lessthanhalf said:
I realise you are in the US where access to fairly basic healthcare can be limited by costs...
Appreciate it. Been looking into getting an echo done, didn't realize it could be so affordable. Blood pressure has gone from Stage 1 hypertension to bottom range since I started reta and getting healthier.
As you said, meds from India are great. Preferably with the input of a specialist, but that's not happening until I get insurance through employment. I'm going to prescribe myself telmisartan and see how that works out.
I do have to disagree with the broad sentiment that the care of a specialist will do more than any peptide or supplement though. Many doctors suck, and it's the luck of the draw, and our medicine often treats symptoms rather than causes. It's the same mindset as people who think that taking cold medicine heals the cold. It doesn't. Supplements can.
Doctors help you where they fill in the blind spots for what you can do for yourself. As you said, an ECG will be a great starting point.
But, I think exercising regularly, and utilizing things like SS31, TB4/5, Cardiogen, Propionyl-L-Carnitine, and CoQ10 would likely put individuals onto the order of elite athletes receiving care from a specialist. Because the average doctor that you can get through insurance just doesn't usually have the time, education, and inclination to recommend let alone prescribe exotic treatments.
I am once again reminded of my last doctor who told me my cholesterol was high, I asked him what that means and what I should do and he told me to eat less fried food.
If he had told me to introduce cardio and increase dietary fiber, I would have.
Now I'm going to get blood tests very soon to see for myself. But considering I run 5-10 miles per week now, avoid bad fat and take fish oil, and supplement psilium husk regularly, I can infer that my cholesterol is likely stellar even without getting a blood test.
It's sad that we have to, but that's the way of things for the less wealthy.