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Dennis D. Duffy's avatar

I will pray for your success. The world needs your voice. Good luck in your MAHA journey.]

You are what you eat. Abandon the SAD diet.

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Michael Singer M.D.'s avatar

I am a retired physician, an anesthesiologist with multiple years in the open heart room. What I learned in medical school turned out to be frequently wrong, senseless and useless. As an example we measure blood pressure as a proxy for perfusion. When blood pressure is high, a pill is occasionally the answer but the real problem to solve is why the blood pressure is high? In your case, a clot blocking blood from exiting your left ventricle. The body attempts to keep perfusing the brain with arterial constriction elsewhere in the body, measured on your arm. Make sense? What isn't being perfused is often the answer, or occasionally an endocrine problem or similar pipe problems. I can wholeheartedly recommend a physician who also writes on Substack. She goes by the nom de guerre of The Midwestern Doctor and her "blog" is called "The Forgotten Side of Medicine". A tremendous resource. Use it. best of luck to you. You're a tremendous resource on your own. be well

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Ruth H's avatar

May your road to recovery be blessed with our Father God’s healing hand. Prayers do work and my advice is to start each day with a prayer of gratitude before looking at your Apple Watch. Walking is an absolute must for us all to gain and keep good health. Looking forward to your public health care. Your voice of reason is needed, especially for your children, so I’m glad you are on the right track.

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Joanna's avatar

My late husband lived with CHF for over a decade, originally diagnosed with Atrial Fib even decades earlier; learning the listening to what his body was saying he logged, commercial fished, went mining and in between when the body said whoa, worked behind a desk, not letting the underlying condition dictate but letting it guide. Embrace listening to the body (rest when needed, restrict fluids as necessary, follow what the doctors say and you got this!

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James Arthur's avatar

Nothing much to offer but encouragement and good wishes. Glad you’re taking better care of yourself!

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Jane's avatar

Don't be alarmed by the title. You had a serious problem obviously and it was not a 'scam'. There's very good additional blood pressure information in the article which may help. https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/the-great-blood-pressure-scam

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Casey Jones's avatar

If there's a fountain of youth, it's losing significant weight (I'll define that as north of 50 lb) as a, uh, seasoned person. But you got yourself in deeper stuff than I managed; all the best. Don't want to be a downer, but the first 20 lb is the easiest. Be forewarned.

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Publicus's avatar

If you did get the SARS Cov-2 mRNA shots you may want to spend $69 at Labcorp to see where your spike protein antibodies stand. I’m happy to visit.

We’ve met before in the DFW start-up scene.

Ironically having a heart attack at the HP stadium is not a bad thing, it turns out they have a whole lot of MDs in the stands.

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Daryl Poe's avatar

Good on you! Funny looking clot, were you covid vaxxed?

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ShakeyJakey's avatar

Good luck, get well!

Side advice, look up a Midwestern doctor.

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Jane's avatar

I posted a link to an article which might be helpful.

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Brian Smith's avatar

I know the feeling, I ignored my heart issues until I needed heart surgery! Take care of yourself!

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Cara Wakefield's avatar

First of all, praise God you're still with us, Alex! My own journey of accountability involves my weight. Four years ago I underwent gastric sleeve surgery, and have lost a whopping 125 lbs. I've probably regained only about 10, I suspect because of my cold brew with 2 shots of mocha and cold foam. Still, for me it has been amazing! My other health issues have always been endocrine. I have a rare, chronic illness: Addison's disease. JFK had it. There's a big story there in self advocating. I'm alive today because I research and I push.

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Lee's avatar

Mr Muse: I am not a physician or physical advisor of any kind. My sincere advice to you is to walk, walk, then walk some more. Ask your doctor how much is possible. Walking is one of the finest low intensity cardio workouts known to man. If you can walk a 1000 steps each day for a week, try 1500 steps each day the next week. If you can get to about 5000 steps at least five days a week, I believe some of your symptoms will recede. Please consult your physician before starting and stop if you feel any pain.

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Casey Jones's avatar

👍👍👍

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Jennifer Farrell's avatar

Alex, have you had a sleep study? You need to make sure obstructive sleep apnea is not worsening your hypertension and lowering your ejection fraction.

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Gene Dominy's avatar

What's admitted to the hospital valentine's week two thousand twenty five and had nine stents installed in my heart. To veterans administration was suspicious of transient ischemic attacks a few weeks earlier.. Blood work confirmed it. I can relate where you're at

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c Anderson's avatar

Whether it is attributed to Churchill or Reagan, the old saying “There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man” is true!

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