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The USA is probably the BEST place on Earth to get medical treatment/management -- if you are rich, famous, or both. Take a look at how many people who contracted HIV around the same time Magic Johnson did are still breathing. Now why do you suppose that is?

I suppose the USA will get it ten years from now, for triple the cost.

Good Lord. I was lucky to get a doc (after two other tries) who would TEST Lp(a). And she did try to get me onto the current Ionis trial. But she just waved off the thought of a PCSK9. You are lucky to live in an area where they are so (relatively) cheap. And lucky to have such a (relatively)...

26 fortnights in a year... About $8000 per year? Damn, that's like HALF what I'd have to pay! Gotta love how Pharma gouges Americans! I'd pay that. And did your doc give you any static about getting on the PCSK9 inhibitor? Or did they go along with it? Or did you even need a doc to get...

Very interesting, Andy! The quotes I'm seeing on PCSK9 inhibitors here in the USA are $14,000 per year, which is significantly more than you're seeing in the UK and seems pretty typical for the markup on pharma we usually get here in the states. I am still curious how much Agian is paying out...

Thanks, Paleowoman. I have heard what you are saying about carbs, but I have also heard that due to my high CAC score I should be avoiding all meat and oils (including nuts) as per the Esselstyn diet. That seems to leave me with little more than sunshine and leaves. It might well be the SAFEST...

Pellicle, forgive me. I had thought that this was a forum for ALL people with AVS, regardless of cause. I had not realized that people who get AVS due to extremely high Lp(a) levels, rather than the more commonly known and understood causes, were excluded. FYI, I frequent no less than three...

Not knowing the other 11 you saw, I have no idea. It was just one of those diabetes prevention/treatment sites. My point is I did all this work and not only was there no payoff in terms of blood sugar (which I had just assumed there would be), but things got markedly worse. How do you lose a...

I love all online advice about reducing odds of getting diabetes -- lose weight, exercise more, eliminate these twelve foods (all of which I eliminated from my diet over a year ago)! Did all that, rocketed right into prediabetes. ********!

I can't decide -- is it better to stick with the niacin and risk giving myself diabetes, or drop the niacin and accept stratospheric Lp(a) levels? Which poison?

Congratulations, Superman. Looking forward to the 30 year anniversary!

The problem with Pravastatin is that it is not as powerful as Crestor. With the high dose Crestor, my LDL is 77, which is still a little higher than is ideal considering the condition my heart is in. This morning the doc who put my on the niacin responded to an email and basically told me that...

Earlier today, I was sent home from the lab before starting an oral blood glucose tolerance test due to my very high fasting blood glucose: 115 and 118 on the recheck. I had not eaten in over 10 hours. I did some digging in my records about my FBG. Here is what I got: * FBG May 2015...

Sorry you are dealing with this nonsense Paleo. Why do patient/prosthetic mismatches happen in the first place?

Actually got the splints out early yesterday, there was bleeding when there should not have been any and doc couldn't see well with them in. Sure made a difference in my breathing! The bleeding had been caused by a huge blood clot he suctioned out from deep within my right sinus (it was as big...

Indeed it is. She told me she felt "guilty" because it left me dealing with this all alone, and I told her it wasn't HER fault. I'm genuinely happy that she and her kids get to have normal lives.

So my Lp(a) is North of 160 ng/dL, and I have two copies of a mutant allele that raises Lp(a) and the chances of developing AVS. My mother is dead, but clearly carried a copy of the allele which she passed on to me. My father has one copy of the bad allele (rs 104-something, “G” variant). His...

OK, not my AVR surgery, but it WAS a surgery I've been meaning to have for over two decades and finally got to doing because I figured it'd be best to get as many procedures as possible done BEFORE I need AVR rather than wait until AFTER. So on Friday I had my deviated septum straightened and...

Tall people are lucky sonsabitches. Enjoy all of that food dude.

My guess is you shouldn't get excited until ten years after it's been accepted as SOP.