Re: This is annoying - results of nuclearr stress test

Bill wrote:
>
> "Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD" <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:425FA0A0.E2A66102@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Bill wrote:
> >>
> >> I noticed a few weeks ago that I was experiencing some chest pain when I
> >> got
> >> going a little bit on the tread mill - not too high, 3.2 mph or so - and
> >> then
> >> it diminished when I backed off.
> >>
> >> Talked to my cardiologist and we scheduled a nuclear stress test for
> >> yesterday. The Dr. saw nothing significant on the EKG except for the
> >> results
> >> of old MIs. Got the results today and the nurse said there was a change
> >> since
> >> last time and I should make an appointment with my cardiologist.
> >> Unfortunately, she is out until next Wed. and the earliest appt. I could
> >> get
> >> is the Wed. after that.
> >>
> >> I suspect this is a stable plaque which is building up and I suspect it may
> >> be
> >> in part due to me backing off on the amount of exercise I do for the last
> >> few
> >> months.
> >
> > How well controlled are **all** your risk factors for progression of
> > occlusive coronary disease?
> >
>
> Weight admittedly needs some work. (It is embarrisingly high) But I have lost
> 30 lbs over the last 6 months or so.

Excellent :-)

> Diabetes is mostly under control with
> meds.

Why is it not better controlled?

> Cholesterol is somewhat under control with meds. I forget the exact
> numbers but LDL was a little over 70, HDL was in high 40s or low 50s and
> triglyclicerides were too high.

Why was the latter not addressed?

> I'm now up to 80 of Lipitor.

That won't address the high triglycerides.

> BP Is well controlled. Typical is 120/80.

Excellent.

> Maleness, 62 years of age, and family history
> on fathers side I can not do much about. I've been cutting way back on the
> amout of gym time for the last 2 or 3 months. Maybe bacause the treadmill was
> my best aerobic exercise and that is where I started to get the chest pains.
>
> I often do eat less than 2lbs a day - which probably accounts for the weight
> loss.

It sure does.

> But that is because the food around the house is often boring.

If you choose to befriend hunger, the food will no longer be boring.

> I take
> lots of suppliments.

Such as?


At His service,

Andrew

--
Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Board-Certified Cardiologist

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