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by rayabacus » Wed Aug 28, 2013 3:50 pm
Owen,
The blockage was determined via an angiogram. I went into the cath lab fully expecting to come out with stents. I guess location or extent of the blockage (Johnwen?) prevented insertion of the stents for which I am so grateful at this time. Being completely ignorant of CAD and the treatments involved meant that I was totally accepting of what the Dr. said was wrong and the recommended treatment. Only after I was taking the statin and experienced those horrible side effects did I investigate. I actually was looking up Red Yeast Rice as an alternative to the statin when I came upon Dr. Mercola's site where I discovered the Pauling Therapy, the Pauling Institute and Rath's book. Once I understood the cause of CAD the "accepted" treatments no longer made sense.
I looked for the fallacy behind the PT and couldn't find it. I basically looked at it this way: The recommended "acceptable" treatment of CABG would always be available, unless I died before then. Yet the statistics show that CABG does not extend, on average, the lifespan. Those that opt not typically live as long as those that do although the quality may not be the same. I have also read that the molecular makeup of arteries and veins are inherently different and no matter how the body tries a vein never does become an artery.
Although I have tried to steer clear of the "medical industry" by listening to my body, i.e. knowing when I carry too much weight, knowing when I tire easily, etc. and making lifestyle changes at that time, inevitably one must seek the services in order to get the insurance to pay for the needed tests. I do believe that our medical profession has the finest technicians in the world and believe that if I opted for the surgery that it would in all probability be a success. In other words our technicians are the best in the world at acute care but definitely lack in their ability to diagnose and treat chronic illnesses. The Pauling Therapy made sense to me.....it was the logical treatment.....cure the cause and the symptoms will disappear.
I took the gamut of the tests....I had the angiogram in the cath lab, the blood tests, chest x-rays, chest CT scan, EKG and echo cardiogram. Blockage shows up on the angiogram. I have the film and the pictures of the chest CT scan on my hard drive.
Oh, by the way at 7:32 AM My blood pressure was 116/70 at 57 BPM....so I feel like I'm getting back to normal and I have had no instances today of tachy......so far.