Heart Check -

[KannikaP]

58 minutes ago, BigStar said:

 

You still taking all your meds, or added more? Last confession included these:

 

Bestatin – needed to reduce worry over high cholesterol.
Baby aspirin – previous stroke or heart attack?
Micardis, Doxadozin – also antihypertensive drugs that may affect BP

Stopped Bestatin as my cholesterol has been lowered by diet.

Stopped Baby Aspirin. I have NEVER had a stroke or Heart attack

Stopped Micardis. BP is now normal

Doxadozin is for BHP, prostate problem.

When did I last 'confess' to taking all these meds please?

[KannikaP]

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

Have you got low triglycerides? i don't go out of my way to eat Omega 3 and i have low triglycerides 

My blood test range says between 10 and 150 for TGs. Mine was 81 last month. Is that acceptable?

[BigStar]

10 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Stopped Bestatin as my cholesterol has been lowered by diet.

Stopped Baby Aspirin. I have NEVER had a storke or Heart attack

Stopped Micardis. BP is now normal

Doxadozin is for BHP, prostate problem.

When did I last 'confess' to taking all these meds please?

 

You're always forgetting what you posted and when, but obviously you did. Go find your own post. My memory's still pretty good.

 

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I take my BP every morning & night. Average 125/80 . RHR is average 52, FBS = 102, Triglyceride = 122, HDL = 37, LDL = 83, At my waist of 95 I should be 190 tall but I am only 177! 
Amlodepine 10mg/day, Bestatin, Baby aspirin, Micardis = 20mg. & Doxadozin for BHP. PSA = 5.4.

 

[KannikaP]

23 minutes ago, BigStar said:

 

You're always forgetting what you posted and when, but obviously you did. Go find your own post.

 

 

Things change in medicine requirements, as I said a couple of posts ago. Where did I mention being ''worried'' about cholesterol. Aspirin for previous stroke? Or antihypertensive drugs.....oh yes, Amlodepine. Still on 5mg of that.

I can't be bothered finding an old post of my own, or anyone elses. Or reading your criticism of me.

 

I did go back to find the post 2.5 years ago, where you allege I said I was worried about my Cholesterol.  YOU said.......No wonder your BP’s only slightly elevated and check it morning and night. Sorry, but that indicates worry.

I am not worried about my BP by taking it every morning. A lot can happen to one's health in 2.5 years, as it can between your two monthly BP checks.

[scubascuba3]

27 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

My blood test range says between 10 and 150 for TGs. Mine was 81 last month. Is that acceptable?

Yes less than 150 is optimal, my last test was 70

[KhunLA]

48 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

My blood test range says between 10 and 150 for TGs. Mine was 81 last month. Is that acceptable?

Assuming your HDL is around 50-60, then that's  good ratio TG/ HDL, as < 2 is good.  Puts you around 1.5 ratio (81 ÷ 55 = 1.47).  

 

Mine now is about 1:1 (69 / 68), been a ratio as high as 3+ in the past, and got it down to 2.5, then 2, now 1, the past 4 years.  Since going a Keto-ish diet.

 

Same with BP, of 140+ down to consistent < 120 now, usually 110-115 at rest.

[KannikaP]

12 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Assuming your HDL is around 50-60, then that's  good ratio TG/ HDL, as < 2 is good.  Puts you around 1.5 ratio (81 ÷ 55 = 1.47).  

 

Mine now is about 1:1 (69 / 68), been a ratio as high as 3+ in the past, and got it down to 2.5, then 2, now 1, the past 4 years.  Since going a Keto-ish diet.

 

Same with BP, of 140+ down to consistent < 120 now, usually 110-115 at rest.

My HDL is only 44, with a FULL/HDL ratio of 4.27, but the Hospital chart says that less than 5 is OK.

My chart shows FULL/HDL, which = 4.27 in my case.

Is it TGs/HDL or FULL CHOL/HDL, as my TG/HDL is 81/44 < 2.

 

 

[BigStar]

1 hour ago, KannikaP said:

I am not worried about my BP by taking it every morning.

