[yaya]

Hello, I'm new, I'm 57 years old and my name is yaya. This looks like a very interesting site. I have 3 daughters, my youngest has a mental illness. Recently I was told by my doctor I'm very high risk for a heart attack. It's scaring me and I'm working on taking better care of myself. Just two days ago I started on statin medication.

Yaya

[Jomar]

Hello Yaya,
Welcome to the forum- if you need any help finding your way around here just ask.
Nice to meet you.

[Curious]

yaya

[Doody]

Hi Yaya, and welcome! You'll find great support here.

[Darlene]

yaya,

It is great to see you have come to join us. We are here to help and listen to you.

Darlene

[Idealist]

I hope you meet a lot of nice people here, and obtain the advice, information and support that you are looking for. We are all here to help each other, and I hope you'll become an active member.

Best Wishes,
Idealist

[yaya]

Thanks Everyone for your warm welcome.

yaya

[jouxson]

hi, sorry about your worry, my brother has been taking that medication for a while and its working well
Yaya

[Jaspar]

Welcome yaya. I am sorry you are at high risk for heart disease, but trying to change the odds. I have always been told to take CoQ10 when taking a statin drug, and that our homocysteine level is even more important than cholesterol level (pharmaceutical companies just don't have a drug to lower that so many doctors fail to measure it.)

Cholesterol levels can be confusing. One doctor said my cholesterol was "high" and should be on a statin drug. Another said no - I should not be because my ratio of HDL (good) to LDL (bad) was excellent.

In the meantime, I am exercising more and eating better, so I can relate.