Post Number:#7 Post
by Alafairsmom » Mon Jun 12, 2017 10:50 am
Pamojaa, thanks for the kind words and the clarification.
Owen, I do take the C away from fiber. If I feel I need to buffer or if I get an upset stomach with C I eat a piece of full fat cheese (Limit to 4 oz a day)
Here are the responses to your other questions:
[quoteHow much magnesium are you taking and what form? Also CoQ10?? Also, what drugs are you on? And finally, how is your diet? By this I mean, how many foods to you eat from a box? quote]
Here's the supplementation schedule:
4 scoops of TT top of the line powder, in 4 divided doses (I'd like to give the product, but won't) It gives me 6000 C and 5800 lysine; I'll increase lysine
Super B twice a day
Vitamin K 2 day (each one is MK-4 25 mg, K1 5 mg, MK-7 0.5 mg)
Tart Cherry extract in capsule for inflammation, 4 capsules a day (Each is a 4:1 extract = 1000 mg of tart cherry)
L-Carnitine and L-Arginine, 2000 mg each daily
Probiotic, 5 billion CFU/15 strains, 1 daily
D3 three 2000 iu daily
Omega 3 Three gelcaps daily: EPA 1200/DHA 900 mg/other O-3 FA 150 mg in each gel cap
1 multi vitamin/mineral with manganese 2.3 mg--trying to keep it low
Vitamin E 3 gelcaps 432 mg each, mixed high gamma tocopherols from a well respected source
Co-Q 10 Three gelcaps, 200 mg each as ubiquinol
Magnesium Taurate 8 capsules a day, divided=total 1000 mg daily
Beta Carotene 25000 iu daily
Since I came home from the hospital added 4000 mg buffered time release C daily, in divided doses (better tolerated for me than the true liposomal C--gives me fire butt..., but I can go back to it)
and just added serrapeptase per recommendations.
Drugs: Newly added during the hospital:
Metoprolol 12.5 mg twice a day
Full strength aspirin, 325 mg enteric coated (was on 81 mg previously)
Old drugs:
Imdur (Isosorbide mononitrate, a long acting nitrate) 60 mg twice a day. If I'm having a lot of angina I will take another 30 mg)
Nitro Sublingual, 0.4 mg as needed per protocol for angina
I do have slow acting (not extended release) niacin that I have not started. Thoughts?
Diet:
For the last 4 years or so I was on Atkins, low carb, high fat, moderate protein.
I don't eat anything out of a box, rarely anything out of a can. I try to eat fresh, just switched to grass fed antibiotic free beef. Eggs, cheese, dark greens like chopped kale/brussells sprouts/cabbage blend for salads. No dairy except heavy whipping cream in my (now decaf) coffee. No soft drinks or artificial sweeteners, no grains, no processed foods. Chicken. Salmon usually twice a week unless it gets crazy expensive, shrimp once month or so. Occasional canned albacore tuna.
In the past few months I have taken the MOST restrictive parts of three diets: Richard K Bernstein diabetic diet, William Davis WheatBelly Diet, and Atkins. I don't use any of the diet convenience foods, avoid sugar alcohols, use olive oil and apple cider vinegar or smushed avocado on my salads for dressing. I drink about 3-4 L water a day, one cup of coffee, now decaf, occasionally almond milk. I limit my carbs to 20 or fewer net carbs a day. Blood sugars are well controlled. In the hospital, the first reading I had in my room was 88. It scared the tech and he said he had to go get me juice. He is used to seeing 300's in that hospital. I refused the juice, explaining that 88 was a perfectly great number for BS. The highest it got in the hospital was 146 when I was actively having a heart attack. (Stress and illness raise glucose.)
Angina is brought on by activity and emotional stress. I'm an RN. Sheesh...but followed MD advice to find lower stress job, and since January have a desk job, but was put back on patient care part time 4 weeks ago, and the heart attack occurred on a patient care day where I was up and down stairs, walking distances...in home care. When HR department decides they're not scared to death of me, I will return to the desk job, and might work from home. I'm released to work already, but HR needs clarification before they let me back. I'm chilling out at home, not worried about anything, watching TV and napping.
I'm grateful for the responses. Thanks.
Owen, I'm so sorry about your dad. I hope I didn't hurt you with my questions about angioplasty. I've been vehemently avoiding anything invasive. I lost my husband to medical hubris and don't trust allopathy. I only went to the hospital with the heart attack because I couldn't take the pain any more.
Thanks again.