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So
what is it that caused plaque to build up and block the blood flow in
Durge’s arteries leading to a heart attack? Blocked arteries
do not materialize overnight, it takes a long time for coronary
arteries to get blocked.
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The
usual suspects are of course in evidence (click to see report-5) cholesterol 194 mg
% and triglycerides 190 mg %. Pre-beta is also way above normal at
300.4 mg %. But Durge has a double whammy: hypertension and type2
diabetes. These two, along with numerous other factors like stress, a
faulty diet and a sedentary lifestyle are contributory factors to
blocked arteries. Durge’s diet obviously was at fault. His
work entails considerable travelling and walking. So a sedentary
lifestyle was not among Durge's problems. Stress is a possibility due
to the monetary factor.
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In
Durge’s case, however, I believe uncontrolled blood sugar was
the mea culpa. His pathological reports are what
a diabetologist’s nightmare is made of. Nobody had informed
him of a test called glycosylated hemoglobin or a device called a
glucometer. Both help a diabetic gain excellent control over blood
sugar. The test signifies your
understanding of how to control blood sugar. It also gives
you in black and white, the caliber
of your doctor, probably the reason why it is so unpopular.
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Durge’s
glycosylated hemoglobin on 01/06/06 was 7.2 percent
(click to see report-4). This test was
done four days after Durge had started my "heart bypass without
surgery" programme or the reading would have been still higher.
Durge’s blood and urine reports of 12/03/06 and 13/03/06
indicate poor sugar control
(click to see report-6 and 7). Apart from
the awry fasting and post-lunch blood sugar levels, Durge was passing
one-plus (+) albumin and the maximum of four-plus (++++) sugar in the
urine. Mercifully keytones were absent. Durge’s uncontrolled
blood sugar had already put his kidneys under duress. His serum
creatinine level on 21/06/06 had exceeded the upper limit and reached
1.6 mg/dl (click to see report-8). However, this
report brought glad tidings as well for Durge. Notice that the earlier
one-plus albumin level in the urine has become a
“trace” and the previous four-plus sugar level has
become a resounding “NIL”. This was achieved on the
25th day of my programme.
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The
Future
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Durge
is one patient who will never go on dialysis. Durge’s
“heart bypass without surgery” has already been
done. The day he is able to afford spending about five
months’ salary, he is planning to do a second angiography. If
someone is willing to sponsor this, he’s game any day. And
throw in a glucometer as well, so that I can teach him how to control
blood sugar perfectly WITHOUT any
medication. Type1 diabetics may not be able to do this but most type2
diabetics, if they are willing to work hard initially for a couple of
months, can do so. We shall post the updates regularly. Keep visiting
this site and tell your friends and associates about it
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Medication
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From
a handful of tablets and capsules, Durge today takes just two tablets.
Half a tablet of aten 25, a beta-blocker, for his hypertension, that is
12.5 mg. The minimum dosage generally for a person to be considered
hypertensive is 25 mg. He also takes a low dosage hypoglycemic drug for
his diabetes. This will disappear within a week of his getting a
glucometer.
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