I received the results from the ultrasound for my carotid arteries today. My last ultrasound was in Nov 2019. The results then were 40/60. Today’s result showed less plaque. My cardiologist said that there is too little plaque to worry about.
I am so very relieved and very, very glad that for the last 4 years I have been eating a very low fat organic plant based diet. I also have added wild Alaskan salmon once or twice a week. I eat about 275 healthy carbs a day. My last A1c was 4.8. All the daily exercise I do certainly has helped too.
I feel like I am getting healthier at 70 yrs of age. I am certainly much healthier than I was 10 yrs ago.
I feel like I may live another decade or more if I continue to follow this lifestyle.
So happy for you! Yes, I’m sure your healthy lifestyle with daily exercise has a huge positive effect on these results! Keep it up!! And the rest of us should follow suit!
Really good to hear your good news!,
I think you have something with this high carb low fat thing.
I’ve been moving closer to that woe. I still eat more fat than you but less than the average person.
I notice a big difference with meals that have little or no fat.
So I’m at 30% or less fat. It’s hard for me to give up all meat, but I’m off red meat and I’m eating more unprocessed carb.
I’m going to the cardiologist the first week of July. And I hope to get a full work up and maybe an ultra sound. Definitely a stress test. I’ve been noticing a very low heart rate when I sleep in the 40s. So I want to get checked out.
I’m 55 diagnosed 34 years ago. I had a stress test done when I was 26 so we can compare those results.
Otherwise I feel fine. But I know I’m moving into the cardiac years, so I want to do what I can now.
Thanks Timothy. I do think this is a very healthy way to eat.
My husband’s heartbeat was dropping to 40 when he was sitting. He isn’t a runner, although he does exercise and is in good shape. It turns out that it is an electrical problem that we are working on. He is 72 and has never had heart problems so this has been a shock.
It is a rather complicated problem but can be fixed.
I hope that your slow heartbeat isn’t a problem. Are you a runner? Always good to get it checked out, and hopefully it will be nothing to worry about. Please let us know what you find out.
I am a life long runner and swimmer. When I was younger it was slow but I didn’t think it was an issue because I was doing so much cardio.
Now I can’t run much because I have a foot problem but I still walk a lot, average 5 miles a day.
That’s why I feel like it can’t be from a super strong heart.
My heart still responds to exercise, I goes to 150 when I’m walking and back down to 60 pretty fast so it’s not likely an electrical issue, but I don’t know.
Thanks so much Tapestry. I was so relieved.
Unfortunately my husband’s heart is having electrical problems, so we have some invasive procedures coming up. It is always something, right?
Yipee!!! You are so awesome, a true inspiration to all of us and this shows once again that with all the upas and downs this diabetic crud brings to us and all the side complications with continued hard work on what we believe is the best for us usually pays off in the long run. It is not that we are especially lucky because in many cases we make our own luck through persistence. Congratulations. I am so happy for you.
I’m sorry to hear your husband must undergo an invasive procedure to correct the electrical issue. I have a friend who recently had an ablation to correct an afib issue. She is doing well now though post procedure recovery was lengthy and she was not allowed to do any intense exercise. She is gradually getting back to her normal high intensity exercise now. I wish your husband well, too.
Thanks very much for telling me about your friend’s experience. My husband will eventually have to have the ablation procedure I guess, because his heart is being weakened by the electrical problem. The whole process scares me.
Marilyn, I offer you another anecdote for good measure. An older sister of mine was diagnosed with Afib and it was completely resolved with cryo-ablation (localized freezing of the errant physical source of the arrhythmia). I guess it doesn’t work for everybody but it did for her. With a little bit of luck, your husband will get this condition fixed.
Thanks Terry. I will research and ask about this. He is throwing many extra PVC’s which is weakening his heart. He is still able to exercise and do most things, but the weaker than normal heart is very disconcerting. His brothers and father all had heart problems. We still never expected this though.
