Gene editing appears to be helping folks who suffer from familial hypercholesterolemia, like me.
In the article, they talk about folks who have a worse version of it than I do. 😔 Mine is heterozygous for one thing, and I think only my PCSK9 is affected. The PCSK9 inhibitors do work for me. So I'm probably not a candidate for gene editing for now.
#HealthNews #FamilialHypercholesterolemia #GeneEditing #PCSK9Inhibitor #cholesterol #HeartAttackSurvivor
OMG! I shot myself! With my PC...
"Yeah, yeah. It was with your PCSK9 inhibitor."
Yeah... my cholesterol medicine.
"Old news."
😭
#FamilialHypercholesterolemia #hypercholesterolemia #PCSK9Inhibitor
Today is Rare Disease Day.
I've got two of those.
First is familial hypercholesterolemia. This is not your run--of-the-mill hypercholesterolemia. No. This cannot be just treated with diet and exercise. Even the statins aren't great at treating it. The state of the art is a PCSK9 inhibitor. This, this does wonders.
Then, there's the PCNS lymphoma. Lymphomas are already considered rare. The PCNS form is even rarer. I'm over 5 years in remission and doing fine.
May we eradicate all diseases, from the commonest to the rarest.
#RareDiseaseDay2026 #RareDiseaseDay #hypercholesterolemia #FamilialHypercholesterolemia #PCSK9Inhibitor #lymphoma #cancer #PCNSLymphoma #CancerSurvivor #HeartAttackSurvivor
Mrs. Chen sat across from me, her hands clasped tightly in her lap. The routine check-up for her son, eight-year-old Leo, had flagged something unexpected. #childcholesterollevels #childhoodobesityandcholesterol #familialhypercholesterolemia #highcholesterolinchildren #kidshearthealth #lipidpanelchildren #pediatrichighcholesterol
Mrs. Chen sat across from me, her hands clasped tightly in her lap. The routine check-up for her son, eight-year-old Leo, had flagged something unexpected. #childcholesterollevels #childhoodobesityandcholesterol #familialhypercholesterolemia #highcholesterolinchildren #kidshearthealth #lipidpanelchildren #pediatrichighcholesterol
I just had my annual meeting with my lipid specialist. My cholesterol is fine.
We're moving from praluent to repatha for my PCKS9 inhibitor, but that's due to the insurance company, not because I'm doing badly.
#cholesterol #FamilialHypercholesterolemia #LipidSpecialist #PCSK9Inhibitor
It's finally come to this...
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Today is the day I shoot myself....
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With my PCSK9 inhibitor, a drug I shoot myself with every two weeks to keep my cholesterol in check. 
You, too, can... Wait... 
Never mind, my condition is genetic.
I had a praluent delivery scheduled for delivery on Friday last week, but UPS delayed it until Monday of this week.
Praluent needs refrigeration.
By the time it got here, it wasn't refrigerated anymore. The ice packs it was packed with had melted long before it got here.
I send a message to my pharmacy on Monday evening. They contacted me by phone today.
A replacement is going to be shipped.
#PCSK9Inhibitor #praluent #FamilialHypercholesterolemia #medicine #pharmacy #UPS #fuckup #refrigeration
OMG! I shot myself!
"How did you do that?"
I put it against my left arm and squeezed the trigger.
"Are you okay?"
Yes. It stung a bit, and I bled a tiny bit.
"Wait? What did you shoot yourself with."
My PCSK9 inhibitor.
"What does it do?"
It inhibits the PCSK9.
"Oh..."
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