I had an ultrasound scan, which the dr said was normal, plus a good-looking ECG (as usual), and completed a run on the treadmill to get my heart rate up, no problems there either.
I don't have angina or PAD. However, I often have problems such as a lump in the chest (nothing digestive - had the tests for that), twinging in the neck sometimes. My circulation isn't great, legs are usually pale and cool, arms lose feeling at night in bed, and I do have the arcus senilicus in the eyes. I often feel like all the blood in my body is in my chest, neck and head. If I go for a strenuous walk it seems the blood circulates better, and the head is not so red or warm because the blood is elsewhere. In cold weather my fingers are blue. I don't get far with doctors, discussing this, they just did the heart tests to get me off their back because I've had this problem for some years. Once I got the good results back (which I was expecting, as 12 years earlier my angiogram was fine) instead of any kind of further investigation the dr mentioned counselling! I seem to be absolutely powerless to get any kind of further vascular investigation or advice.
Not sure about my cholesterol etc. as the doctors don't tell me. British NHS doctors are not the most forthcoming at times. My BP has peaked at 140/80 and these days seems to be lower, the other day it was 100/64.
I've read up on most of the heart/cardio-vascular treatments, and am going to begin the protocol from chapter 7 of your book, Owen. I don't know if it will help. It seems like there's a maze of stuff out there, but it's a start and a foundation for whatever I do in future.
I'd like to hear what others think of all this, I have been struggling to get anywhere with it. Looks like the doctors are not going to be helping me, unless I do need the counselling, after all.