My husband just got out of the hospital from having a major heart attack.
The main artery was totally closed. They put a stent in. He is home now and seems to be doing okay. Just has to have recovery time and change life style. He is trying to quit smoking. So far so good. He had quit once for 2 years and on the day of my surgery he was nervous and some one gave him a cigarette and he was right back on them.
The strange thing about this is that his cholesterol is only 137. The ratio of HDL and LDL was in range. The doctor said he was one of the very rare ones that do not have cholesterol but have plaque. Or sometimes during a heart attack the test is not totally accurate. The meds they give them through it off sometimes. So won't know for a couple of weeks until they do another one.
I will now have my diet low in vitamin k and his diet. I already do the low fat and sodium thing so won't be too bad. But we have got to be really careful about the sodium which means cooking everything from scratch.
I was under the impression that we needed good fat to combat the bad fat. I learned this when I didn 't get enough and my cholesterol went up. Like eating six almonds a day. But this nutriionist at this hospital in Las Cruces, N. M. says to not get any more of the good than we have to. I am talking about canola and olive oil and almonds and that sort of thing. She did say he could have fish oil tablets but they have very little fat.
Does anyone have any input here.
Don't our bodies need some fat even if one has had a heart attack. We have much to learn about all this.
Thanks, Missy
The main artery was totally closed. They put a stent in. He is home now and seems to be doing okay. Just has to have recovery time and change life style. He is trying to quit smoking. So far so good. He had quit once for 2 years and on the day of my surgery he was nervous and some one gave him a cigarette and he was right back on them.
The strange thing about this is that his cholesterol is only 137. The ratio of HDL and LDL was in range. The doctor said he was one of the very rare ones that do not have cholesterol but have plaque. Or sometimes during a heart attack the test is not totally accurate. The meds they give them through it off sometimes. So won't know for a couple of weeks until they do another one.
I will now have my diet low in vitamin k and his diet. I already do the low fat and sodium thing so won't be too bad. But we have got to be really careful about the sodium which means cooking everything from scratch.
I was under the impression that we needed good fat to combat the bad fat. I learned this when I didn 't get enough and my cholesterol went up. Like eating six almonds a day. But this nutriionist at this hospital in Las Cruces, N. M. says to not get any more of the good than we have to. I am talking about canola and olive oil and almonds and that sort of thing. She did say he could have fish oil tablets but they have very little fat.
Does anyone have any input here.
Don't our bodies need some fat even if one has had a heart attack. We have much to learn about all this.
Thanks, Missy