<div dir="ltr"><div>Stuart LaForge wrote:<br></div><div>
"I am glad you are still around, but no dice on the yacht. If I had the <br>
money for a yacht, then funding cardiac stem-cell research would <br>
probably be a better investment anyway. :-)<font color="#888888">"<br></font>
</div><div><br></div><div>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.<br></div><div><br></div><div>John <br></div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 4:49 AM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)">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.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)">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.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I have never had any chest pains. Did you get any use out of that book I sent to you? bill w</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 1:04 PM Stuart LaForge via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
Quoting Bill Wallace:<br>
<br>
> FYI - my cholesterol was 170 - optimal - LDL 104. Optimal. But last week,<br>
> in reviewing my stance on statins, I ran across a finding that statins<br>
> helped in heart cases even though your cholesterol was normal. Yesterday<br>
> they ran it, and LDL was 49!! - total 104.<br>
<br>
Those numbers are really good. Was this your first heart attack?<br>
<br>
> I have no idea where we go from here. We don't know, and maybe won't know<br>
> what caused the heart attack, but I have avoided surgery, stents, etc. Now<br>
> if I can just walk 100 feet without feeling out of breath......<br>
<br>
Were the beta-blockers solely for high blood pressure? If there was no <br>
arterial plaque, then it could be coronary artery spasms<br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/angina/expert-answers/coronary-artery-spasm/faq-20058316" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/angina/expert-answers/coronary-artery-spasm/faq-20058316</a><br>
<br>
or MINOCA.<br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/circulationaha.117.027666" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/circulationaha.117.027666</a><br>
<br>
> Thanks for caring<br>
<br>
I am glad you are still around, but no dice on the yacht. If I had the <br>
money for a yacht, then funding cardiac stem-cell research would <br>
probably be a better investment anyway. :-)<br>
<br>
Stuart LaForge<br>
<br>
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