What's in my blood?

The doctor finally convinced me to start taking a cholesterol-lowering medication and I have been taking it for one month. A pharmacist at Wal-Mart puts it in a little white bag and charges me $24 because it is a knock-off of Zocor, 80 milligrams, the highest dose. I share this because it is not my diet that caused the high-cholesterol, it is my genetic propensity.
I have tried to eliminate bad fats from my diet by visualizing  the little chunks of fat swirling around in my veins, sticking to the walls of my arteries and clogging up the works so that they eventually cause a heart attack or a stroke. But each year the numbers went higher, so it is time!
Age 53 is my first milestone, the mark put there in my future by my father and his brother, who each died of a massive heart attack at. or about that age. In my family, me and my surviving siblings have passed the first mark. There is no excuse for inaction.
In two more weeks, I have my blood rechecked and I am hoping that those numbers have started down so that the dose can be lowered. I don't want to become dependent on this drug to do for me what I may be able to do for myself.  You see, High Cholesterol has a twin demon...High Blood Pressure!
Sorry to be "Debbie-Downer" but facts is facts and three other people share these genetics with me, so I guess I'm being pro-active with you even though I know your reasons for eating right and being fit may be different right now. It will help you in the future to think about The Twins now!