Brother's test results
The minister of home affairs and I are completely puzzled. We received an SMS last night saying that my brother had given in and had gone for his cholesterol test. That's a good thing!
He had good news: his total cholesterol is only 4.9mmol per litre.
This puzzles us, though. How did he manage to avoid the gene that has expressed itself in every other member of the family? My maternal grandmother died in her 60s after a series of heart attacks, my mother's reading is exceptionally high, my sister's is high, mine is high, and it has also expressed itself in my maternal aunt's family. In fact, one of my cousins, who is 10 years younger than I am, is on medication.
We are happy for my brother, make no mistake. We just cannot understand how one person managed to avoid this thing!
