Waiting for my account to open I'll share with you a story about me.
I'm 48 yrs of age and I had a stroke less than 6 months ago.
The stroke is in the carotid artery and they had to put in a stent. One stent only.
You put me on ASA, clopidogrel and atoravastatin. After 3 weeks of having the stroke I stopped with the atoravastatin.
My cholesterol is (mg/dl): TC: 248, LDL-C: 177, HDL: 47, and Trigl: 91.
Three weeks of being on a statin and 5 weeks after that fact I had my blood tested again: TC: 173, LDL-C: 108, HDL:48, and Trigl: 88. They wanted me stay on until my statins until LDL-C got under 77mg/dl!!
The ASA and clopidogrel I've stayed on them as required. That was 3 months. After that it was low dose ASA everyday.
I learned about Vit C/lysine/proline (been on if for about 4-5 weeks) as a way to beat this disease and I am fortunate to come across it.
I've taken myself off the low dose ASA and replaced it with Garlic and Ginkgo. And I also do a liver detox.
I do:
8-9gr of Vit C,
4.5-5gr of lysine,
2gr of proline then I have a protocol of other supplements that I take.
As for my diet I am on the paleo diet for about 2-3yrs. I think my real cause for the disease is me being vegetarian for almost 10 yrs. The reason for this is I had 1 tooth extracted and 2 very minor cavities. I'm sure you know everything there is about anti-nutrients. All other disease went way (minor ones. I didn't need to say Dr) when I got onto to the paleo diet.
I think that is everything. Let me know if you have any questions.
I think you are doing the correct thing following Linus Pauling's advice and recommendations.
There are two substances that I have read about that can protect the brain from the ravages of stroke, which is a random event affecting different cells and occurring for different reasons.
DMSO administered quickly, I forget the time frame (as reported in Morton Walker's book about DMSO) but the timeframe is probably within an hour or two, is very protective of brain cells. This to me says it is probably wise, at lesat until the arteries in the brain stabilize, to supplement with DMSO on a regular basis. (It would be nice to have doctors who could administer it IV on stand-by, but this is a pipe dream in the world we currently live in.)
The other substance, which can protect the brain from damage from stroke, as reported by the late Dr. John Ely, is co-enzyme Q10. Now these are preventive, not after the fact, but that doesn't mean it isn't a good idea to begin adding them to your regimen, and CoQ10 is especially important for anyone taking a statin cholesterol-lowering drug (which you have bravely and intelligently stopped on your own.)