Heart & Blood Health Support Group

I’ve always had cholesterol issues. I had a clean nuke stress test and am on statins. Good calcium score of 7. However, my doctor wants...

I have AFib & a pacemaker for sick sinus syndrome. I have been on a vegan diet since Oct. 2019 + 4 meds for paroxysmal...

Hi...I had a CT heart scan as part of a generalised check up..I have no symptoms of any kind and am a regular gym user..my...

Hi all, 54 (f) here. I've love to hear if anyone else is managing something similar. I had a calcium score of 283 about 6...

Has anyone else been told they have small vessel spasms in their heart? I have had CABG X2, stent placement in 2021, angioplasty after the...

I’ve been worried over other health issues and I find myself every now and then forgetting to take my blood pressure meds and that I...

Like apparently many on this site I recently received an unexpected high CAC score. 99th percentile for age and gender. 60ish years old. CT angiogram...

The FDA recently approved Wegovy for heart disease. My medicare Advance Plan now covers it at $99 a month so I started on it this...

Over the years statins elevated my liver enzymes so a year ago I was taken off of them. I have tried to control my cholesterol...

Hi All, Below review of previous studies is a lot to unpack, but a good read. Here's the conclusion: "While the mechanism is not thoroughly...

Hello, I just visited my cardiologist first week of October. The recent blood work showed my cholesterol to be normal, my blood sugar h1b1c(i am...

I am a 50 year old male, height 5'7" weight 157 lbs, no medications , non smoker, occassional drinker (one beer or wine in 2...

Hello all. New to the group. Just some background on me. I have Primary Biliary Cholangitis and am a Thyroid cancer survivor. I'm 53 years...

I am a 53 year old male. Just found out I have a CAC of 731. Most of it (699) is in the right coronary....

I am 73. Until6 months ago, I was in good health. Then I had a stroke. Since then I have suffered from intermittent spikes in...

I am a 77 year old retired female. I had extreme side effects from statins, any kind any dose, Repatha and CoQ10 (my doctor said...

I'm a 69-year-old, very active (until recently) male. Have a good diet, non-smoker and casual drinker. I had a health episode a couple of years...

Went to my primary care doctor complaining of light-headedness and slight pressure on the left side of my chest. Had the Cardio CT done and...

I am wondering if anyone has noticed any connection between dry eye/MGD and high cholesterol (LDL, the bad one). There doesn't seem to be any...

@colleenyoung, hi! last may I joined your group (yoanne). I did several postings about mitral valve repair, about statins etc. now I have a question...