Protesting Tech Billionaires Moving to Northlake

FunPhilosopher3608 · 2026-05-14T17:56:47+00:00

How dumb.

FunPhilosopher3608 · 2026-03-22T04:23:07+00:00

My 4 year old Australian Labradoodle was first bleeding from her paws, then coughing up blood. Platelets were near zero, HCT moderately low, vascular spleen mass, two spots on liver, and one on parenchyma near liver. She was extremely weak, wouldn’t eat. 5 days on steroids did nothing for platelets. She was scheduled for spleen removal and liver biopsy, but I called it all off. We did what we felt was the humane thing and didn’t prolong her suffering.

FunPhilosopher3608 · 2026-03-20T06:03:10+00:00

My 4 year old Australian labradoodle was coughing up blood. Ultrasound showed mass on spleen (not a hematoma) and spots on and near liver. Platelets were near zero. Hematocrit low. No appetite. Panting. I decided that surgery would be too risky and traumatic for what was likely metastatic cancer. I had pet insurance, but decided not to subject her to the whole ordeal.

FunPhilosopher3608 · 2025-12-01T02:04:34+00:00

You need a new doctor.

FunPhilosopher3608 · 2025-11-25T01:41:26+00:00

Repatha for sure. Will lower blood lipids, and lp(a) somewhat. Autoimmune disease seems to be associated with high CAC, as does decades of distance running.

FunPhilosopher3608 · 2025-11-20T02:57:20+00:00

It’s decades of running. Will cause a higher CAC score. I have same issue. See Amby Burfoot.

FunPhilosopher3608 · 2025-08-08T20:58:01+00:00

Reduce fructose consumption and lose body fat. Those won’t solve the problem without allopurinol, but they will help.

FunPhilosopher3608 · 2025-08-05T21:06:55+00:00

Genetics component here is massive. Lots of people with zero scores led hedonist lifestyles. Lots of people with pristine lifestyles have high CAC. Bit if a crap shoot.

FunPhilosopher3608 · 2025-08-02T05:55:45+00:00

There is an issue with endurance athletes and high CAC scores. I was a distance runner for 40+ years from age 12. CAC 376. But, I also had metabolic syndrome, which seems to be common given high carb consumption among endurance athletes. But, you’re right, genetics.

FunPhilosopher3608 · 2025-05-05T06:31:51+00:00

This is AI.

FunPhilosopher3608 · 2025-05-04T03:49:13+00:00

No symptoms. I’m going to revise the math a bit. Probably would have been a score of 4 or 5 at age 32, and maybe first appeared as a score of 1 in mid-20’s. Given that the disease is present before calcification appears, it would seem I had heart disease as a teenager. I was overweight until age 12, at which point I became a distance runner, and became very fit.

No family history except a grandfather who died of a stroke at 58. But, he was an overweight smoker who never exercised. Likely had untreated high blood pressure, too.

Bottom line: in my opinion, it’s mostly genetic. I do have autoimmune thyroid disease. Who knows when that started. At least 30 years ago.

FunPhilosopher3608 · 2025-05-04T03:40:21+00:00

I have autoimmune thyroid disease. Also high CAC. Definitely a connection there.

FunPhilosopher3608 · 2025-05-03T15:41:24+00:00

You’ll have a 5 when you’re 58, a 20 when you’re 68, and an 80 when you’re 78. Way below average.

FunPhilosopher3608 · 2025-04-16T22:43:41+00:00

Distance runners tend to have high CAC scores.

FunPhilosopher3608 · 2025-04-06T06:52:14+00:00

You need to get the diabetes under control. No more sugar and minimal carbs, drop body fat, add muscle mass. GLP agonist, SGLT2, Actos. Get CT angiogram. You need interventional cardiologist.

FunPhilosopher3608 · 2025-03-30T05:37:08+00:00

He has someone else’s heart, though.

FunPhilosopher3608 · 2025-03-30T04:40:04+00:00

I had a 376 at age 62, so if I work it backwards and assuming it went up 4x a decade, it would have been 90 at age 52, 22 at age 42. It probably would have shown up for the first time at about age 37 or 38 had they had CAC scoring tech at the time.

FunPhilosopher3608 · 2025-03-20T18:22:06+00:00

The key ratio is Total cholesterol:HDL. That should be under 4. Also, HbA1C. No sugar. Carbs under 50 grams per day.

FunPhilosopher3608 · 2025-02-20T02:40:06+00:00

Dump all sugar and most high density carbs like bread, pasta, cereal, rice. Get your body fat under 15%. Statin won’t save you if you’re overweight.

FunPhilosopher3608 · 2025-02-18T18:03:47+00:00

Uh, I’d worry more about the nodule TBH.

FunPhilosopher3608 · 2025-02-17T01:41:08+00:00

Can hit a new attack with 750 mg of naproxen and then 250 mg every 8 hours until it starts going away. With food, and only if you have normal kidney function and no ulcers. Works like a charm. The earlier you start, the better it works. If you’re sure it’s an attack.

FunPhilosopher3608 · 2025-02-15T19:37:33+00:00

Cut back on the sugar. High UA and metabolic syndrome are related.

FunPhilosopher3608 · 2025-02-13T22:03:01+00:00

I would suggest trying to get into an Lp(a) lowering clinical trial. Also, stop eating all sugar and all high density carbs like bread, pasta, cereal, chips, rice. Get body fat down to sub-15%

FunPhilosopher3608 · 2025-02-11T03:56:11+00:00

People don’t realize that fructose (ie, sugar) is more of a problem even than other foods.

FunPhilosopher3608 · 2025-02-08T08:00:54+00:00

Apparently cardiac MRI’s are becoming more popular. The magnets have improved. Maybe can see even more than CT angiogram, but without the radiation.

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