To my friends,
My boys bought me a $400 MRI (Calcium Score) a test to see if my arteries were candidates for plaque. Well, this 53yr. old who finished well at our Michigan Masters meet didn't do well on his test. The score goes from 1 to 100 and the closer you get to 100 the chances of plaque in the arteries goes up. I ended up with a 99 and won a visit to a cardiologist who ran a MRI / Stress test. The good news is the drug I'm on (Vitorin) lowered my bad cholesterol and triglicyrides by 1/2 213 to 113 and 113 to 58. Don't wait my friends, get the calcium score and get some piece of mind. I may die today, but heck, I know I tried and I tried to spread the word..
I'm still lifting, biking, and swimming. Running the good race?? :angel::angel::angel:
I had one as well and came away from it thinking that it was just a way to
scam me for some money (health insurance didn't pay for it) and give
life insurance companies an excuse to raise my rates. Does anyone have
any information on how well these things correlate with actual risk? How
frequently should they be repeated? Does your "score" ever go down?
Thx,
Skip Montanaro
I had one as well and came away from it thinking that it was just a way to
scam me for some money (health insurance didn't pay for it) and give
life insurance companies an excuse to raise my rates. Does anyone have
any information on how well these things correlate with actual risk? How
frequently should they be repeated? Does your "score" ever go down?
Thx,
Skip Montanaro
