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Originally Posted by Villages PL
Your overall message is good: "...don't just stop without a second opinion..."
But I wonder, did the Cardio doctor put him back on Lipitor after the angioplasty? If so, how were his "liver numbers"?
The other thing I wonder about is, "....the whole eat right and exercise thing lost weight etc.." What supervision or guidance did he have for that? And, if he had such guidance, did he follow it to the letter? What was his weight before he started and how much weight did he lose? What was his form of exercise? Stress control? What diet did he follow? All of this information is needed if one is to come to any kind of worthwhile conclusion
My advice to people is to eat right, control stress and exercise before trouble starts. In other words, the best thing is to not get overweight in the first place. If you wait until trouble is diagnosed, your efforts may provide too little, too late.
Having said that, it is very possible to reverse clogged arteries through diet, exercise and stress control. (Keep in mind that no one can ever give a 100% garantee because no one knows what amount of effort any person will put into any given regimen.)
Also, angioplasty doesn't get anyone "off-the-hook" as far as having to live a healthy lifestyle. If drastic lifestyle changes aren't made, the next step is more angioplasty and, eventually, bypass surgery. In the mean time, a person can get a stroke and I have seen this happen. And I'll add one more thing: Even bypass surgery won't get one off-the-hook for having to live a healthy lifestyle. Clogged arteries can come back within several months or 2 to 3 years. Angioplasty and/or bypass is not a cure, it just buys some time.
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He lost 25 lbs. I was just warning that some are like my husband and jumped at the idea of not taking the Lipitor and it was a mistake in his case.
His liver numbers are only slightly elevated now that he is back on lipitor, and within aceptable range. The doctors said (he has now seen several including a nutrition specialist) that it is genetic. His family all eat raw fish and rice to the exclusion of most everything else (Japanese/ Hawaiian diet - commercial fisherman) and they have all had heart issues. He walks every day now - before it was just the golf course and to and from the parking lot at work (15 min walk). He has added walking laps in the mall since the procedure as it is always raining here this time of year. (Seattle) The docs have added severe diet restrictions and exercise of an hour a day in addition to the lipitor, but say he will never be able to be off a statin.
As an aside to another post- I take pravistatin myself as Lipitor gave me leg cramps and the formulation is a little different and it worked better for me.
My hat is off to all of you who have the dicipline to exercise and eat right. I do not. I live on coffee. - work at the computer in my comfy office chair all day.
Got to get back to work, bye now
Trudy