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41yo Male 15 stents RCA 100% for the 3rd time
From age 34 to 41 I have received 15 stents. My blockages happen rapidly and severe. My right coronary artery has been completely stented from top to bottom twice and my right coronary artery is 100% blocked again for the 3rd time. My cardiologist informed me that we can not fix it anymore. I now feel constant chest pain, shortness or breath, no energy. I can't live this way. In Vegas I've encountered doctors who say they can help and then throw their hands up. I've gone out of state and have had little success. I have blockages in my circumflex and LAD. Is it true that there is nothing else to be done with my RCA. Do I have to live without my RCA from now on? Believe me, there is nothing I haven't tried. I even contacted Cleveland Clinic when the study was going on to inject the good cholesterol. I was not a candidate. The blockages that should take many years to cause me trouble, end up causing my serious trouble within months.
Lipid Apheresis
Personally I think it would be throwing good money after bad. Atherosclerosis is a disease which forms in different stages and the lipids getting used to repair arteries is
just one stage in that process. If there was absolute proof that high cholesterol was the
reason for atherosclerosis, or indeed there was a link between high cholesterol levels and
heart disease, then I would be more optimistic. However, this simply is not the case. There are high volumes of people with normal/low cholesterol who develop heart disease.
Think about it, if cholesterol was the problem, we would all be dead of atheroscerosis by
the age of two or three. We ALL have cholesterol, we would die without it and just because fats are found clogging arteries doesn't mean it is the major cause. In the UK
we have something called the French Paradox. The French population eat far more saturated fats than the english, have higher cholesterol in the average person and yet
suffer far less heart disease. First they blamed the Wine they consume. Nothing found. Then they blamed the grapes/grape skins in the wine, nothing found. Then they decided it must be due to the fresh ingredients they cook with, no proof found. They consume
tons and tons of cheese every year and seem to get away with it. In the UK it was found that heart disease was more abundant in poorer areas, so it was automatically ASSUMED by the so called experts that the reason is bad diet, because they eat more
take aways and less fresh food because they cannot afford it. I just wish they would wake up and see the real link.
Poorer areas contain people with higher stress levels because every day they have to struggle to survive. They have to find rent money, food money and clothing money. Utility
bills are more problems and most families in poorer areas have more than two young children to care for. We have a welfare system which doesn't pay enough money for those people to survive and so crime rises. Our society is closely related to that in America and other countries are now becoming similar, and guess what, heart disease is
increasing in those countries. Stress is a killer over long periods of time, the body cannot handle it. How many people feel fine and then when suddenly have a stressful
moment have a heart attack? Society needs to change if we want healthier people.
I have hypercholesterolemia and believe me, my cholesterol was very high. I was incredibly fit until the age of 44, people used to say I was like a young lad. As soon as
my wife was diagnosed with cancer and nearly died, B A N G, that was it. All my problems started. She had inensive radio/chemo treatment, and was given the all clear
after three years. I had a triple bypass and felt great. Three months later, she was diagnosed with cancer again and BANG my bypass grafts closed up. Now she is in
the clear again having had it removed with surgery. Stress is the problem believe me.
You can lower your cholesterol as much as you like, the body will always find enough in the blood to start atherosclerosis under those conditions.
Personally I think it would be throwing good money after bad. Atherosclerosis is a disease which forms in different stages and the lipids getting used to repair arteries is
just one stage in that process. If there was absolute proof that high cholesterol was the
reason for atherosclerosis, or indeed there was a link between high cholesterol levels and
heart disease, then I would be more optimistic. However, this simply is not the case. There are high volumes of people with normal/low cholesterol who develop heart disease.
Think about it, if cholesterol was the problem, we would all be dead of atheroscerosis by
the age of two or three. We ALL have cholesterol, we would die without it and just because fats are found clogging arteries doesn't mean it is the major cause. In the UK
we have something called the French Paradox. The French population eat far more saturated fats than the english, have higher cholesterol in the average person and yet
suffer far less heart disease. First they blamed the Wine they consume. Nothing found. Then they blamed the grapes/grape skins in the wine, nothing found. Then they decided it must be due to the fresh ingredients they cook with, no proof found. They consume
tons and tons of cheese every year and seem to get away with it. In the UK it was found that heart disease was more abundant in poorer areas, so it was automatically ASSUMED by the so called experts that the reason is bad diet, because they eat more
take aways and less fresh food because they cannot afford it. I just wish they would wake up and see the real link.
Poorer areas contain people with higher stress levels because every day they have to struggle to survive. They have to find rent money, food money and clothing money. Utility
bills are more problems and most families in poorer areas have more than two young children to care for. We have a welfare system which doesn't pay enough money for those people to survive and so crime rises. Our society is closely related to that in America and other countries are now becoming similar, and guess what, heart disease is
increasing in those countries. Stress is a killer over long periods of time, the body cannot handle it. How many people feel fine and then when suddenly have a stressful
moment have a heart attack? Society needs to change if we want healthier people.
I have hypercholesterolemia and believe me, my cholesterol was very high. I was incredibly fit until the age of 44, people used to say I was like a young lad. As soon as
my wife was diagnosed with cancer and nearly died, B A N G, that was it. All my problems started. She had inensive radio/chemo treatment, and was given the all clear
after three years. I had a triple bypass and felt great. Three months later, she was diagnosed with cancer again and BANG my bypass grafts closed up. Now she is in
the clear again having had it removed with surgery. Stress is the problem believe me.
