Feb 19, 2023·edited Feb 19, 2023Liked by William H Bestermann Jr MD
I just had my first mcg last week. What an amazing technology and I can't believe it is not more widespread . God bless you Dr Shen. 68 yo female with lbbb since 2010 and high family history for heart attacks. Cardiologist keeps saying i am just fine but i have not felt right since 1st Moderna Feb 2021 when i had 4 weeks of left sided chest and arm pain an extreme fatigue beginning right after the shot. But my gp, the nurse who gave me the shot, and my cardiologist all told me it couldn't possibly be related to the covid vaccine I had just had that week. They all blew me off even though I had never in my life had chest pain until then. The pain did go away after 4 weeks but I remained profoundly tired for several months and I feel as if I've never gotten my full energy back since that time. I'm normally very active. Frankly i am horrified by my results ( 6-9 on all) but not actually surprised. I'm still trying to digest it all and more fully understand each value and I'm not sure how to proceed. But thank you for all the hard work that has gone into this marvelous invention. Is there a booklet I could access to more fully understand the results? The doctor I saw was great but it was so much information in such a short time and I wasn't expecting such a scary result. Thank you
MCG is NOT your grandpa's 125-year-old ECG. ECG is obsolete and dangerous, misdiagnosing most heart diseases daily. ECG contributes to the number one killer of Americans: medical errors and misdiagnosis.
The unscalable, extremely unaffordable, late-stage-sickness-seeking-profiteering 19th Century Analog legacy medical system's fallacies, Misdiagnosis, and harmful treatments kill Nearly 800K Americans annually! Facts!
MCG IS GOING MAINSTREAM IN Japan to Keio University Hospital System, the Japanese equivalent of Harvard Medical School and Cleveland Clinic, AND IN WELL ESTABLISHED FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE NETWORK, i.e., Forum Health in the United States of America. They have clinics all over America!
This was fascinating and useful information, as usual. Glad your neighbor got a better insight on her heart issue. I have a question, I’ve recently seen information about discontinuing the use of daily ASA on people over 60 r/t risk of excess bleeding. I am currently on 80mg/day, and pushing 60. I don’t have any bleeding issues, and I’m inclined to continue taking it. Any articles you know of that can give me a better understanding? I’d like to pass them along to my HCP when I go for my annual physical next week.
I think that is a reasonable choice. You are right about the recommendation. Most recently aspirin therapy is recommended in higher risk individuals because of concern about bleeding. I will write tomorrow about the ways our understanding of vascular disease is changing so that the lines between primary and secondary prevention are being blurred. My neighbor thought she did not have heart artery disease. She needs aspirin.
Thank you Dr. Shen, Amy and Rami for making all that possible.
Lady Jean, it’s an absolute honor and pleasure!
Great Information, thanks for sharing your information. Very helpful!
Great to hear from you Donna. My son is returning to the states in the summer.
I know you are happy about that!
More great info.
Honored, Bill with my "HeartFelt" thanks!
Joseph
Thank you too!
Pleasure, Bill!
I just had my first mcg last week. What an amazing technology and I can't believe it is not more widespread . God bless you Dr Shen. 68 yo female with lbbb since 2010 and high family history for heart attacks. Cardiologist keeps saying i am just fine but i have not felt right since 1st Moderna Feb 2021 when i had 4 weeks of left sided chest and arm pain an extreme fatigue beginning right after the shot. But my gp, the nurse who gave me the shot, and my cardiologist all told me it couldn't possibly be related to the covid vaccine I had just had that week. They all blew me off even though I had never in my life had chest pain until then. The pain did go away after 4 weeks but I remained profoundly tired for several months and I feel as if I've never gotten my full energy back since that time. I'm normally very active. Frankly i am horrified by my results ( 6-9 on all) but not actually surprised. I'm still trying to digest it all and more fully understand each value and I'm not sure how to proceed. But thank you for all the hard work that has gone into this marvelous invention. Is there a booklet I could access to more fully understand the results? The doctor I saw was great but it was so much information in such a short time and I wasn't expecting such a scary result. Thank you
Do you mind sharing your interpretation
I would be glad to but I don't want to send it to substack. Is there some other way. Thank you for your concern
Thanks for the information. This is good to know. What diet was prescribed? Can you elaborate on that a bit?
Mediterranean diet. Eat real food. Cut sugar intake way back. Reduce carbs.
MCG is NOT your grandpa's 125-year-old ECG. ECG is obsolete and dangerous, misdiagnosing most heart diseases daily. ECG contributes to the number one killer of Americans: medical errors and misdiagnosis.
The unscalable, extremely unaffordable, late-stage-sickness-seeking-profiteering 19th Century Analog legacy medical system's fallacies, Misdiagnosis, and harmful treatments kill Nearly 800K Americans annually! Facts!
MCG IS GOING MAINSTREAM IN Japan to Keio University Hospital System, the Japanese equivalent of Harvard Medical School and Cleveland Clinic, AND IN WELL ESTABLISHED FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE NETWORK, i.e., Forum Health in the United States of America. They have clinics all over America!
This was fascinating and useful information, as usual. Glad your neighbor got a better insight on her heart issue. I have a question, I’ve recently seen information about discontinuing the use of daily ASA on people over 60 r/t risk of excess bleeding. I am currently on 80mg/day, and pushing 60. I don’t have any bleeding issues, and I’m inclined to continue taking it. Any articles you know of that can give me a better understanding? I’d like to pass them along to my HCP when I go for my annual physical next week.
I think that is a reasonable choice. You are right about the recommendation. Most recently aspirin therapy is recommended in higher risk individuals because of concern about bleeding. I will write tomorrow about the ways our understanding of vascular disease is changing so that the lines between primary and secondary prevention are being blurred. My neighbor thought she did not have heart artery disease. She needs aspirin.
I have taken the liberty of posting this great article on my LinkedIn page!
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/joseph-thomas-shen-md-b01760106_women-with-repeated-chest-pain-my-neighbor-activity-6886315492466798592-S7zB