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Liberal Veteran

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5. My cholesterol was borderline and had a widowmaker at 46.

Reply to hvn_nbr_2 (Reply #3)

Sat Nov 16, 2013, 08:59 PM

Nov 2013

I'm not overweight at all and a relatively healthy eater (including a lot of grains and nuts, very little red meat).

Doc wanted me to go on statins a few years before the heart attack. Sorta wonder what would have happened if I had. When I had the heart attack, they found a 100% occlusion in my left anterior descending.

That's anecdotal, of course, but wearing a portable defibrillator for 3 months after stent placement was a pain in the ass.

It's all good, though. I am on a statin now.

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Toon: New Statin Guidelines [View all] n2doc Nov 2013 OP

Statins for everyone!!! lunasun Nov 2013 #1

What the fuck? nt longship Nov 2013 #2

The guidelines for the prescribing of statins is being changed so that they will become FAR jtuck004 Nov 2013 #6

Here's the fuck: "Risk calculator for cholesterol appears flawed" bananas Nov 2013 #16

Glad I'm not the only one thinking that. hvn_nbr_2 Nov 2013 #3

that's exactly what the integrative cardiologists say grasswire Nov 2013 #4

Yes. Ratio of Triglycerides to HDL Cholesterol is important. DhhD Nov 2013 #10

in my experience, standard cardiology is way behind. grasswire Nov 2013 #11

My cholesterol was borderline and had a widowmaker at 46. Liberal Veteran Nov 2013 #5

I think they are a big help to a lot of people, especially those of us LuvNewcastle Nov 2013 #7

its not just statin that is more widely recommended. airplaneman Nov 2013 #8

Personally, I'm sticking with smack. n/t Bossy Monkey Nov 2013 #9

+1 (nt) reACTIONary Nov 2013 #13

Switch to a plantarian diet. You'll have good cholesterol without enriching Big Pharma. ... JEFF9K Nov 2013 #12

At first I though you wrote plantain. nt bananas Nov 2013 #14

And you were ready to go into hiding, huh, Bananas? LisaLynne Nov 2013 #15

I think the word "plantarian" is more logical than "vegan." JEFF9K Nov 2013 #17