I had full blood work done a few weeks ago and most of the result was very
good. Especially the cholesterol. but two readings were out of the normal
limits. And that is STSH 0.08, that is for the thyroid. which is not working
well due that I am on Amiodarone and also the CK 390. Now ...

I'm 32yrs-old, woman
LS-sprain, the doctor took corse for actonel 12 weeks
now, 45 days for rest with norgesic, trancon (clorazepate diporassium
cap. 5 mg) , voltarene, actal after breakfast.

My father - 74, 4 years after a 5-tuple bypass and between 10-25 years of a
total of 5 carotid replacements (!), in relatively good condition (i.e., no
carcinoma, diabetes, although a bit of asthma) considering his leaky valve -
is going to be getting this procedure in a week or ...

Visited a (supposed to be) cardiologist last week - he wanted me to have
a stress test, but I declined and he lost interest in having me as a
patient.
I had a triple bypass 10 years ago, and since them have had stents put

I thank all of you (even Robert) that offered me advice and support during
the past several weeks. I hope that my words have not caused anyone to
leave this newsgroup. If I have wrote any words that have offended
anyone--I'm sorry.

I recently had surgery for an ascending aortic dissection. This was an
emergency surgery where I had to have the heart/lung machine hooked up
before the actual surgery. The doctor said the dissection could have
been 3 months old, but was held together from scar tissue from a heart

Got a phone call from the guy who works on my house requesting a ride to
the va hospital. He's kind of an outsider (out of the mainstream).  He
doesn't like hospitals   He complained of inability to breathe, spitting
blood and thick plhlegm"dry mouth"

I have a scenario for you to consider.
You are a doctor (GP).
You have a new patient named Patty Ann that tells you that one of her
parents and one of her grandparents developed Parkinson's disease when

All:
I recently had several stents (Cypher) placed in me.  Outside of the
restinosis issues I wanted to know if anyone has any information on
life expectancy post stenting with no complications after 1 year.  My

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Off topic, but sometimes we have to just look up and forget our problems.
http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/deepimpact_front/index.html
     Comet Impact:
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I'm due for a stress test at my cardiologist office July 7, 2005. It's
my first stress test ever. What should I expect? Are there any
indicators of how good or bad I'm doing? Is the doctor usually present
or am I dealing with just the techs or nurses? By the way guys, I'm up

Abstact
STATIN-ASSOCIATED MYOPATHY
North Adelaide Cardiac Clinic, SA. admin@medped-aust.com
Myopathy occurs in 0.1%-0.2% of patients receiving statins in clinical

Before and after my stent implants I always felt a dull sting in either
of my pectoral muscles. Could this be angina revisiting? The odd thing
is the dull stings always go away once I start walking on the tread
mill or at the park. They come and go at random times and never last

Note the last excerpted paragraph where the industry is quoted as being
concerned that curbing ads that overemphasize benefits and downplay adverse
effects might hurt the drug sales - no mention of concern about hurting the
patients, just concern about hurting drug sales: