oh my goodness i feel so bad for all of you who have had relatives and friends and mates die so young of heart attacks! i will have to stay away from this thread, it's so sad
besides cholesterol tests has anyone ever heard of the c-reactive protein test? measures the inflammation in your body, including arteries. i've been reading up on it and they state that it could be more important than having cholesterol tests as inflammation in arteries causes the cholesterol to stick more to the walls and cause blockages. when i went for a blood test my inflammation was 4.1, anything over 3 is baaaad. should be <1. i've been drinking anti inflammatory tea (ginger, curcumin & green tea), and fuck i gotta quit smoking and lose weight. plus i have had grave's disease since 2004 and apparently my thyroid decided to give up and now i've gone hypo (which can cause big heart issues). so i'm asking for synthroid when i see my doc, even if my T4 hasn't gone totally too low yet (tsh is high). anyone have hypo thyroid? does it make you cry all the time and wake up feeling like a truck ran over you? i feel 80 years old some days.
i just did a stress test today and had a total panic attack on the treadmill! i have a treadmill at home but never use the incline, so i run on the flat surface, the fuckers put it up to 10% incline the first three minutes then 12% the next three, by then i was crying and telling them i thought i was dying, so they stopped it. i didn't even make it to my target heart rate lol.
but they said there was nothing wrong there. i had the chest pain the whole time, so i think it's muscular. or my ulcer.
//eating klonopin like candy right now.
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