Thanks, tangy. I'm really working on it. The C powder and plain pills gave me watery diarrhea, even taking it in small, spaced, divided doses. I have liposomal C and it hits me in the behind too, but I keep trying. I have serra-natto, but will be getting plain serrapeptase tomorrow from my good friends at Amazon. Since I am on aspirin and Vitamin E, I'm watching the nattokinase hoping I don't overly thin the blood, but am taking one serra-natto three times a day, and am sending PacMan thoughts into my bloodstream after I take it. (Yes, it's on an empty stomach.) I don't know that imagery it helps, but it won't hurt and it makes me feel like a participant in that process. I'm trying buffered time release caps (C) also, trying to find something that allows me to increase the C as much as I can. I'm also looking into Vit C infusions in my city.
Johnwen, nope, they didn't order an Hs CRP in the ER. It was an experience... I have an appointment in 1.5 weeks with the cardiologist and have a few things on the list; my Hs CRP in March was 9.4. In the hospital I asked for a full lipid workup with the Lp (a) but I was told they don't have the capability to do it. It's on the lab list for me to ask the cardiologist to order, and I hope I can get in quickly so the results are there when I have my appointment. I'll be making sure we are rechecking lytes, too. Yes, I will ask about the Norvasc (DAW). Am I correct that you are saying get rid of the metoprolol and replace with Norvasc rather than an add on?
So, I have been on the Imdur 60 mg twice a day for a few months now, with no hypotension. And the extra 30 mg is not every day. (My doc said the max dose is 240 mg per day) Until the last month when I was doing more physically demanding work, I could go days without the Nitro SL. The hypotension was once I was discharged from the hospital on the very low dose metoprolol tartrate. The cardiologist thinks I might just be overly sensitive, and the plan is to keep track, if necessary drop to once daily dosing, and then stop it all together.
It's not like they didn't want to do an angiogram when I was in the hospital; in my first post on this subject I said I wouldn't agree to one, but once I got home I kept thinking I need to get the blood flowing somehow. Got a little desperate and thought maybe balloon angioplasty...but honestly I don't want it. I appreciate all the education about the vasospasms. I don't know enough except to move cautiously where the regular docs are concerned. They make it sound like stents and bypass are magic, but the studies I read say they are not effective against future heart attacks. I have a considerable calcium burden, which I posted in a different topic a few weeks back.
Message received. NORVASC. Working on increasing the C. Added the serrapeptase and will increase the dose. I looked at this site
http://www.avivahealth.com/article.asp?articleid=16 and plan to do the 7 day arterial blockage full court press dosing to see if it will help.
http://www.serrapeptase.org/serrapeptas ... ptase-faq/If more CoQ10/E/etc will help, I'm there; please let me know. I'm working hard on increasing the C. I'm wondering if the low potassium might be related to the watery diarrhea from the C attempts. Dunno. Keeping at it.
Thank you everyone. I'm genuinely grateful.