Love your nickname. I hope that you are not referring to yourself. It seems to me that your ex-cardiologist is the real moron! His behavior is absolutley disgusting! You did the right thing by firing him.
Ok, that said...Why have you been told not to exercise? It is important to talk with your new doctor to learn about the disease and what you can do to help manage CAD and prevent its progression.
Making healthy lifestyle changes can delay and possibly reverse the course of CAD. Eating a low-fat and low-cholesterol diet, and getting regular exercise are the most important steps you can take to reduce your risk of developing coronary artery disease.
As far as a more aggressive approach, there is angioplasty. My father was 42 when he had a CABG. He subsequently had an angioplasty and is alive and well today, 18 years later. His only problem now is a very low heart rate and is now a candidate for pacemaker.
I am sorry that your going through this but i am even sorrier that you were not able to have your very important questions answered by that POOR excuse of a cardiologist.
Good luck
Thank you for the kind and swift response. I hadn't even thought about the Doctor being a Moron too - just an ignorant jerk. It's an old family joke from the 60's and made a great screen name.
Doctor said no exercise because of the Ischemia - lack of blood to heart under stress. I guess he's trying to prevent a heart attack. I"m willing to take some risks if I can get a handle on the extent of risk. Of course exercise is the key to strengthing the heart and he doesn't want me to do it. Before this problem I biked, walked or swam every day. Usually climb our lighthouse every week. Was hoping to get back to playing racquetball but that's not looking too promising.
I'm new to this forum. Would it be OK to post my info under the Expert Forum too? I don't want to break any rules: written or otherwise.
Thanks Again!
Hello-
Absolutely! Post your your question in the expert forum as well. Since you were not able to get straight answers from the fool treating you, hopefully a Dr here might be able to point you in the right direction before you get into see your new doc.
Good luck!