I had colon cancer- had my colon removed before it spread
I had thyroid cancer- had my thyroid removed before it spread
I'm only 40, and I fully intend to live to be 80, so we'll just have to see how that goes.

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Anonymous wrote:What kind of heart disease do you have, OP?

Slightly Leaky valve

That is not really a very bad health problem. you can even reverse it.
Do yoga - paranayama. Take supplements of magnesium,vit K2, Arjunarishtam. Eat healthy and try not to go on statins.

Umm..this poster needs a statin. Why give crap advice here?

Apparently telling people to ‘take a statin’ is the latest in crap advice

https://www.google.com/amp/www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/bitter-pillthe-dispute-statins/amp/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2017/03/20/the-big-problem-with-statins-that-medicare-patients-need-to-know-about/amp/

OP has a leaky valve, not plaque in arteries or high cholestrol (or high "bad cholestrol"). Read magnesium miracle and try and fix your liver first. Take vitamin k2 and most of your cholesterol problems will be fixed. OP is in his/her 30s. There is ample time to reverse this. WHy go on Statins at all. They are drugs that will shorten your life. If not through a heart attack or stroke , then through cancer.

DO NOT FOLLOW THIS PERSON's ADVICE. Statins and other LDL reducing drugs are life savers for people that need them. With that said, leaky valves are not related to cholesterol. Blockages are related to cholesterol. I am a PP with a lot of issues. Without Statins I probably would have had a heart attack before 40. Instead, I had a stent at 49. I did have cancer (unrelated to statins) that would not have been diagnoses if I had the heart attack earlier. I am alive today because of the statins (and PCSK9 inhibitors). In my case, I tolerate the statins.

Another poster here: What makes anyone think the OP needs statins? Having a valve regurgitation is not the same as having a blockage/plaque. That's such a bunch of crap. This is why you don't get medical advice online.

You did not read past the first sentence. I was responding to the blanket anti-statin advice. The bolded part is the advice specific to OP. For some reason, there is an Anti-statin bias in some posters. These people probably are anti-vax, and believe the earth is flat.

Statins are appropriate in some cases (like me). They will not fix all heart problems (leaky valve).

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Anonymous wrote:I have an autoimmune deficiency that makes me way more likely to get sick. I've had pneumonia multiple times as a kid, from a young age, and still do (3 in the past 8 months). I had several ear infections (as a kid and as an adult), I am TB positive, I have cold sores about every other month. I have an enlarged spleen and enlarged liver. I have no idea whether if will affect how long I live, but I don't think about it.

Is TB positive the same thing as having tuberculosis? Isn't that terribly contagious?

I was found to be TB positive in my pre-college physical. A positive test means you have been infected with TB, but the infection can be active or latent. Those with latent TB are not infectious, but have a 10 percent or so chance of developing active TB. I had the latent variety, and was prescribed isoniazid for a year.

I thought this was pretty much the end of that, but in checking on this for this response I have discovered that having been diagnosed with latent TB in the past I have a lifetime risk for active TB.

Darn!

TB positive patient here: I have latent TB, which, as PP mentioned, is not contagious. I am currently taking rifampin. However, I'm so scared of developing active TB due to my weak immune system.

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Anonymous wrote:What kind of heart disease do you have, OP?

Slightly Leaky valve

That is not really a very bad health problem. you can even reverse it.
Do yoga - paranayama. Take supplements of magnesium,vit K2, Arjunarishtam. Eat healthy and try not to go on statins.

Umm..this poster needs a statin. Why give crap advice here?

Apparently telling people to ‘take a statin’ is the latest in crap advice

https://www.google.com/amp/www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/bitter-pillthe-dispute-statins/amp/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2017/03/20/the-big-problem-with-statins-that-medicare-patients-need-to-know-about/amp/

OP has a leaky valve, not plaque in arteries or high cholestrol (or high "bad cholestrol"). Read magnesium miracle and try and fix your liver first. Take vitamin k2 and most of your cholesterol problems will be fixed. OP is in his/her 30s. There is ample time to reverse this. WHy go on Statins at all. They are drugs that will shorten your life. If not through a heart attack or stroke , then through cancer.

