[ExI] put up with me

[John Grigg]

Stuart LaForge wrote:
"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, what you wrote here made me think of my/our dead friend, Robert
Bradbury. I recall how he was a scientist/entrepreneur who created a
company to develop carbon nanotubes. But he was supposedly too ahead of his
time, and lost his financial nest egg/fortune, despite his labor of love. I
enjoyed the time I spent in Spike's backyard, listening to Robert talk
about his plans. I really miss the guy, and considering how I am in
American expat in the Philippines, and his own interest in foreign women, I
wish he were still around for me to talk to... If he had only lived, I bet
Robert would have accomplished alot by now. Well, at least he was
cryonically suspended.

John

On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 4:49 AM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> 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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