Cholesterol

So if you haven't heard already, I recently found out that I have high cholesterol. I was told that I had to go on medicine for it as soon as possible, pending finding a doctor here in Boston. Well, the first appointment that I was able to procure out of any doctor in the city was November 5. That's pretty far into the future. So, who knows when I'll be able to get checked up by a doctor. But at the same time, I've been hearing from a couple of people (and my Mom has also heard) that most people who get diagnosed with high cholesterol are told to go on a diet and exercise for a few months before they get put on this medicine. I haven't been told that (at least not yet), so I'm really worried about how dire this situation is.

The even worse problem I'm finding is that no matter where on the internet I look for answers as to what not to eat and all, it's all stuff that I don't eat to begin with. So, my Mom's obvious answer was that maybe it's just how my body is wired. Which would be ok if I knew exactly what the levels were like. Because if my body is just plain producing that amount of cholesterol, it means that my own body is destroying itself, and that really really sucks.

What's even worse is that with this whole not being able to see a doctor right away, I might need to make an emergency trip home to see a doctor in the next couple of weeks. This means an $80 12-hour round trip to go see a doctor. I don't want to have to waste that kind of time.

So, for now, I'm just going to eat oatmeal or cheerios for basically every single meal I have, and hope to God that I don't have a heart attack or a stroke. If you don't hear from me for a few days, it probably means I'm dead.

Sitting At Hi & Lo's...

Laurynn Scholar gets on my ass like a hemorrhoid for not posting blogs as often as possible. Now that we're getting new music for the BIRN (Berklee Internet Radio Network), I'll start posting about new albums and stuff that we're getting in. With any luck, tomorrow I'll get to post about the new Metallica album. That things has really racked my brain. Also, the new Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile album is fantastic, but I might hold of on posting about that until I get to see the DVD that comes with the deluxe edition.

Anyway, this is my last semester at Berklee. It's the 10th. Last time. Crazy, right? I'm excited and sad at the same time. But, I guess that I'd be sad a lot less if I knew that I was going to have some sort of work happening after the semester is over. Having 2 Bachelor's degrees is going to be quite sweet, though. I can't wait until someday when I have my Ph.D. That very likely won't be until I'm about 50 or 60, but I plan on doing it. Most likely in music theory. I'm a rule nazi, so I suppose I'd like to have the highest degree possible in the study of the rules of music. Then I'd just try and break them all. I think that's a very little known fundamental part about why I'm a completist and try so hard to know everything about the things I'm interested in. It's mostly just so I can tear it apart, but I never want to tear things apart unless I know how to put them back together. When Arnold Schoenberg started writing his weird atonal and 12-tone music, his students weren't allowed to abandon strict traditional writing until they had mastery of it. That's what I like to do. I only like to mess with grammar because I have a tight handle on it.

Whatevs......Metallica talk tomorrow.