Health Problems

Borzak said:

I've been a number of MRIs and only one place that I know of has an open MRI and it wasn't a place I went to. I figure there is a huge upsell to them for people that won't fit into a normal one or claustrophobic.

It's also the only place I've seen that advertises they do MRIs and have an open MRI. I figure if you go to a regular one and a doctor says you won't fit the open MRI place can charge you or your insurance more.

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I doubt they get to charge more, actually if they’re independently owned they probably charge a small fraction of what you’d get charged at a hospital based scanner. Hospital based outpatient care is probably the biggest healthcare scam of the 21st century*.

The main draw is claustrophobia/patient preference. Most doctors (especially pretend docs like NPs) don’t realize those things are pretty useless so $$ marketshare.

*so far

update: well, I think my healthcare provider has basically just given up and officially declared me as having AFIB for no particular reason

Did the Keto diet fr just over two weeks, and it actually increased the amount of episodes I had. So sugar isnt the problem.
Edit: to clarify, I was having episodes nearly every other day while on Keto, and I’ve only had them twice since going off.

got my electrolyte levels checked, after supplementing for a week and here were the results, April results are from when I was in the ER with actively occurring AFIB:

I'm puzzled that Chloride and Magnesium levels stayed static, despite supplementing Magnesium Citrate and Potassium Chloride


also more recently, ive had extreme light headedness during some episodes, a coworker thought that sounded like iron deficiency to him, so i also had Iron levels checked with my electrolyte panel in august, along with vitamin D, and got this result:


it should be noted for iron levels, the day before i took this test, I ate three 1/4 beef patties in the late afternoon as part of my keto diet so im not sure why iron levels were low


what i find concerning is that all my lab results review came back as "Labs fine" for every stat, including low iron level. health team said iron saturation was more important than iron level stat, but thats only two points above low normal range.

going to start supplementing iron and vitamin D tomorrow and see if symptoms improve.

Weight got down to 222 on keto, and went back up to 224 after going off (i'm assuming fluid retention) going to do another three week keto run starting this monday

ill update if anything out of ordinary happens

TheNozz said:

update: well, I think my healthcare provider has basically just given up and officially declared me as having AFIB for no particular reason

Did the Keto diet fr just over two weeks, and it actually increased the amount of episodes I had. So sugar isnt the problem.

got my electrolyte levels checked, after supplementing for a week and here were the results, April results are from when I was in the ER with actively occurring AFIB:

I'm puzzled that Chloride and Magnesium levels stayed static, despite supplementing Magnesium Citrate and Potassium Chloride

also more recently, ive had extreme light headedness during some episodes, a coworker thought that sounded like iron deficiency to him, so i also had Iron levels checked with my electrolyte panel in august, along with vitamin D, and got this result:


it should be noted for iron levels, the day before i took this test, I ate three 1/4 beef patties in the late afternoon as part of my keto diet so im not sure why iron levels were low


what i find concerning is that all my lab results review came back as "Labs fine" for every stat, including low iron level. health team said iron saturation was more important than iron level stat, but thats only two points above low normal range.

going to start supplementing iron and vitamin D tomorrow and see if symptoms improve.

Weight got down to 222 on keto, and went back up to 224 after going off (i'm assuming fluid retention) going to do another three week keto run starting this monday

ill update if anything out of ordinary happens

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Looks to me that you're slightly diluted rather than difficent. Drop a few kg fluid - and 20kg bodyweight, get below 90kg. It's easy to check via echo (ultrasound) for any EM/card. Diuretics / fluid restriction plan after that. When you're at dry weight it's easier to dabble in whether you'd be eligible for DC or RFA. In short, fluid overload strains the heart and makes it more prone to afib in parox afib. I can't tell if you're in perm afib bc of structural vulnerability or hemodynamics. Less drinking soda, less supplements, do wegovy. Keto takes far to long to work imho. My 0.10.

Izo said:

Looks to me that you're slightly diluted rather than difficent. Drop a few kg fluid - and 20kg bodyweight, get below 90kg. It's easy to check via echo (ultrasound) for any EM/card. Diuretics / fluid restriction plan after that. When you're at dry weight it's easier to dabble in whether you'd be eligible for DC or RFA. In short, fluid overload strains the heart and makes it more prone to afib in parox afib. I can't tell if you're in perm afib bc of structural vulnerability or hemodynamics. Less drinking soda, less supplements, do wegovy. Keto takes far to long to work imho. My 0.10.

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Not to mention that being actually in ketosis is damn hard. I feel also that keto is not a good diet. I like my low carb/fasting regimen.

I wouldn’t do it without actual medical advice in his case, but fasting, complet fasting, decrease the strain on your heart. After 24 hours of fasting my heart definitely slow down quite significantly. It’s rather easier to fast 3/4 days, do IF/’low carb afterward than keto, and my guess is that it’s also healthier overall, with very similar metabolic benefits.

Haus said:

In that regards I am orthodox... Bun, wiener, mustard.

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I knew you liked wieners.

Haus said:

Just got home from the hospital and the procedure. Looks like the score is now (for those keeping track at home)

Haus' Nephrotic Ice Tombs : 2
Cancer : 0

Everything went swimmnigly, only difference from last time is that the first time I peed after the procedure this time I proceeded to eject what looked like sliced and diced tumor with a side of blood clots in a zesty blood/urine sauce. I was mildly freaked out, and the Doctor took a look and said "Meh, that happens sometime, come back in if it's not completely back to normal pee by Sunday"

And since I got home, peed once, and it's back to the golden shower the world expects from my bladder.

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Plot twist, it was the microwave hot dogs and ketchup