Check-up

This morning I had my semi-annual check-up with my cardiologist.  He wants a cholesterol test to see how my arteries are doing.  My total cholesterol was the highest that it has ever been.  Being troubled over that, Dr. Dahl ordered another test.  Having another finger pricked for a blood sample, and having the test done took six minutes.  Test results were the same.  Now what?  More medication, changing my eating habits, or what?  I told him what medication I was taking.  One that he prescribed was missing.  On my last check-up six months ago, he prescribed Lisinopril, which is used to lower ones cholesterol l.  I thought he had me take lisinopril instead of the Zocor that I had been taking.  He then gave me a prescription for Zocor.  I hope that takes care of it.  I will see him again in six months

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The nurse took my vitals and they were all good, other than I had gained seven pounds.  I asked him to tell me how many years in this life do I have left to live.  We then discussed cancer patients who take various treatments and then they are told they may have five years or so.  Without medical intervention a patient may be expected to live three months or so. I asked him how many years I have left.  He thought a moment and said thirteen.  My date of death based on that statement will be 14 January 2024. That should give me plenty of time to repent.  I probably should repent now!  I will be 86 years old.  That probably won’t be too bad.  There are a lot of people who die before that. If I live six additional years, I will be able to witness the two hundredth anniversary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day-Saints.  That will be kind of fun if I have all of my faculties.  I suppose that I will just have to wait and be productive in every way that I can.  He also told me that it would be alright to expand my business.