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I have a very high calcium score. What next?

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@cianci

In some ways I too wish I had not gotten the test. No one can adequately explain what it means.
My cardiologist says my score didn't go to 3500 overnight, I figure I was over 400 (very high risk) for over 10 years. So I am overdue for a heart event. What a way to live.
My health has deteriorated since because I can't tolerate rosuvastatin, now down to 5mg but still have aches in the buttocks and legs.
On the other hand, I don't want to dismiss conventional medical thinking.

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drrawat | @drrawat | Sep 7, 2023

Hello

Yes sometimes diagnosis itself can be another disease! Calcium score would just mean be more watchful in your life style. It shouldn’t drive you with fear and hence over treatment.
I as a cardiologist was supposed to give a talk on calcium score to the drs of my city, when I casually checked mine : 746!
No symptoms no risk factors. Nuclear test was done and was fine. That was 4 years ago. Now I am 57.
I take rosuvastatin 20 a day and I jog about 60 miles a month. ( one half marathon every month, in around 2 hrs 15 min)

I did have butterflies for few months and slowly I have reduced thinking about it.

Best wishes to all🌱🌱👍

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