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by randian » Fri Aug 02, 2013 2:42 pm
Went to the ER with mild chest pain and chest tightness. Tests suggested possibility of clots and a calcium score of 30. Lung CT showed no clots (yay!). Not sure what the chest X-Ray showed, I never saw it. They tried for 5 hours to get my heart rate down far enough to get a heart CT with contrast done. It never worked. 3 pills of Metoprolol, 2 IV push of Metoprolol, and 1 IV push of Atavan later and they still couldn't get my heart rate below 90 (about 99 when admitted). Plus plenty of now-useless nitroglycerin. So no heart CT got done and no direct evidence of blockages or plaque buildup. But the two heart enzymes a few hours apart looked good, as did the EKG, so no heart attack. No additional pain from light exertion, and the tightness is positional dependent (worse lying down, almost invisible sitting or standing up).
So in the end I have an appointment with a cardiologist for a stress test since there were no specific heart issues showing up. Oh yeah, the blood tests they did for cardiac enzymes revealed my glucose was 260. Not a real glucose loading test, but still! I don't know if those tests are screwed up by high vitamin C like handheld meters are. I suppose not, so another appointment with a PCP. I'm getting that glucose level even thought I'm not eating soft drinks or sugary snacks. Lame. Probable insulin resistance.
The doc said the calcium was "pinpoints" so apparently I'm in the beginning stages of calcification of my blood vessels and probably other tissues. I don't anticipate large blockages given that description, but what do I know? I've been taking the LEF Super-K for more than a month now along with 10000+mg C, 50,000 IU A, 10,000IU D, and 2,000 IU E daily. I've also been taking ~4800mg of lysine and 1600mg of proline daily, for about the same amount of time. Plus Bs, ALA, 50mg zinc (as zinc gluconate) and 400mg magnesium (as magnesium glycinate). I hope the score is better than it was when I started. How long does this sort of thing take to reverse? I'm definitely going to push back on statins if the doc recommends them. I don't know why they would, since I have no clotting issues.
Last edited by randian on Sat Aug 03, 2013 11:18 am, edited 3 times in total.