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To: Stan who wrote (38559)	12/22/2023 12:39:07 AM
From: ig	1 Recommendation Recommended By Neeka Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 39324

Good post, Stan. Two years ago I had persistently recurring heart palpitations. I then saw a cardiologist for the first time in my life. She ordered a stress test, a carotid ultrasound, and a Coronary Artery Calcium scan. The CAC showed zero plaque -- which I attribute to Wm Davis's Wheat Belly protocol that I learned from this group, tanks to Lindy Bill, God bless him. (D3, K2, and fsh oil.) The stress test was normal, but the carotid test show minor blockage, and my LDL was high, so the doctor prescribed Rosuvastatin. I agreed to it to keep her happy for awhile, but I didn’t take it. I just wanted to keep her sweet because she's a big believer in the calcium scan. I broached the topic of "large fluffy LDL" with her, but she dismissed it, saying she didn’t want my carotids to throw a clot into my brain. I don't believe there's plaque in my carotids. I think the narrowing that showed on the scan is a result of crimping due to chronic "head forward" posture from all the computer work I do. I'm working on correcting that problem. This cardiologist of mine, like most doctors today, is a slave to the " Standard of Care." And who can blame them? We've got a screwy, corrupt, and deadly healthcare system. Many doctors, for financial and other reasons, don't dare deviate from the Standard of Care.

To: Stan who wrote (38559)	12/23/2023 10:51:53 PM
From: Stan	1 Recommendation Recommended By ig Respond to of 39324

I was just talking to my friend and he corrected my memory about what procedures he went through and their results in dealing with the impinged brachial plexus nerves and nerve demyelination. The ultrasound was for detecting the extent of the injury to the brachial plexus in the left shoulder. There were no tears in the sheathing seen, just how free or how restricted the plexus nerves were when they moved through it. Those nerves can cause the problems he experienced like atrophy. Demyelination was determined by inference from the results of an EMG which is a nerve conduction study I had forgotten about that test and mixed it up with the ultrasound. I am sorry for the impression that left. The test was performed because he also had involuntary movements, numbness and no reflexive responses in the arm. My friend said the results showed that electrical signals were slower than they should have been. That's a sign of demyelination. It's what largely led to the CIDP diagnosis. But it was also these results that caused his wife to suspect the statins. When he stopped them, the arm's reflexes began to return. Within a couple of weeks they were all back. After a couple of years now through therapy and time, he has recovered good use of his left arm and hand. He is not sure to this day how much each of the two problems, impingement in the shoulder and demyelination contributed to overall picture. All he knows is that he won't touch a statin again.