[ExI] put up with me

[William Flynn Wallace]

Stuart, when I was tested this summer, it came as a complete surprise that
the results showed that I had had a heart attack.  The catheter showed no
blockages etc. so that's out for a reason.  The beta blocker is for heart
speed.  My usual was around 90 and now it's around 60 - much less strain on
the heart.

The statin has reduced the LDL to 49, so the total is 115 or so.  I did
read that lowering it even in people like me whose total before the statin
was 170, helped in the morbidity department, and even though I have ranted
about statins in past posts, I have no side effects.  I will be asking
about lowering the BP meds.  Entresto, a new drug, really causes shortness
of breath rather severely, in addition to dizziness.  I am being extremely
careful not to fall.

I have never had any chest pains.  Did you get any use out of that book I
sent to you?   bill w

On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 1:04 PM Stuart LaForge via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

>
> Quoting Bill Wallace:
>
> > FYI - my cholesterol was 170 - optimal - LDL 104. Optimal.  But last
> week,
> > in reviewing my stance on statins, I ran across a finding that statins
> > helped in heart cases even though your cholesterol was normal.  Yesterday
> > they ran it, and LDL was 49!! - total 104.
>
> Those numbers are really good. Was this your first heart attack?
>
> > I have no idea where we go from here.  We don't know, and maybe won't
> know
> > what caused the heart attack, but I have avoided surgery, stents, etc.
> Now
> > if I can just walk 100 feet without feeling out of breath......
>
> Were the beta-blockers solely for high blood pressure? If there was no
> arterial plaque, then it could be coronary artery spasms
>
>
> https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/angina/expert-answers/coronary-artery-spasm/faq-20058316
>
> or MINOCA.
>
> https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/circulationaha.117.027666
>
> > Thanks for caring
>
> I am glad you are still around, but no dice on the yacht. If I had the
> money for a yacht, then funding cardiac stem-cell research would
> probably be a better investment anyway. :-)
>
> Stuart LaForge
>
>
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