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Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)

1. At the end of your checkup....

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Sun Jan 15, 2023, 08:14 PM

Jan 2023

…ask, “Am I gonna live?” with a smile

And when your cardiologist says. “Yes” then immediately drop the smile and ask “How long?”

It’s fun to watch them back off from the previous answer.

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Dang! Those statins work! [View all] no_hypocrisy Jan 2023 OP

At the end of your checkup.... Effete Snob Jan 2023 #1

Statins have destroyed my short term memory Stargazer99 Jan 2023 #2

Wrecked my memory also MOMFUDSKI Jan 2023 #4

They worker great until it killed my aunt thatdemguy Jan 2023 #3

Congrats, but make sure they keep checking your vital organs for damage. SheltieLover Jan 2023 #5

The other levels all were within normal limits, inc. the liver. no_hypocrisy Jan 2023 #6

Glad to hear this! SheltieLover Jan 2023 #7

Congrats! Elessar Zappa Jan 2023 #8

A recent Korean Study from nature.com says 222 might be better than 187 womanofthehills Jan 2023 #9