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TnR Smith wrote:My husband, Tim, had a coronary calcium heart scan done two years ago. There is heart disease in his family. His father died at 72 of his third heart attack and his brother had his first at age 50 and his second around age 65.
Tim is in his late 40's. He wanted to be proactive and had a scan done in 2015 which showed a very high score of 591.23 "Implying extensive atherosclerotic plaque and a high likelihood of at least one significant coronary artery narrowing". He talked to 4 cardiologists and had 2 stress tests which he was told he "aced". He was also told that he had nothing to worry about.
We decided to at least do something proactive so we did our research and found FOK. We became plant-based whole food eaters and began an exercise program. Tim lost 40 pounds in 3 months and his bad cholesterol reduced by something like 60%. We have been living like this (not perfectly but consistently) since August 2015.
To see if this lifestyle was working, Tim had another scan done last week. He was hopeful for all his efforts, but couldn't believe the test results when they came back higher. His new scan was 912.74 How is that possible?
We have researched the scan for validity and it seems to be a proven tool.
Do you have any insight or wisdom you could give us at this point? He is very depressed and feels hopeless.
Thank you for your time.
Roz
TnR Smith wrote:My husband, Tim, had a coronary calcium heart scan done two years ago. There is heart disease in his family. His father died at 72 of his third heart attack and his brother had his first at age 50 and his second around age 65.
Tim is in his late 40's. He wanted to be proactive and had a scan done in 2015 which showed a very high score of 591.23 "Implying extensive atherosclerotic plaque and a high likelihood of at least one significant coronary artery narrowing". He talked to 4 cardiologists and had 2 stress tests which he was told he "aced". He was also told that he had nothing to worry about.
We decided to at least do something proactive so we did our research and found FOK. We became plant-based whole food eaters and began an exercise program. Tim lost 40 pounds in 3 months and his bad cholesterol reduced by something like 60%. We have been living like this (not perfectly but consistently) since August 2015.
To see if this lifestyle was working, Tim had another scan done last week. He was hopeful for all his efforts, but couldn't believe the test results when they came back higher. His new scan was 912.74 How is that possible?
We have researched the scan for validity and it seems to be a proven tool.
Do you have any insight or wisdom you could give us at this point? He is very depressed and feels hopeless.
Thank you for your time.
Roz
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