 

No, you were disingenuously ignoring the rest of my post. No one takes BP meds (Amlodepine, still) for preventing high BP AND checks every morning unless they're worried about BP. You can be in denial all you wish.🙂 

 

Meds (including your previous meds) often don't cure disease (notably the usual chronic diseases of metabolic syndrome), but prevent symptoms, so it's also not clear (from your posts) what damage has already been done your "chest." Hence the assertion

 

21 hours ago, KannikaP said:

I personally do very little exercise, and have no chest problems!   555

 

Isn't convincing. Previously, you had been congratulating yourself on your "normal" BP while neglecting to mention you were taking BP meds.🙂 I hope you've also had your own

 

1. Coronary Calcium CT

 

2. Exercise Stress Test

 

Echocardiogram? Results?

 

Nobody's attacking you, but merely inquiring about the true state of your health and offering benevolent observations, since YOU brought it up. Of course, people do wish to think everything's fine. 

 

[KhunLA]

5 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

My HDL is only 44, with a FULL/HDL ratio of 4.27, but the Hospital chart says that less than 5 is OK.

My chart shows FULL/HDL, which = 4.27 in my case.

Is it TGs/HDL or FULL CHOL/HDL, as my TG/HDL is 81/44 < 2.

< 2 is good, lower better.  Be nice to get the HDL 50+

[KannikaP]

6 minutes ago, BigStar said:

 

No, you were disingenuously ignoring the rest of my post. No one takes BP meds (Amlodepine, still) for preventing high BP AND checks every morning unless they're worried about BP. You can be in denial all you wish.🙂 

 

Meds (including your previous meds) often don't cure disease (notably the usual chronic diseases of metabolic syndrome), but prevent symptoms, so it's also not clear (from your posts) what damage has already been done your "chest." Hence the assertion

 

 

Isn't convincing. Previously, you had been congratulating yourself on your "normal" BP while neglecting to mention you were taking BP meds.🙂 I hope you've also had your own

 

1. Coronary Calcium CT

 

2. Exercise Stress Test

 

Echocardiogram? Results?

 

Nobody's attacking you, but merely inquiring about the true state of your health and offering benevolent, since YOU brought it up. Of course, people do wish to think everything's fine. 

 

OK, you worry about your health and I shall worry about mine, keep taking my meds AND BP every morning. Thanks for the concern. I do think that YOU have no idea of your cardiac state if only check your BP every two months or so, if you remember. 

I am fine, and when you see no more posts from me here on AN, you'll know that I was wrong. 555

[1FinickyOne]

3 hours ago, BigStar said:

My memory's still pretty good.

what do you take for that?

[BigStar]

1 hour ago, 1FinickyOne said:

what do you take for that?

 

LOL. What I have left is priceless at this point. My effort continues to try to slow the kind of cognitive decline I've seen affect old friends and classmates. (Or posters here😁.) It's scary.

 

[advancebooking]

32 minutes ago, BigStar said:

 

LOL. What I have left is priceless at this point. My effort continues to try to slow the kind of cognitive decline I've seen affect old friends and classmates. (Or posters here😁.) It's scary.

 

try to study thai. get 3 lessons a week. Learn new words everyday. Test yourself. exercise your brain using the language. Best way to stop cognative decline. 

[Tiger1980]

On 12/12/2024 at 10:22 AM, Sheryl said:

I would suggest:

 

1. Coronary Calcium CT

 

2. Exercise Stress Test

 

The first is the best way to check for calcium deposits in the coronary arteries.

 

The second will test your overall cardiac fitness and how well the heart performs under stress.

 

I am assuming you have already had blood tests for risk factors (lipid panel, HB1Ac) and also that you are asymptomatic.

I read some time back at Mayo Clinic USA that a calcium score of +400 should be of concern, this was also stated to me at the hospital in Thailand when my CT score showed +2000, they  suggested that I should have further test possible leading to a stent. This I declined instead seeking a 2nd and a 3rd opinion by heart consultants in the UK. Who informed me not to worry and just live my life as usual.

I would add that I have also had the exercise stress test with no problems.