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My Cholesterol Was High for Years. Why Did ApoB Finally Get My Attention?
For the past few years, my blood work has been telling me something I already knew: my cholesterol was elevated. I worried about it every time, but I don’t think I truly understood what those numbers meant beyond high cholesterol isn’t good. The conversations with my doctors were usually pretty straightforward. We would keep an…
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Why Can’t I Enjoy Things That Are Just for Me? Guilt, Self-Neglect + Midlife
A while back, I sent my sister a text that said: “I am trying to book this but I feel shaken inside and have this nervous feeling in my gut and why am I freaking out?” Looking back now, it sounds dramatic. I was trying to book a sauna house. Not skydiving. Not moving across…
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The Woman I Am Becoming
Every year on my birthday, I find myself taking inventory. Not of accomplishments or milestones, but of the person I am becoming. Birthdays have a way of making me pause long enough to look both backward and forward at the same time. I find myself reflecting on the woman I once imagined I would be,…