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I want to report to you some astounding news I received this week from my primary care physician … and it appears to be a result of the nutrition class I attended at home offered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

My doctor has removed my daily dose of cholesterol medication from my routine<\/em>. She told me my lab results are so positive that she doesn’t see the need to continue taking the pills each day.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I looked at her and said, plainly and simply, “Wow!”<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I sought professional help from the VA because I had gained a lot of weight in the two years since I lost my bride, Kathy Anne, to an aggressive form of brain cancer … glioblastoma. I had been taking the anti-cholesterol meds for many years prior to that tragic event. The meds had done their job, reeling in my cholesterol and triglycerides to within range of normal. Indeed, when I first saw a doctor in Amarillo way back when, he told me the substance they drew from my arm “didn’t even look like blood.” My lab numbers were off the charts. He declared that I was fortunate to have avoided serious impairment or death by a stroke.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The VA nutrition program was intended to jump-start a weight loss effort. That didn’t happen. Although I have peeled a few pounds off this overfed old man’s body. What did happen was a change of lifestyle. I can state with clear honesty that I have changed my eating habits. I forgo the junk food that would formerly entice me.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This week, I got some hard numbers that told me my efforts have paid off. I want to share that with you because of the support I have gotten from Blogger Land from those who tell me they want me to stay in the game of commenting on world affairs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

So … there you have it. Life is good. I intend to keep living it for a while longer.<\/p>\r\n\n

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