DO NOT FOLLOW THIS PERSON's ADVICE. Statins and other LDL reducing drugs are life savers for people that need them. With that said, leaky valves are not related to cholesterol. Blockages are related to cholesterol. I am a PP with a lot of issues. Without Statins I probably would have had a heart attack before 40. Instead, I had a stent at 49. I did have cancer (unrelated to statins) that would not have been diagnoses if I had the heart attack earlier. I am alive today because of the statins (and PCSK9 inhibitors). In my case, I tolerate the statins.

Another poster here: What makes anyone think the OP needs statins? Having a valve regurgitation is not the same as having a blockage/plaque. That's such a bunch of crap. This is why you don't get medical advice online.

OP should absolutely listen to her doctor before any anonymous online posters. If still concerned, get a second opinion from another qualified doctor. Personally, though, I think the biggest health problem is anxiety, and that'll kill long before a leaky valve.

My health problems are pretty benign. Heart murmur, but multiple tests showed it to be no big deal (had an echocardiogram, holter monitor, EKG). Gestational diabetes, which puts me at a higher risk for Type II diabetes, but have no family history and so far my blood sugar and A1c are good. Super low blood pressure, almost too low.

Parents are both 70-ish and in good health, very active. Grandparents all died between 85-95. 3/4 of great grandparents lived to 85+ (one to 98), other 1/4 both died young of non-natural causes (one was murdered, one died in an accident).

I'm expecting to live to 80+. Financially planning to late 90s. But I also have an aunt who died young of breast cancer (no prior family history) and an uncle who barely survived a brain aneurysm in his early 50s (no symptoms or family history), so who knows.

Re: latent TB, my grandmother was a nurse and always tested positive for TB. When she was in her 80s, the TB became active and she became infectious, was treated for it, and died of it.

While TB is latent, it is not infectious but will test positive. It may become active if you become immunocompromised. Or it may never become active.

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Anonymous wrote:What kind of heart disease do you have, OP?

Slightly Leaky valve

I have the same thing. My doctor said it's relatively common and did not indicate that it had any impact on life expectancy. I had no other cardiac issues. Keep monitoring it.

I don't think this uncommon. They'll monitor it over the years but if your doctor says not to worry about it, I wouldn't worry about it.

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Anonymous wrote:What kind of heart disease do you have, OP?

Slightly Leaky valve

That is not really a very bad health problem. you can even reverse it.
Do yoga - paranayama. Take supplements of magnesium,vit K2, Arjunarishtam. Eat healthy and try not to go on statins.

Umm..this poster needs a statin. Why give crap advice here?

Apparently telling people to ‘take a statin’ is the latest in crap advice

https://www.google.com/amp/www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/bitter-pillthe-dispute-statins/amp/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2017/03/20/the-big-problem-with-statins-that-medicare-patients-need-to-know-about/amp/

OP has a leaky valve, not plaque in arteries or high cholestrol (or high "bad cholestrol"). Read magnesium miracle and try and fix your liver first. Take vitamin k2 and most of your cholesterol problems will be fixed. OP is in his/her 30s. There is ample time to reverse this. WHy go on Statins at all. They are drugs that will shorten your life. If not through a heart attack or stroke , then through cancer.

DO NOT FOLLOW THIS PERSON's ADVICE. Statins and other LDL reducing drugs are life savers for people that need them. With that said, leaky valves are not related to cholesterol. Blockages are related to cholesterol. I am a PP with a lot of issues. Without Statins I probably would have had a heart attack before 40. Instead, I had a stent at 49. I did have cancer (unrelated to statins) that would not have been diagnoses if I had the heart attack earlier. I am alive today because of the statins (and PCSK9 inhibitors). In my case, I tolerate the statins.

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Anonymous wrote:What kind of heart disease do you have, OP?

Slightly Leaky valve

I have the same thing. My doctor said it's relatively common and did not indicate that it had any impact on life expectancy. I had no other cardiac issues. Keep monitoring it.

I’m hypothyroid. Dad died in early 60s. Mom still alive but has hypothyroid as well plus rheumatoid arthritis plus a few other minor things.

I have no clue how long I’ll live. Better live life to the fullest!

Both my parents were very healthy by all accounts. Regular exercise, healthy weights, healthy diet, good numbers all around etc.

My father dropped dead at 62 from a brain aneurysm. No symptoms.

My mother, who had never smoked a cifarette or had an alcoholic drink in her entire life died of undiagnosed lung cancer which caused a fatal stroke when she was 63. Her mother did smoke when she was pregnant with her in the house when she was a child.

