OT - Covid and Heart Disease

Pratoman said...

I read that too, Vince, regarding O positive blood type and Vitamin D. I am taking Vitamin D as well, i alternate days one day 5000 IU's next day 7000 IU's. Who knows. Its weird, i know a few friends whove had it and wives never got it, one before we even knew what Covid was and didnt have a test for it, so he didnt wear a mask in the house. Only knew he had it because months later he tested for antibodies (before the vaccines) and was positive.

That friend of mine who got it told me that his wife is on Vit D supplements and she never got the virus when he had it.

Last Saturday night my wife and I went to our first concert in a couple years (Kathy Mattea and Sumy Bogguss) and only saw 2 people in the sold out hall wearing masks. Here in Montana, science was trumped by politics during this whole thing. When it started and masks were first required, I went to Lowes, wearing a mask, to buy some hardware and, when I was leaving, another customer on his way in stopped me and made a scene, yelling that he was contacting security because he was sure I had just robbed the place because why else would I be wearing a mask. Sigh….

Our healthcare facilities still require masks and I feel that those who are opposed to wearing them should simply do without the services.

In a sort of related issue, a bill currently in our state legislature, HB645, seeks to make it a crime for anyone who has received the Covid vaccine to donate blood.

For all that wore mask and were boosted, but still got Covid, remember that any virus including Covid can be found on surfaces where the virus was deposited. Touch the surface and any opening in the face or skin and the virus enters. Also, unless you have a moonsuit to wear 24/7, mask can only provide some protection. Vaccinations do not keep you from getting infected, they build immunity to hopefully keep a person from dying. However, those with extreme immune deficiency, might still have a bad outcome. Those like myself who profess having never had it, might have had it and the symptoms were more than likely a non-event. Covid is still out there and mutating. There is no need to live in fear. However, if people are not covering their cough or sneeze, I tend to go the other way. Millions of people died in the beginning of this debacle. There were no vaccines available then. People are still dying today, but not in the numbers from the beginning.
I have surgery next week, if everyone is not masked up in the operating room, I am hopping off the table. 🏃
My best to all,
Jack

Good luck Jack. I’d probably do the same if everyone in the OR was unmasked while I got cut open

JNF, considering I have had 15 going on 16 surgeries, yes, I was certainly joking.🥸 I am not worried about getting Covid in the operating room, which I consider a place least likely to contract it.
I just read this morning that a neurosurgeon admitted to taking the wrong piece of brain out of a woman. I will make sure my surgeon marks the correct arm before he starts. LOL.
I had rotator cuff surgery back in 2014. After recovery, I continued to lift heavy wheelbarrows and dug holes with a shovel and pick in our hard packed soil here in Tucson. I damaged the shoulder again, but not to the extent as before. My Ortho will do an arthroscopic debridement to clean up scar tissue from the previous surgery. He will then use a patch with dissolving staples over the tattered, not torn tendon. The patch will be made from cow tissue.🐂
I hope with the size of my growing breasts from the ADT, I don’t start producing milk.😳🙏
Have a great Sunday JNF and my best to all.
Jack

Prato,
The statistic that I read is that 90% of men over 70 which is you, have some degree of hardening of the arteries, forgot the technical name. The amount of plaque with calcification which is the key, in your main coronary arteries which could lead to a jammer or complications if you contracted covid, should be a concern for all of us as we age. We can't roll back the clock, but being proactive in slowing down the process of coronary artery disease by being active, eating properly, having a healthy BMI, well you know the drill. You seem to understand the basics.

My wife and I during the first 2 years of covid took all the precautions and like a lot of people, did not get even a sniffle. We visited Kids and grandkids and friends outdoors, wore masks regularly. Now, the kids, grandkids and relations stay with us every weekend and holidays, we don't wear masks unless mandated to do so, have friends over and visit others in closed areas and guess what, we have experienced covid, bronchial flu(last December) and a few other bugs in the last 5 months. Nothing too serious, just some down time.

I don't think you are ready for the wrinkle ranch yet. Best advice is to avoid places like cruise ships, wear a mask when in groups of people indoors, get your exercise outdoors if you can,(walking, golf, pickelball, biking) and try to limit the amount of time in front of the TV and computer monitor/cell phone.

BTW, in my full hip replacement surgery December 14, everyone in the hospital was masked by law.

Dave

Oh I forgot to add that my dearest friend died from COVID on my birthday two years ago. He refused the vaccine and traveled to Aruba. He had ashma and that added to his risk.
Still miss Rafael

Glen

slapshot said...
Prato,
The statistic that I read is that 90% of men over 70 which is you, have some degree of hardening of the arteries, forgot the technical name. The amount of plaque with calcification which is the key, in your main coronary arteries which could lead to a jammer or complications if you contracted covid, should be a concern for all of us as we age. We can't roll back the clock, but being proactive in slowing down the process of coronary artery disease by being active, eating properly, having a healthy BMI, well you know the drill. You seem to understand the basics.

Thanks for the response Dave. And yes, i have a heavy load of plaque, more than whats typical of someone my age. AFTER My last CAC scan, when i got my most recent calcium score, i did the calculation and found that over the 8 years since original diagnosis, my rate of growth has been 11%, which is actually better (slower) than average.

As far as now,i have started to loosen up a bit, generally still wear mask in stores, but if i am in a big store, like target and its late in the afternoon/evening with few people in the store, i will take the mask off. Went to orthopedist yesterday, none of the Dr/nurses were wearing masks and the waiting room wasnt crowded, so i unmasked, sitting away from others
Bigger move, i am shipping my car and flying home from Florida at the end of April, rather than what i usually do , which is drive up north. .

So baby steps.
A lot of it also has to do with being aware of the situation around you, right now there isnt a lot of disease around in most areas.