Heart Disease - All People Who Are Taking "lipitor"

Keith Ahrens

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posted 09/06/2009, comments (0)

Outrunning My Shadow, Surviving Open-Heart Surgery and battling Obesity

Outrunning My Shadow: Surviving Open-Heart Surgery and Battling Obesity/The Decision to Change My Life by Keith Ahrens is a fascinating and highly informative memoir about the author’s confrontation with mortality and his determination to save his own life. In this self-help book, the author shares the experience of weighing more than 414... Read more Chevron

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Shaymus

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posted 10/30/2008, comments (0)

and I thought I was over the hump . . .

I'm a 53 year old white male in better than average shape, (or so I thought) and I just recently had a stent put in my RCA. This is my forth stent, but this one came as a complete surprise. My first introduction to coronary artery disease came at age 42. I was (and still am although not active in the field) a firefighter in a... Read more Chevron

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mtnmom79

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MI 3-3-07, EF 28%

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posted 06/23/2008, comments (0)

The Story

I live in a remote mountain area of SoCal. It takes an ambulance 40-50 min to get here generally, but on the day of my MI we had an ambulance on the hill - because we had snow! As a result I had help within 15 min and reached the hospital 10 mi away within the first two hours. From the moment I realized I wasn't going to die that day - I became... Read more Chevron

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kdhensontx

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posted 04/08/2008, comments (3)

Any EECP Experiences?

My cardiologist recently recommended EECP therapy since bypass surgery would not be beneficial. I currently have 20% EFR and the Thallium stress showed no vitality in the heart that would benefit by bypass. Was wondering if anyone has been through this therapy or knows of anyone that has. I'm looking for any info I can find. Thanks,

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Histomage

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posted 11/23/2007, comments (0)

Latent rhabdomyolysis

I have been on both Lipitor (80mg) and Lopid (1200mg) for the past twelve years. Until recently, I have had no problems with one of the documented side effects of statins/gemfibrozil - rhabdomyolosis. Approximately three weeks ago, I started experiencing deep pain and weakness in my thighs, calfs, lower back and mid back. My myoglobin is slightly... Read more Chevron

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