{"id":737,"date":"2020-03-12T19:08:19","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T23:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelagee.com\/blog\/?p=737"},"modified":"2024-05-03T19:41:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T23:41:48","slug":"my-broke-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelagee.com\/blog\/my-broke-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"My Broke Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1005\" height=\"948\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelagee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelagee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1.png 1005w, https:\/\/michaelagee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1-300x283.png 300w, https:\/\/michaelagee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1-768x724.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1005px) 100vw, 1005px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After turning 60 recently I thought it would be a good idea to get a heart scan for any problems.  And Problems were found.  I have plaque buildup in my LAD.  That the &#8220;Widow-Maker&#8221; valve.   The picture above is my actual heart.  This is from a CTA Scan.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CTA = Computed tomography angiography uses an injection of contrast material into your blood vessels and CT&nbsp;<strong>scanning<\/strong>&nbsp;to help diagnose and evaluate blood vessel disease or related conditions, such as aneurysms or blockages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This scan was given to me only because I asked.  I had no symptoms and my Dr&#8217;s did not request this.   I only did it because I &#8220;could&#8221;.   I knew my insurance would pay for it so why not?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was shocked and very scared when I was told I have 50% blockage with plaque buildup.  The actual diagnosis was that I had a blockage from 49% to 69%.   Believe me I was like why the heck is there such a huge spread?   My cardiologists tried to calm me by telling me that she actually talked to the radiologists and was told by him that it was not that bad.  I was more like 50%.  I never got a good clear explanation why the spread of 49% to 69%.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regardless, from that moment in time, which was 2 months ago from the time of this writing, I stopped eating ALL MEAT.   I only eat plant based with the exception of healthy fish.  I dont eat anything with cholesterol!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below you can see the actual blockage.  That&#8217;s plaque!  So this is double jeopardy.  I can have a heart attack or I could have a catastrophic stroke if this plaque breaks off and travels further down my heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"987\" height=\"990\" src=\"http:\/\/michaelagee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelagee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/5.png 987w, https:\/\/michaelagee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/5-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/michaelagee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/5-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/michaelagee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/5-768x770.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 987px) 100vw, 987px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After turning 60 recently I thought it would be a good idea to get a heart scan for any problems. And Problems were found. I have plaque buildup in my LAD. That the &#8220;Widow-Maker&#8221; valve. The picture above is my actual heart. This is from a CTA Scan. CTA = Computed tomography angiography uses an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-dose"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelagee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelagee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelagee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelagee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelagee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=737"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/michaelagee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":753,"href":"https:\/\/michaelagee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737\/revisions\/753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelagee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelagee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelagee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}