Thank you for the run down @christianzane,

It's nice to know there are many other individuals going through this also...not that I wish this on anyone. Your story is basically identical to me, I started also shopping the outer fringes of the supermarket and my wife and I are closer to the Mediterranean diet. I am not an alcoholic but enjoy the occasional glass of wine or a glass of bourbon. My brother's cardiologist is very proactive according to my brother, but he reminds him also to LIVE. That is not a statement to be careless and eat buffalo wings, chips and bacon every day, but his "OK" to periodically cheat and enjoy something that may not be too good for you is ok.

I exercise 6 days a week now---about 2-2.5 miles with an incline and at an alternating pace to make me break a sweat. Again, no symptoms just a CAC score that was in the in the 100+ range that made me realize I may not actually be invincible. My father did have a heart attack---but thankfully survived and followed a better diet, exercise 3 days a week...he lived for another 25 years into his eighties. So... life will go on and I keep telling myself that. Out of curiosity did you ever go see a Cardiologist?

BTW....Ironically, I worked as a Chief Administrative Officer for Cancer Services for a large Academic Healthsystem for a decade---I know more about cancer than I did with Heart issues.