I will not do this to myself again.
My Surgeon told me we could not know what causes Heart Attacks. The day he released me, his advice was to do all things in moderation.
He said he had always had eggs with bacon for Breakfast. I could too, but you know, keep it moderate.
What I could not understand at that moment was why he continued to tell me I could should not be partaking of those famous Corny Dogs and Fried Bean Burritos from the local chain of Gas Stations.
These Heart Attack inducing foods, in my life, cost only $1.29 for two. The 32 oz soft drink refills were .99 cents.
I knew which stores kept the shelves full of the grease fried cheap toxins and which that kept the sodas calibrated for the best taste fizzy effect.
And the Surgeon said I could eat Bacon and eggs, but no food from the Gas Stations….. I was confused.
Then at my three month Check Up, after the Surgery, the Cardiologists doubled my Statin Drugs, and maintained my Blood Pressure Medications.
I was in shock!
I asked why and he laughed at me saying I would be on at least these Medications for the rest of my life.
I explained I was eating no Animal Products, nothing that contained dietary cholesterol… I was eating all vegetables, fruits and all healthy stuff so I could get off the medications.
He laughed at me again, and said food had nothing to do with what caused the Heart Attack, and could do nothing to keep me from having another, nor get me off the Medications.
The level of Lipitor was double the normal amount. He explained that was necessary because I was in such awful shape after the Heart Attack and Surgery, it was necessary.
I was furious. Plus I discovered the Blood work was costing me $495.00 since it was a new year, and I had to meet the deductible.
Plus my youngest son called to tell me I had to stop eating all those Grapefruit while on Statins, because the mixture of the fruit, and the Statin Drug could kill me.
I had just bought 45 pounds of the best Texas Ruby Red Grapefruit.
I was so angry.
So I studied, and researched, and slowly gave away 45 pounds of Grapefruit.
After some days, I decided to HELL with the Statins… I was finding a large number of WHOLE FOODS with as much success as Statins, and no side effects.
Yep… oldmanskinandbones jumped onto another conspiracy thingy and started a crusade for Whole Foods.
Plus I was still confused, and burning from the mixed signals I was getting from Medical Professionals, and getting laughed at ….
Just hours home from the surgery, I was trying to wrap my mind around the possibility of being on these meds for the rest of my life. I was trying to be Superman, wearing my cape…
To make the story short, I do not even take the Baby Aspirin.
I grind all kinds of seeds, dried flowers, drink teas, eat powdered herbs, and in the last weeks started a gentle workout program…
I have lost enough weight I have been called an old man with arms that look like nothing but skin and bones…
That conversation is one of the main reasons I started the workout.
Honestly, I would like to weigh 20 pounds less than I do now..
But to get there, and to have gotten to where I am now…..
No Calories were Counted, No Protein was Measured, and NO CARBS WERE FEARED!
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