I come here from time to time thinking this forum may take off some day. But today I come to look and discover that 20 days into the month of June, there has been ONE single post. And that poster was...
Nice to hear you are doing well. Most of the drop in your cholesterol readings are due to the 80 mg of Lipitor. BTW, do you pay for the drugs? If so, then make sure you get the generic as it is so...
You didn't say whether or not you are married. If not, I would move. I would sell off all your possessions, including your car, and leave the state you live in. I would do this if the net dollars you...
You can't verify a jump in PSA by doing another one right away. If prostititis has pushed it up, you just as likely get the same reading a couple weeks later. Time, not even antibiotics...time is...
I'd say your urologist is out of line with reasonable investigation. Rushing to a biopsy after just one high psa reading. Completely unjustified. Take a listen to this leader in the field regard...
Well, as we all know, there are hundreds of studies showing many things, usually ending by saying that further investigation is needed to confirm results. But...if you are in a position such as...
Part of a Q & A of Peter Attia... ---------------------------------------------------------------- How much fat a day do you eat? "Fat, for me, makes up 85-90% of my calories, but this is because I...
Lots of things to be noted about that study... Yes, only a .85 HR for "events".... but a discomforting 1.40 HR for "fatal coronary events" You might go over the study in depth... additionally noting...
Yes, and its a shame that the Heart & Cardiovascular Disease board on HealingWell is a sleepy backwater by comparison. As to " a 24,ounce cowboy rib-eye right now without the guilt LOL"... Before I...
Now I know we'd all like to believe in clean pipes and perfect outcomes but almost all improvements in medicine are in incremental steps, relative to doing the same old thing we've been doing, the...
Uh, that "finding" is only a "finding" because I used it as a example... a picture. I could give you a study if you like, but I wasn't trying to do that. As to your statement " As far as diet and...
I a little surprised you haven't read both of the Ornish studies, yet are seriously considering spending a significant amount of time, gas, money and energy doing the program. It may be great for...
Statins and diet (on a slower time frame) can alter the composition of the blockages even when they don't reverse the total percentage blockage....
A few points. I would suspect that if Sheepguy's friends did have followup angiograms, it can often be very difficult to tell if there is a 0% or 1% or even 3% reversal. Analysis of angiograms is...
I think you can relax regarding to thinking you may have a heart attack at any moment. There is no value in stenting a 50% or 60% LAD and RCA. This isn't a simple plumbing problem in your case. Your...
asiangal555.... Very simply, you might let the readers know what you think is a low heart rate. If average is 72, you may be upset because yours is 62, or 52. What the heck is your heart rate now...?...
Ironmike, Good, take a look, decide what is best for you. I'd be curious as to what course you take after reviewing all the possibilities. Just keep in mind that you will see all manner of crazy...
Ironmike, you are indeed lucky to have discovered your condition as early as you have, instead of just keeling over 10 years from now and never waking up. Most men get their first (and last) heart...
Sorry to hear that you need a bypass, although once done, they are better than stents. After his surgical treatment, a complete change in lifestyle will be needed to keep the new grafts open and...
As important as exercise is, what he eats will play a larger role in his outcome. Every problem he has in linked. Weight, diabetes, heart disease, gallbladder. You say you "try" and that you've seen...
You really have to wait until they take a look.... but I'd think you are a bit too fast on thinking bypass. What ever the out come, from your above description, the history, the diabetes, the...
You know, in some respects you only had one PSA reading above normal. Meaning that the June and July testing was so close together that even if the 4.6 was caused by simple inflammation, waiting...
Dietary study published in Journal of Urology... though all participants were Gleason 6 You'd have to decide if Gleason 7 (3+4) would react in a similar manner....
3.8 to 7.8 in about 100 days between the two recent tests. Highly unlikely to be caused by prostate cancer worsening. I have had jumps from 3.8 to 7.5... My urologist said I should do NOTHING, not...
Calcium scores are very much related to age. Zero is normal for a 40 year old man even if he has some blockages well on the way to being a problem. The process of calcification happens with age. A...
