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High Coronary Calcium Score: How do others feel emotionally?

Posted by mcphee @mcphee, Dec 14, 2016

I have a calcium score of 1,950 which is extremely high which means I am at a very high risk for a cardiac event,heart attack,stroke or sudden death.

I take a statin and baby aspirin. I have never been sick, have excellent cholesterol, low blood pressure and I am not overweight. I have no other health problems and I have never been sick. But I feel like a walking time bomb which has caused me a lot of stress. I am 70 yrs old.

I wonder how others with this condition feel emotionally?

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lesterholland | @lesterholland | Aug 26 3:37pm
In reply to @robertaholmes "Please provide the treatment plan for high arterial calcium. All I have heard is cardiologist's placating..." + (show)
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Please provide the treatment plan for high arterial calcium. All I have heard is cardiologist's placating patients. Where are the clinical trials (I could think of at least 4 pathways) This is a very large bomb getting ready to explode and with the medical communities just taking their sweet time. I love the anedotal evidence of massive calcium scores in people in their 80's. Mature stable plaque is protective versus soft immature plaque. There's literature inditing statins for this issue as being stable plaque generators that overall lowers MACE but creating plaque via pharmacuiticals is much less than ideal. Come on people demand clinical trials being developed to address this issue. I am sure you don't want to wait until the legal beagles latch on.

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1. There is a theory that vitamin K2 will act in dissolving arterial calcium. The name of the book is "Vitamin K2 and the Calcium Paradox". The writer, a naturopathic doctor, claims that K2 keeps Calcium from building up in your arteries. I haven't read the book.
2. Perhaps more interesting and credible is the work done by Professor Mirel Delibegovic at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland.
The press release from the university reads "Scientists at the University of Aberdeen have demonstrated the further success of a drug previously reported to 'block' fat in the arteries. The result is a drug called Trodusquemine. If you send me your email address I'll be happy to send you a copy of the article. I am Lester@usamarketconsult.com

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