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I am sorry for all of your struggles. I am glad you are Ucsd. I think it’s a great place for innovative medicine when you need it my dad had the worst heart in history and swam three times a week. Watched his diet and at 58 he started having heart attack and had three valves that were blocked at 72. He had four valves that were blocked and it’s 80. He had three each time he was told it was the last surgery, he passed away at 80 almost 88 and he went for a lot of stents and the three bypass surgeries. He took statins and lowered his cholesterol to 169 from 396 and he stayed on Staten very well for 25 years vitamin D we’re all vitamin D , I’ve taken this very seriously and by the grace of God we go right? And we try and help others when we can. Reason that I’m posting primarily is because I hate it when I hear that men are being tested and women aren’t. I read a book on how neglected women are in research and testing and it really infuriated me and so women should use the testing that’s done on medicine in medicine for their own purposes And we need to advocate whatever we have left to make sure women aren’t ignored. I’m taking Tim for my bones and the abdominal swelling is notated in men. Do you think men care women care and all the women are commenting that they have abdominal swelling and there’s no recourse for them. There’s no acknowledgment by the pharmacy and by the medical industry , it’s crazy anyway good luck. It sounds like you have it all handled well!

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It isn’t old… I agree with you…nothing is ever old with CAD and Lp(a). We women react differently to procedures and medications and have not been included in studies. E.g, They have found that women achieve higher plasma levels of beta blockers from same doses given to men, and women experience 100% more edema from Amlodipine than men. I think they are getting better at including us in the trials now…thanks to Jill Biden and her latest initiative for more clinical trials for women.

I am lucky to have mostly women doctors, but they don’t always know the differences. I do a lot of reading and know when to advocate for myself. That is the best we can do for right now…and watch out for each other on blogs when we can!

Stay healthy! We deserve the best.