The problem with 4 weeks on antibiotics, followed by testing, is that over half of all prostatitis is caused by non-bacterial things. The antibiotics will have minimal effect on those inflammations...
Low-T... Has he been taking anything for that the past year(s)?...
When will you get the results on the urine sample? Whether it is positive or not, you don't need to rush into a biopsy based on a single mildly high psa. There are dozens of reasons he could have a...
I've been reading current and past posts and have been surprised to see so few posts about prevention, diet, and possible alternatives to the common path of being diagnosed with a blockage, then the...
Don't include the Gerson diet-plan when you think about trying "anything" Gerson was a fraud. Nothing he promoted was ever proven to be true or effective. Look him up on Wikipedia... No study ever...
I'm curious, looking at your slow rise, what prompted your uro to do a biopsy? After which of those PSA's and at what age, did you have the biopsy? BTW, your slow rise is much more stable than many...
I think the good it can do for GeeTarMan is to make him feel like his case is more like the average 55 years old guy walking down the street, who would not have had a biopsy, who would not have been...
Hindsight is indeed easy, however in this case the patient had one single PSA over 2.0 at age 55. There would have been no problem in waiting even 3 months to retest. As we now see, it went down to...
".58, .60, 1.11, 1.00, 1.74, 2.85 (01/2014)" You should never have been given a biopsy in the first place. Instead, after that 2.85 in January, he should have retested you in 6 months, at which time...
Keep experimenting with your diet. Even go to the extent for couple weeks of cutting out the chicken and fish. Make sure you keep a note book so you can refer back to see exactly which dates you cut...
" I had my gallbladder out in 2009 and have dealt with these symptoms since then." Well that makes a huge difference. You say you rarely eat high fat foods. It may be with your gallbladder removed...
Did you ever think about making significant changes to your diet rather than just going on medicine to counter the problem that may very well be created by what you eat? I've heard of many people...
elcamino said... Hi all. I normally post on the Rheumatoid Arthritis forum, but I had a blood pressure question that many of you will be able to answer. What is "normal" blood pressure and when...
Per Tom Hanks "My doctor said, 'Look, if you can weigh as much as you weighed in high school, you'll essentially be completely healthy. You will not have Type 2 diabetes," While such control is not...
Seems like Southern California Kaiser should have one main center for LDR BT where the team and doctor does more than 3 per month. In Northern California Kaiser seems to do all their LDR BT in...
bodhran, I'm so sorry to hear that. Shocking speed of whatever it turns out to be. Goodness, I lost my father to Alzheimers, but the process took about 15 years from age 73 to 88. To see that happen...
Enginama, If I had one artery stented after MI and had three others at 80%, I'd still look into why Bill Clinton finally gave in a did nearly the full plan that those doctors recommended.He had a...
engineama, you seem to be looking for the easy way out of your situation. You don't want to take the statin for some reason, but then rather than making huge changes in your diet and lifestyle, you...
I realize I was presenting the other side of the picture without trying to make the decision easier. Each case is different. Each dementia or Alzheimers individual is ...well, a individual. Each...
I don't recall how old your mother is. In Canada I don't know what portion, if any, that the government will pay for her care. I do remember mention of the fact that your two brothers are not much...
In someone age 21, YES, you've done enough, even too much. I had similar chest pains at age 21 or 22. I regret to this day that my student health service sent me to some outside doctor who gave me a...
73monte, Perhaps I missed the post, but I don't seem to see anyone suggesting that either family members live with her or that she live with family members. The way its done in most of the world. All...
Look, I agree that the Mayo Clinic diet is good diet and better than most Americans eat normally. However, if you read that link it titles the diet as follows--- "Heart-healthy diet: 8 steps to...
bad-genes, Thank goodness you went in for a appointment BEFORE you had a major event happen. Obviously you should follow all your doctor's advice regarding the meds and tests. Having said that, if I...
Goodlife, On the other hand, the guy who wrote that article, Chris Masterjohn, can tell you all he knows from his education, which is a undergraduate degree in history. He is closely connected with a...