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I had an appointment with my cardiologist yesterday. I'm scheduled for a nuclear stress test next Friday and a deep ultrasound look into my carotid artery the following week. He prescribed me 40mg of the generic for Lipitor to see how I do with that and will reevaluate in three months. I've lost 12 pounds since receiving my 1056 calcium score and hop to lose some more. I'm 47 pounds lighter than my all time high two years ago. I've dropped dairy, breads and pasta from my diet. I only eat lean means and veggies, preferably green, and some nuts and fruits. I feel pretty good so I think I can control this thing without anything invasive. My cardiologist told me one thing very interesting, the calcium scores, while highly accurate, show the cumulative build up in an artery and does not indicate any particular blockage. The plaque can be spread evenly through an artery or built up in one location, which is obviously more dangerous. Hopefully the nuclear stress test will reveal more. The carotid test is important since my father had two strokes by the time he was my age.
I'm glad I have all my affairs in orders, but hope they won't be needed any time soon.
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I'm glad I have all my affairs in orders, but hope they won't be needed any time soon.
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