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by farside » Tue Jul 21, 2020 12:48 pm
Today I had a doppler ultrasound scan of my carotids.
Most disappointing : no change in the stenosis - still 65% blockage on the left carotid.
This is after 6 months of Pauling Therapy.
I did learn a bit more about the nature of the blockage. It is in the carotid bulb, a normal bulbous part of the carotid close to where there is a branch in the artery. The lower part of the bulb has a smooth clump of plaque, and the upper part has a much smaller clump, which has small areas of calcification.
My core PT regime has always been, per day:
Ascorbic acid - 4 doses of 5g (a heaped teaspoon) - total 20g/day
Lysine - 4 doses of ~1.5g - total 6g/day
Proline - 4 doses of 0.5g day - total 2g/day
Vit K2 : 200 to 300mcg/day
Vit E : 400iu/day
plus other supplements (fish oil, vit D, B complex, arginine, DMSO, etc)
I alos exercise regularly and my diet is vegetarian, with occasional eggs and fish (sardines).
This regime has failed to reduce the blockage (although on a good note it hasn't increased it either!)
I am at a bit of a loss as to what I can do next.