there are certain disorders, such as familial hyperchyolesterolemia, where there's a bad gene in the family and the families have very high cholesterols, 30400 milligrams per deciliter, whereas, if you're looking at something to compare that to, you'd say around 150 or less wod be... you know, 130, 120 would b really an adequate level. goldenetz: you know, our daughter's been tested, and our son, for cholesterol. our son's is okay. our daughter, who's a vegetarian, her cholesterol was over 300 at 20 years old. hodis: most people don't fall into that category of that extreme risk. but we're all at risk, and if it's in the family, a parent or a sibling, then you're very high risk if... of also having that outcome of either stroke or heart disease. goldenetz: well, it's funny, the first time i really noticed some symptoms was 1997... january... i'd had a cold and i had a sore throat, but i also had a strange tightness in my chest, and i attributed that, at first, to the cold and the sore throat. that kind of was the way things went for several months where i'd feel okay for a while and