All four of my grandparents including the alcoholic smoker live significantly longer than my parents (their children).

Most doctors seem to think my parents’ situations were horribly bad luck (No history of what killed them on either side of their families). Basically I have no idea what things look like for me. I do know that lifestyle certainly doesn’t always make a difference. My in-laws - my father-in-law especially - are in horrible shape compared to both my parents and significantly older and are doing just fine.

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Anonymous wrote:I have an autoimmune deficiency that makes me way more likely to get sick. I've had pneumonia multiple times as a kid, from a young age, and still do (3 in the past 8 months). I had several ear infections (as a kid and as an adult), I am TB positive, I have cold sores about every other month. I have an enlarged spleen and enlarged liver. I have no idea whether if will affect how long I live, but I don't think about it.

Is TB positive the same thing as having tuberculosis? Isn't that terribly contagious?

I was found to be TB positive in my pre-college physical. A positive test means you have been infected with TB, but the infection can be active or latent. Those with latent TB are not infectious, but have a 10 percent or so chance of developing active TB. I had the latent variety, and was prescribed isoniazid for a year.

I thought this was pretty much the end of that, but in checking on this for this response I have discovered that having been diagnosed with latent TB in the past I have a lifetime risk for active TB.

Darn!

Thanks for the informed answer! Sorry about the lifetime risk though are there good signs that will tell you if it becomes active, or do you needs lots of periodic tests?

The signs seem to be the same as for anyone for whom TB might be suspected: persistent cough, difficulty breathing, etc. The risk is higher in people with diabetes or who are immunocompromised. Fortunately, I am neither. I have never been retested. Am wondering if the standard skin test would show positive because of the latent TB.

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Anonymous wrote:What kind of heart disease do you have, OP?

Slightly Leaky valve

That is not really a very bad health problem. you can even reverse it.
Do yoga - paranayama. Take supplements of magnesium,vit K2, Arjunarishtam. Eat healthy and try not to go on statins.

Umm..this poster needs a statin. Why give crap advice here?

Apparently telling people to ‘take a statin’ is the latest in crap advice

https://www.google.com/amp/www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/bitter-pillthe-dispute-statins/amp/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2017/03/20/the-big-problem-with-statins-that-medicare-patients-need-to-know-about/amp/

OP has a leaky valve, not plaque in arteries or high cholestrol (or high "bad cholestrol"). Read magnesium miracle and try and fix your liver first. Take vitamin k2 and most of your cholesterol problems will be fixed. OP is in his/her 30s. There is ample time to reverse this. WHy go on Statins at all. They are drugs that will shorten your life. If not through a heart attack or stroke , then through cancer.

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Anonymous wrote:I have an autoimmune deficiency that makes me way more likely to get sick. I've had pneumonia multiple times as a kid, from a young age, and still do (3 in the past 8 months). I had several ear infections (as a kid and as an adult), I am TB positive, I have cold sores about every other month. I have an enlarged spleen and enlarged liver. I have no idea whether if will affect how long I live, but I don't think about it.

Is TB positive the same thing as having tuberculosis? Isn't that terribly contagious?

I was found to be TB positive in my pre-college physical. A positive test means you have been infected with TB, but the infection can be active or latent. Those with latent TB are not infectious, but have a 10 percent or so chance of developing active TB. I had the latent variety, and was prescribed isoniazid for a year.

I thought this was pretty much the end of that, but in checking on this for this response I have discovered that having been diagnosed with latent TB in the past I have a lifetime risk for active TB.

Darn!

Thanks for the informed answer! Sorry about the lifetime risk though are there good signs that will tell you if it becomes active, or do you needs lots of periodic tests?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What kind of heart disease do you have, OP?

Slightly Leaky valve

That is not really a very bad health problem. you can even reverse it.
Do yoga - paranayama. Take supplements of magnesium,vit K2, Arjunarishtam. Eat healthy and try not to go on statins.

Umm..this poster needs a statin. Why give crap advice here?

Apparently telling people to ‘take a statin’ is the latest in crap advice

https://www.google.com/amp/www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/bitter-pillthe-dispute-statins/amp/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2017/03/20/the-big-problem-with-statins-that-medicare-patients-need-to-know-about/amp/