a head of my own

Quite an eventful night yesterday. Just before leaving work, Ray called me to let me know the doctor was looking for me. I had a physical last week, and was waiting for my test results. I called, and a nurse (the doctor is on vacation this week) told me my cholesterol isn't too good (201 total, just 1 above the limit, not too bad, but my HDL -the good one- is 39, 1 lower than the minimun, and my LDL -the bad one- is 142, 12 above the maximum; overall not good.) Unfortunately, she also told me my heart is inflamed, which can't be a good thing (my Cardio CRP is 8.7 on a scale of 1.0 to 10.0, where anything above 3.0 is considered a high cardiovascular risk.) The doctor ordered me to start taking the baby aspirin (81 mg a day,) which gave me pause because that's usually what's prescribed to older people with a heart condition or something like that, and I'm only 33. :-( I have another appointment with my doctor in two weeks, at which point I'll find out more about this. Can't wait to know more. I hope I can get better, that it's not irreversible, but I really don't know what to think. I've discovered I have high cholesterol around 7 years ago and ever since I've tried to lower it, but nothing works, not dieting, not exercising, nothing. And I'm not a junk food eater, so it must be genetic for me, which wouldn't be a terrible thing, I guess, since in that case the body would probably adapt to it. But this, I'm afraid it's much worse, and if I can't lower the inflammation, it could spell trouble for me ahead. We'll see. ... Anyway, for the good news, last night the kids' social worker brought us the final documents to sign for the adoption. So now we're just waiting for the judge to approve it, and that's it. It all should happen within a month. :-) ... Oh, one more good thing: Nicole yesterday didn't have any accidents and wore the same underpants all day long!! That's a lot of progress. Our little girl might be getting it already! Let's hope...