1/6 I visit FB forums to see what's going on: Read this and do some SERIOUS thinking.
Sleepless night: I, with HIGH cholesterol (notably LDL), and NOT on a Statin - just passed a Coronary calcium score with a flying colors mark of ZERO.
Sleepless night: I, with HIGH cholesterol (notably LDL), and NOT on a Statin - just passed a Coronary calcium score with a flying colors mark of ZERO.
2/6 (Yes, I know this doesn’t show soft plaque, and that I shouldn’t assume that I have dodged all bullets).
Contrast that with my husband, who is on a Statin, and has “BETTER” LDL cholesterol numbers than I do - has just had a heart attack and catheterization this late night
Contrast that with my husband, who is on a Statin, and has “BETTER” LDL cholesterol numbers than I do - has just had a heart attack and catheterization this late night
3/6 and more issues to address. I will find out the extent of things once I get back to the hospital in a few hours.
Just heard he has 100% blockage in the LAD and will need a bypass. WOW.
Just heard he has 100% blockage in the LAD and will need a bypass. WOW.
4/6 Reply: Same here. Dr kept telling me my LDL was high and was pushing statins like a bitch. But I kept refusing. CAC scan was zero.
Husband had low LDL and had a heart attack and catheterisation with more problems.
Husband had low LDL and had a heart attack and catheterisation with more problems.
5/6 He died 10 months after his first heart attack, from a second heart attack
6/6 How many more people are going to die because the medical profession continue with their "lower the better syndrome"? I can't tell you how sad this makes me feel. How the hell did anyone buy into this ?
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