypercholesterolemia. Before bypass surgery and drug therapy, my total cholesterol level was 478; over the last fourteen years, on high doses of Lipitor and Niaspan (and more recently on Zetia) the total has been r
I'm married, 61, teach art and design history, write, blog, and am the mother of two grown (thirtyish) children, one of whom also has the familial hypercholesterolemia gene(s) but controls her numbers through diet, exercise, and taking Crestor.
I'm married, 61, teach art and design history, write, blog, and am the mother of two grown (thirtyish) children, one of whom also has the familial hypercholesterolemia gene(s) but controls her numbers through diet, exercise, and taking Crestor.
- Location
- North Texas, USA
- Surgery
- I have had a four-vessel coronary artery bypass graft (1995) and am expecting to have my aortic valve replaced in early April 2009.
- Medications
- Lipitor, Niaspan, Zetia, Metapropolol, Hyzaar, and (temporarily, to relieve angina) Clonazepem. I also take CoEnzyme Q10 and fish oil supplements, plus aspirin.
- Occupation
- College teacher
- Referral
- Google search on William Ryan.
Signature
CABG, 4 vessels, July 1995, Baylor Hospital, Dallas.
AVR with Carbomedics 21mm. mechanical valve on 9 April 2009 at Baylor Heart Hospital Plano, Texas, by Dr. G. Kimball Jett.
I may be synthetic, but I'm not stupid. --Bishop, the Android
AVR with Carbomedics 21mm. mechanical valve on 9 April 2009 at Baylor Heart Hospital Plano, Texas, by Dr. G. Kimball Jett.
I may be synthetic, but I'm not stupid. --Bishop, the Android