"Holy Lobsters!! Bawdy!! I nearly forgot to start the new "chat" thread for the month." said Dobbin. Since I could pass for an old nag, Dobbin seemed to fit the context.

Good to see you posting more. I have been trying to get back "on-line" since a storm killed my computer. Almost there.

Have any of you heard of "Life Line Screening", where they come in and give you four tests for cardiac function? A friend did it and when I got an ad in the mail I thought I would try it. The do a sonagrams looking for blockage or aneurysms of the abdominal aorta and of the carotid artery (in the neck). A bone density check, also sonar, of your heel. And a “peripheral arterial disease screen” that looks at the difference in blood pressure in each ankle and wrist. I will get the results in two to three weeks.

They also offered a blood lipid test that gave you the results in about five minutes from a drop of blood from a finger prick, not unlike the one for blood sugar tests. My results were;
Triglycerides = 57
HDL = 69
LDL = 109
non-HDL = 121 (Has to be LDL plus IDL)
TotC = 190
C- reactive protein = 1.69 mg/L (all others in mg/dL)

Need to quit and go to bed.
See you all later,
Larry