They are greatly overprescribed, adversely interact with a lot of medications and are far from being innocuous drugs.

Especially with the family history you shared in your 1st post, that seems hard to believe. It sounds like you’re doing what needs to be done at this point. I would definitely want to get eyes on the situation with the dye test, and go from there.
We’re pulling for you here in Pelican OT.

Is there a Dr on the plane ? I had one of those (above) done also at a hospital which resulted in a score of ZERO also. That was shocking to me as I was not in that great a shape, but I wonder if it's maybe a little misleading. It's not like the dye, just a scan around the heart area as I recall - not pregnant! wouldit be possible to have a blockage further away and for that scan not to detect it at all, or for non calcified plaque to be all over ? Experts please chime in ? there's no way I was a ZERO being 50 lbs overweight at the time !

Mine was full body.

I had a 1st heart scan about 5 years ago and a 2nd a few weeks ago. Scored zero on both but my dad died at 43 of a heart attack and I'm 55 so I'm being extra diligent.

They showed me my zero score scan pic and I was like so what am I looking for. They said there's nothing there so you get a zero. Then they showed me a scan of a guy who didn't score a zero. Lots of white spots all around the heart. Not sure if it's proven science or not but it sure didn't look good to me. It cost me $150 out of pocket since insurance doesn't cover it.

I've heard that drinking a lot of acidic fluid like Coke makes the bones brittle by removing calcium. Not sure if it works that way with venous calcium cholesterol or not. The Italians/French eat their fill of pasta and meat with wine and remain healthy somehow. Garlic is supposed to be a blood thinner. Tea has medicinal properties. We rarely drink enough water.

I'm working up the willpower to start fasting occasionally. Just a day to start with. Maybe half an orange x2. The body may reset and clean itself a bit.

Damn,
So sorry to hear that Bugs.


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I was in a training situation 40 years ago wherein we had to learn about GXT’s. Part of the deal was to observe somebody having a stress test. I volunteered. They hooked me up all the while describing the leads and metabolic equivalents, blah, blah, blah. So they started the treadmill and I’m walking whilst the tech monitored the EKG. Then just as the cardiologist came back in the room she upped the speed. He looks at the screen and grabs the paper copy being spit out and not in any lackadaisical manner orders me off the treadmill and says we’re done with this demo.

!!! WTF?

Never did figure out what happened. 20 years later I had a real exercise test and it came out just fine.

Hey Lee, long time. SmileWavy

Sounds like you have some great pointers here.


If you don't mind, may I ask where that scan was taken?

And who/where are you being seen now?

PM me if to maintain privacy if you prefer.

I can't remember who did the abdominal CT. My CAC test was done by Simon Med Imaging.

I have a heart catheterization scheduled in 2 weeks. Cardiologist, Rizaldy Villegas, says a CTA isn't indicated for people with high levels of CAC because the calcium interferes with the imaging, so the cath is the best way to see what's going on. Could be just lots of calcium in artery walls, could need stents, could need a bypass. We'll find out on 4.24.23.

Good luck, don't forget get to skip breakfast.