I was diagnosed with high bad cholesterol due to my cardiologist appointment last week. Do we go l

I had 2 surgeries at birth to save myself from dying.

I had crazy high cholesterol and blood pressure before surgery and was on medications for both. I was also pre-diabetic. My doctor told me that without something drastic (i.e., surgery) I was going to have a major cardiac incident within ten years that I might not survive.

I was off both medications about three months after surgery. In fact, my blood pressure got so low that it was actually a problem for a while. Getting off the meds was one of the great benefits of surgery for me.

Edited January 28, 20215 yr by Recidivist