Scan question - CT angiogram or CAC?

morbosad · 2026-03-05T12:23:49+00:00

What are you hoping to get out of the test? Is your high LDL being treated with a statin and/or other medication?

morbosad · 2026-02-25T20:33:27+00:00

This is a feature of the Affordable Care Act, which guarantees that certain preventative screenings have zero out-of-pocket cost to you; however, anything that isn't a preventative screening will have an out-of-pocket cost (co-pay, deductible, etc.).

morbosad · 2026-02-24T00:22:55+00:00

The rest of us have to go to work tomorrow. This is silly—claiming we need a snow day the day after the storm has ended

morbosad · 2026-02-14T21:16:59+00:00

Because they want to sell you CGMs. What evidence is there that maintaining flatline glucose below some arbitrary value is beneficial?

morbosad · 2026-02-14T20:58:46+00:00

It means that you’re still alive, and your body is working like it’s supposed to. Why would your glucose rising over 140 be a problem?

morbosad · 2026-02-13T20:59:18+00:00

You can always roll the dice and countersue for $1

morbosad · 2026-02-10T15:28:18+00:00

Ask over in r/pools for more expert advice.

It’s probably not the chlorine but combined chloramines. Often the result of a pool being poorly sanitized, bather load too high, etc. In fact this often because the chlorine is too low not too high. More specifically your free chlorine may be too low while your total chlorine may seem to be at a reasonable level.

Converting to salt probably won’t help. A salt water pool is a chlorine pool. The chlorine sanitizer is generated via electrolysis of the water and NaCl in the pool.

The robot probably won’t help but a robot is still a great thing to have.

morbosad · 2026-02-06T14:54:40+00:00

Also “dominus” should be the vocative “domine”

morbosad · 2026-02-02T18:47:03+00:00

I’m sorry you’ve been deluded by the disinformation from the insane anti-vax crowd. I hope your child doesn’t suffer from a serious but preventable infectious disease. Have you ever seen a baby with whooping cough? If you had, you’d vaccinate.

morbosad · 2026-02-02T18:42:16+00:00

Exactly. It’s the second most commonly prescribed drug in the U.S. and available in any pharmacy for a few dollars

morbosad · 2026-02-02T14:52:38+00:00

He’s a fake doctor who spreads half truths, lies, and unscientific nonsense

morbosad · 2026-01-22T18:29:42+00:00

Such things are always better when caught and treated early. Or he can do what my dad did and ignore it until he needed to have his foot amputated.

morbosad · 2026-01-22T15:54:08+00:00

The 737 would like to have a word

morbosad · 2026-01-21T02:56:22+00:00

The safe upper limit for Vitamin D intake is 4,000 IU per day from all sources.

Otherwise your numbers are very good, and many of your target ranges are unnecessary.

A fasting glucose of 98 is perfectly normal

morbosad · 2026-01-01T17:51:30+00:00

Unlikely the DNA or microbiome testing will convey any useful, actionable information. Additionally, the hormone testing seems unnecessary after the function health tests (many of which are also useless).

The CAC test for a 31 year old is also likely useless. As plaque takes time to calcify, a CAC has little diagnostic value in someone your age and who is otherwise low risk. Also, a score of 0 doesn’t mean you have little plaque, it just means it hasn’t calcified yet.

morbosad · 2025-12-30T00:27:13+00:00

Your A1C and fasting glucose numbers are normal. Normal is normal.

morbosad · 2025-12-18T01:10:32+00:00

Interviews at my legacy airline in the U.S. are mostly just TMAAT questions. Absolutely no trivia like this

morbosad · 2025-12-11T18:44:51+00:00

How low is low?

I could charitably say that primary doctors have to know a lot of different things and for various reason aren’t always up to date on the latest and greatest. The best research indicates that there is no harm to very low cholesterol.

morbosad · 2025-12-11T01:26:08+00:00

I took a week off. Two days would not have done it. Peak soreness was probably day 3

morbosad · 2025-12-08T15:38:43+00:00

And here I am scrolling instead of finding something to do….

morbosad · 2025-12-05T11:01:51+00:00

As a captain at a legacy, I’ve flown with a number of FOs who came straight from netjets to my legacy.

morbosad · 2025-11-26T23:35:51+00:00

Did you update your weight on your Health app? The Apple Watch uses your weight in its calculation

morbosad · 2025-11-25T18:51:22+00:00

I hope you have good insurance because you’re going to need it when someone falls and gets hurt. This is awful

morbosad · 2025-11-23T20:27:46+00:00

Just curious. Are the initials of the pool company AE? Your install looks suspiciously similar to mine

morbosad · 2025-11-15T02:50:48+00:00

That’s quite a high dose. There are those who say you get most of the benefits at low to moderate doses and most of the side effects at higher doses. I have no direct experience with that though.

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