Re: Re Ne Susie

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>Hi Susie,

thanks for responding. I guess I don't have it set up so that I

could get posts sent to my email, cause I did't think anyone

reponded.

But, my god!! I could cry reading your post! Your husbands

cholesterol isn't even high & it sounds like his dr has ruined his

health! ( my own is 250, but with a good cholesterol of 88 I guess

it evens out. No Dr. has ever suggested that I need meds)

Your husband sounds so much like mine & yes, he has been saying his

eyesight is problematic. I've never read about statins damaging the

eyes though. Have we discovered another side effect?

My husband did stop the Lipitor cold though so I hope he's not a

heart attack waiting to happen. No one has ever warned him about

needing to wean off it.

I've just read about Vitamin C being good for just about everything,

but at very high doses. The idea is to start with 5000 mg daily &

if it causes bloating & gas you cut back gradually & find the best

level for yourself.

I've started him on Policosanol & fish oil & will have him start

taking the Vit C as soon as I can get some. I thought about

cinnamon & some of the other things people talk about, but am

wondering if you can overdo it.

I'm glad you mentioned the connection between low testosterone &

osteoporosis. I think my husband would rather wait it out than have

to talk to his Dr. about it. Maybe the thought of brittle bones

will get him going.

Thanks,

Judy

>

Hi Judy,

>

> Your husband sounds exactly like mine was, and to some extent

still is.

>

>

> Do get his testosterone checked. My husbands was below the

minimum.

> Note that lowered testosterone can also cause osteoporosis. My

husband has

> that now.

>

> My husband also has eye problems now and I blame that on the

drugs too.

> Well, I blame everything wrong with the drugs and there have been

the

> things you mentioned and a lot more. He has no muscles in his arms

and legs

> anymore. His attitude is still bad at times. He takes the

testosterone,

> but I don't see any big changes. My husband also ended up with

a stent..

> something taking these drugs is supposed to avoid. Well, it

doesn't and

> again, I say caused it because he stopped them cold and no one

told us not

> to. That causes unstable plaque that can lead to heart problems.

>

> Because of my husbands age..73 now, I don't think he will

ever be what

> was normal for him again. His cholesterol nubers were never what

other Drs

> considered to be bad, but all it took was one Dr. Who convinced

him he was a

> dead man walking...so to speak. It has been all down hill since,

and very

> little if anything up hill. Sorry this is such a downer, but

older people

> seem to be affected harder, I think younger people can bounce back.

>

> I think statins ruined my husbands life and because of his

age, I

> think he will never fully recover and will be left with problems

when he

> should not have had them. I wonder how Doctors can believe they

are doing

> no harm to people. I always thought their goal was to improve the

life of

> their patients. Needless to say we no longer have that Dr. And

have been

> through one more until the current Dr

>

> My husband now takes B complex, 2 fish oil tabs a day, and I think

we will

> increase that. (1000 each time) 500 of vit c, multi vitamin,

cinnamon in our

> coffee, and just started cholestoff from Naturemade.

>

> But, I may stop that as he is having eye problems again after

surgery, and

> just after starting the cholestoff! We can't seem to win

anymore. His eye

> was healing and 4 days after starting the cholestoff, the repair

is opening

> up. We don't know why, but I think it is too much of a

coincidence.

>

> His numbers are not really very bad 235 and the hdl is good, ldl

they

> consider high, but it was below 150 I think.

>

> I also added some olive oil, garlic, and eggs to his diet.

>

> Good Luck. Susie

>