doc: we usually don’t even order a cholesterol test for a healthy person your age
me: but isn’t there a lot of evidence that heart disease usually starts when you’re quite young?
doc: yeah but we wouldn’t put you on meds at this age
me: what abt diet & lifestyle changes?
doc: 
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Are you suggesting the lipid test would not more accurately inform my decision to make or not make diet and lifestyle changes? Or that the even the dr prescribed simple test is unnecessary? After typing I realize you can’t be case specific.
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Early detection of familial hyperlipidemas would safe a life or two
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