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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Joy of this, Joy of that
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 21:01:31 +0000
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On 29/11/2024 18:23, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2024-11-29, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> On 29/11/2024 09:29, D wrote:
>>
>>> The other week the doctor called him out for an increase in cholesterol,
>>> and suggested a more vegetarian diet. My father told him that's never
>>> gonna happen, so the doctor sighed and gave him some medicine instead.
>>> End result: happy patient!
>>
>> Ignorant doctors. Cholesterol is made by the body to deal with too much
>> starch.
>>
>> I get a fortnightly injection for that. Self administered. The quacks
>> are happy with the results.
>>
>> Statins are fucking dreadful.
> 
> In what way?  I take 10mg of Crestor (rosuvastatin) daily and don't
> have any problems.  I can even eat grapefruit.
> 
Muscle cramps were dreadful.


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