You can lower your cholesterol as much as you like, the body will always find enough in the blood to start atherosclerosis under those conditions.
I just wanted to say i really loved your post! Very interesting "take" on the deal. I think you may be on to something.
Thank you. I just got sick and tired of all the contradictions and nothing made real sense.
If they're not blaming cholesterol they're blaming smoking. If someone has normal cholesterol and doesn't smoke it's quite amusing to see the shocked look on a doctors
face because they have no explanation.
If they're not blaming cholesterol they're blaming smoking. If someone has normal cholesterol and doesn't smoke it's quite amusing to see the shocked look on a doctors
face because they have no explanation.
Hi,
I am well aware of my lipid levels. You will be shocked. My cholesterol was over 700 and my tryglicerides were in 1800's. And we checked this many times, the doctors believed it couldn't be accurate. It was accurate. Today, while on medication, my cholesterol hasn't gone below 300 and tryglicerides haven't gone below 400. Immediately flowing angioplasty my cholesterol is always around 250.(no idea why) Here is another thing I find very odd. I am on high dosages of blood thinners and a ful asprin every single day, yet I hardly bleed...or I can say if I do bleed, it's not much and stops right away. Another strange thing is these cholesterol deposits that I have had for years, even before I knew of my condition. I have had large ones on my elbows and fingers these xanthomas that are common among people with unusually high lipids. But I have multiple on my sholders and more interesting is that on my back, arms, and chest they form tiny rock like pieces that I can scratch and they come out. I told my doctors about the fact that I hardly bleed and also about the cholesterol deposits, they didn't seem to think much of it. In my opinion, these different things add up to something.
Any ideas or comments?
I am well aware of my lipid levels. You will be shocked. My cholesterol was over 700 and my tryglicerides were in 1800's. And we checked this many times, the doctors believed it couldn't be accurate. It was accurate. Today, while on medication, my cholesterol hasn't gone below 300 and tryglicerides haven't gone below 400. Immediately flowing angioplasty my cholesterol is always around 250.(no idea why) Here is another thing I find very odd. I am on high dosages of blood thinners and a ful asprin every single day, yet I hardly bleed...or I can say if I do bleed, it's not much and stops right away. Another strange thing is these cholesterol deposits that I have had for years, even before I knew of my condition. I have had large ones on my elbows and fingers these xanthomas that are common among people with unusually high lipids. But I have multiple on my sholders and more interesting is that on my back, arms, and chest they form tiny rock like pieces that I can scratch and they come out. I told my doctors about the fact that I hardly bleed and also about the cholesterol deposits, they didn't seem to think much of it. In my opinion, these different things add up to something.
Any ideas or comments?
Cholesterol is used by the body to make new cells and repair damaged ones. When I had very high cholesterol before my heart trouble, I would heal very quickly indeed. People used to comment on how quickly a gash would heal and hardly leave any scar. I think this was due to the high cholesterol. Now it takes ages.
One thing which has always bugged me regarding cholesterol is why it has only affected
my coronary arteries. Ive had scans of nearly all my arteries and the only ones in trouble are the coronary ones. Strange. Im sure there must be a reason why cholesterol would
be used in just three arteries and not the rest of my 66,000 miles of blood vessels.
Personally I think it's high blood pressure, relating to stress. The Aorta is the first blood
vessel to receive blood from the left side of the heart and has to endure a pounding. It
calms blood flow down so the smaller vessels aren't so stressed. However, the coronary
arteries hang directly off the aorta and so feel the full force of each heart beat. Tiny in comparison to the aorta they must endure huge amounts of stress. I think this is why they are more prone to damage and hence a collection of cholesterol to try and repair
them. Maybe in people with heart disease they should remove the coronary arteries from the aorta and graft them onto a kinder vessel with less stress. As long as it's a major artery, they should still receive enough oxygen.
One thing which has always bugged me regarding cholesterol is why it has only affected
my coronary arteries. Ive had scans of nearly all my arteries and the only ones in trouble are the coronary ones. Strange. Im sure there must be a reason why cholesterol would
be used in just three arteries and not the rest of my 66,000 miles of blood vessels.
Personally I think it's high blood pressure, relating to stress. The Aorta is the first blood
vessel to receive blood from the left side of the heart and has to endure a pounding. It
calms blood flow down so the smaller vessels aren't so stressed. However, the coronary
arteries hang directly off the aorta and so feel the full force of each heart beat. Tiny in comparison to the aorta they must endure huge amounts of stress. I think this is why they are more prone to damage and hence a collection of cholesterol to try and repair
them. Maybe in people with heart disease they should remove the coronary arteries from the aorta and graft them onto a kinder vessel with less stress. As long as it's a major artery, they should still receive enough oxygen.
i feel your pain i had a heart attack 3 yrs ago and had 4 stents put in and now i have 9 stents my cholesterol is good and all levels are fine my arteries just close up fast i would just like to know why and how to stop it i have stents in my lad and rca the circumflex i have them everywhere i think bypass is probley next for me though let me know if you find out why your artieries plugging so fast im curious
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