On Sat 02 Aug 2008 06:38:43a, Julia Altshuler told us...

> sf wrote:
>>
>> Unless he's eating entire sticks behind my back.... I don't think he
>> eats very much. It's one of those things he can point at and say
>> "fat", so he decided to eliminate it.
>
>
> If his health problems are genetic (from what you've said, I believe
> they are), will cutting down on fats any further really improve his
> health? Has his doctor told him to keep the fats in his diet down to a
> certain amount?
>
>
> I'm no doctor. I only know what I read in the news media so I'm sure
> I've got a distorted view, but the way I understand it, making dietary
> changes will help some people quite a bit in preventing heart attack.
> That may even be most people.
>
>
> For the others, for the ones who have never eaten a high fat diet, for
> the ones who have always exercised, for the ones who have always
> maintained a healthy low weight, for the people who do all that and
> still have family members who have died young of heart attack, those
> people are better off seeing their doctor regularly and taking the right
> medicines than further tweaking their diet with butter substitutes.
>
>
> For the record, I'm saying this because, while the news is good, I'm
> still a little freaked by a friend's recent quadruple bypass surgery.
> He's someone who has never been overweight and has seemed to eat right.
> He'd been on heart medication, gotten stents put in 6 months ago, went
> into the hospital for more stents, but gotten tests results showing that
> he needed surgery right away. Even while in the hospital, his chest
> pains and tests worried the doctors enough that they gave him emergency
> surgery. They pushed it forward a few days. They didn't want to wait.
>
>
> He's fine. He's at home and recovering and telecommuting and saving the
> day at work (computer programming). I'm relieved and rejoicing but
> still freaked that he was ever in this situation in the first place.
> The man isn't yet 60 years old! Then I learned about his family
> history-- both parents and several aunts and uncles have all died young
> of heart disease.
>
>
> --Lia

David's brother had quadruple bypass surgery at age 38. David began having
stents implanted at age 44, on 3 different occasions and a total of 5
stents. He also had quadruple bypass surgery at age 55. His cardiac
surgeon told us that he has unusually narrow arteries which were a
contributing factor. He has done well in the past 5 years since his
surgery. I had two stents implanted almost 2 years ago, and I seem to be
doing find, as well.

David was experiencing chest pains and frequent angina. OTOH, I never had
chest pains, although both of my arms often ached (not pain nor numbness),
especially after I went to bed. My cariologist told me that this symptom
is actually a form of angina, particularly common in those who are
diabetic.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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