A cardiac cath is pretty easy. I had mine with no anesthesia and would do the same next time. I think the anesthesia is more for nerves than pain in the case of a cath. I tried to see if I could feel...
I'm focusing on those things I can control, like trying to lose some weight, getting plenty of sun to keep my vitamin d level up, doing a lot of yard work, gardening, etc for exercise, and taking...
I had 2 stents put in and then 2 weeks later had TAVR to replace my aortic valve. I'm doing fine now....
Cardiac catheterization. It's not a bad procedure. They insert a catheter either in wrist or groin and run it up to the heart. I had mine done with no anesthesia, but did have my groin numbed where...
Did the echo look at aortic valve?...
ETA: I reread your post after I had made my post. I see you already have multiple autoimmune diseases, so what I posted still applies. I can't answer your questions specifically, but MS seems to be...
I recently bought an inexpensive smart watch for just that reason. With the right watch, you can do a manual heart rate as well as have it automatically check heart rate every x minutes and log the...
Well, I'm scheduled for stent(s) followed by TAVR 3 weeks later. Just got notified that since FDA has approved TAVR for low risk patients, patients are being cancelled from Medtronics trial and...
The next time you see your cardiologist ask him if the bypass surgery reduced your risk of future heart attack or if it increased your life expectancy....
But my question is more along the lines of "is surgery the best option for an 80% blocked artery"? I think the answer is, if the person is not going to change their lifestyle and not going to...
In a recent comparison of TAVR and SAVR, TAVR was considered safer on most counts. The trial I am "in" is a continuation of a trial. Initially half got TAVR and half SAVR. That part of the trial is...
Susie, but is the fatigue caused by the aortic valve blockage (.81 cm2 AVA), or by 70%-80% blockage of OM2? My guess is it's the aortic valve blockage causing the fatigue. They want to do a stent...
Thanks jdiane. I am trying to participate in a trial for my valve replacement. I don't remember if it is pig or bovine, but it's not mechanical. I meet all the criteria except I am still...
A couple of things to consider, in addition to those already mentioned. Diet - I have to eat a very controlled diet or I experience an "uneasy" feeling and sometimes have a rapid increase in heart...
An increase in score is "normal", meaning that's what most people experience. On the other hand, it means plaque is building up in arteries. The current thinking is that the likely culprit is...
Cardiologist recommends I get a stent. One cardiologist said about 70% blockage and another 80% of large OM2 (severe stenosis). I also need to have my aortic valve replaced, probably within the next...
When I had my 1st MRI about 5 years ago, I found out I had claustrophobia when my head went into the MRI. I toughed it out, but it was a real challenge for me. Just had my 2nd MRI and I wanted to...
Had my MRI this morning. Just received a message from Duke saying no cancer indicated by MRI. Follow up appointment not needed. Just continue to test PSA every 6 months. So Duke's policy appears to...
Bacteria is certainly a possibility, especially if you have a leaky gut. Inflammation makes PSA go up. That's why antibiotics often bring PSA down, but taking antibiotics is not the answer. You might...
I'm having a prostate MRI at Duke next week, and I was told if the MRI indicates cancer, they still do a 12 core biopsy. I was surprised and asked why and was told that they didn't consider the MRI...
My point was that it was NOT a large dose of Vitamin D. Maybe the large single dose was, but the weekly dose was not high. The study did NOT show that high doses of vitamin d is ineffective against...
The same here. I take 10,000 IU/day for 6 months and 15,000 IU/day the other 6 (low light). The blood level of vitamin d in their blood was relatively low (46.5 ng/ml). Therapeutic levels range from...
Think about how early man ate. He ate whatever was available he could stomach. In the winter, he just might have eaten a keto diet since there weren't many carbs available. There is some thought that...
I deleted my post because I see there are now open 3t MRI's. When I checked about 3 years ago, I could only find 3t wide mri's, not 3t open mri's....
I don't know IPSS, but it doesn't seem to be a major factor. I just used the midpoint. Came out to about 50% chance of cancer with a 30% high grade cancer risk. If my PSA hadn't been high for over...
I've done several searches and looked at 23andme and promethease and haven't been able to identify the brca 1/2 snps for prostate cancer. I sure wish authors would include snps because just knowing...
I have an enlarged prostate, BPH and prostatitis. My most recent PSA was 11.84. A year and half ago it was 30 and after antibiotics, it dropped to 5.6, the lowest it had been in many years. I had the...
Could the catheter also increase PSA from increased inflammation? I had a catheter for several days and I wonder why they don't use a temporary catheter instead and teach patient how to use it. Seems...
I'm glad you posted to this thread, because for some reason I stopped taking Gaba and need to restart. I probably was taking 500 mg, but I just ordered it in 750 mg capsules....
My mistake. I thought this was a new study. It was published this year in Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, but evidently the study was done a couple of years ago and a paper was published then....
I didn't see this posted here, so thought I would add it. http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2016/10/24/neem-prostate-cancer.aspx...
Keep in mind that urologists are surgeons and think like surgeons....
My PSA dropped from 33 to 10 in 3 weeks. I took antibiotics for 3 weeks after getting the 33, and had big drop in PSA. I am taking several supplements to further reduce inflammation and will probably...
Thanks....
I received this from Innovative Labs: This seems strange. Thanks Allen for info....
I have never been diagnosed with cancer. Prostatitis and BPH, yes. I had an MRI in 2014 which was negative for cancer. My PSA in Jan, 2016 was 5.9 which is the lowest PSA in several years. My PSA in...
There is a very real reason why I need to do my research now. I would appreciate feedback from anyone who has used either MRI or ultrasound. *Pros and cons of MRI vs ultrasound for screening and...
I deleted the info because I misread my lab. I was looking at old lab....
I posted a couple of years ago about my experience, and it was only 55 minutes. I'm here now looking for somewhere that does prostate cancer screening using the open or large mri....
I try to keep mine close to 100. It's hard to keep it that high in the winter. I take 15,000 IU of D3 in the winter and 10,000 in the summer. I also try to get as much sun as possible. Just had mine...
Are you taking anything that increases nitric oxide? For example, l-arginine taken at night can result in nocturnal erections....
A treatment developed in Israel currently being tested at hospitals around the world has recently been approved in Mexico. The following quote is from a Jan 4, 2016 article. "The therapy, provided as...
Another option which is rarely mentioned is proton beam therapy. Like they say, it's the only cancer treatment with a fan club....
I agree. Fantastic book, even for people who don't have cancer. His diet may or may not be optimal, but his philosophy is right on. The main thing is to push your fasting blood glucose (fbg) as low...
Meditation helps. So does exercise like walking. You can try reducing salt and see if that makes any difference. You might find Dr Sinatra's book on hypertension helpful. I also find that getting...
Last fall my bp spiked to over 220/100 one evening. I went to ER and after sitting in waiting room for 3 hours, they checked me out, gave me some meds, and sent me home. I was already on bp meds...
Saying they are no more effective than a placebo tells us almost nothing. In treating some diseases, placebos are sometimes as or more effective than some of the drug treatments. If a placebo has a...
There is also a test called free psa that you can get at the same time as psa. It helps interpret the PSA results. I don't know why more docs don't use it. I also had my doc do a PCA3 test. The...
In July, 2013, my PSA was 6.0 and free PSA was 18.2% (17% probability of cancer). I also had positive DRE. I had an MRI in January of 2014 that was negative for cancer, but positive for BPH and...
I went through something similar. First I had a severe spike in blood pressure which sent me to ER. BP went back down for a couple of months and then started spiking again, starting around 4 pm and...