BU has a really nice HR department. They recently had a 'cardiac health' fair, and if you registered, they did a screening for you. BP, non-fasting cholesterol levels, BMI analysis... they have a very rough algorithm that will give you a number that is the "percent chance of you having a heart attack within 10 yrs." Of course, this isn't meant to scare anyone, since the BMI is just your weight over your height (I'm big-boned, dammit!), and the BP is after you ran and chased a bus down to get over to the student union.
I did all this, and it turns out my 'good' cholesterol is VERY low. My 'bad' is on the upper of 'normal'. I'm still total below 200 (ug/mL? units?), but the very low amount of HDLs certainly increases my chances for bad things. So, it's more exercise and better eating for me.
Shana brought home some vitamins she got at the pharmacy that are basically horse pills of fish oils and omega 6 and 3 fatty acids... good stuff for upping the HDL level. Turns out, you should certainly see how your stomach responds to these oils before you take them with food and then go to an hour lecture and then an office hour with five kids sitting in front of you.
Ten minutes into the office HOUR, the pain hit me. I did manage to NOT shit my pants for 45 minutes while discussing electron wave functions and how the resonance of those leads to light interacting with matter and you get absorption... but barely. And then I wrecked the 8th floor men's room. I work on the 10th floor, so no harm, no foul.
And now I feel like I need to go home and get our new Wii fit to weigh me so I can improve my Wii age.
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Sounds like you have some serious lobster deficiency going on there. Get on that, stat. Trust me, I'm almost a doctor.
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