New Blood test supposed to determine your lifespan - Page 2

cashman · 18-05-2011, 13:08

Had they succeeded margaret?

MargaretR · 18-05-2011, 13:11

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Originally Posted by cashman

Had they succeeded margaret?

Yes - thanks for your concern - I'm free of all heavy metal toxicity.

cashman · 18-05-2011, 13:27

then thats £55 well spent in my book.

Benipete · 18-05-2011, 13:49

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Originally Posted by cashman

then thats £55 well spent in my book.

I've been free of my marbles for some years now.

yerself · 18-05-2011, 15:21

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

The only thing wrong with me was said to be 'high cholesterol'.
My research on the web has convinced me that there is nothing ominous about having 'high cholesterol'.

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

Blood tests are a useful tool, as long as you don't just accept a doc's interpretation of them.

Dear Doctor Maggie,

Do you think I should stop taking my statins then?
As it's usually ones Doctor who orders blood tests and receives the results thereof, whose interpretation do you think we should ask for?

Yours faithfully,

Worried of Hyndburn.

yerself · 18-05-2011, 15:23

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

The only thing wrong with me was said to be 'high cholesterol'.
My research on the web has convinced me that there is nothing ominous about having 'high cholesterol'.

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

Blood tests are a useful tool, as long as you don't just accept a doc's interpretation of them.

Dear Doctor Maggie,

Do you think I should stop taking my statins then?
As it's usually ones Doctor who orders blood tests and receives the results thereof, whose interpretation do you think we should ask for?

Yours faithfully,

Worried of Hyndburn.

yerself · 18-05-2011, 15:23

Double post. Accyweb database suffered an error and posted twice.

MargaretR · 18-05-2011, 16:01

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Originally Posted by yerself

Dear Doctor Maggie,

Do you think I should stop taking my statins then?
As it's usually ones Doctor who orders blood tests and receives the results thereof, whose interpretation do you think we should ask for?

Yours faithfully,

Worried of Hyndburn.

You have the internet access just as I do.
Look, and decide after you have looked.

Surprisingly enough, after years of docs trying to get everyone over 55 on statins, even the mainstream media are reporting serious doubts.

Having muscle weakness and loss of short term memory are you?

You could start your exploration here
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=cho..._en-GB___GB343
http://www.heart-disease-bypass-surg...rticles/36.htm

MargaretR · 18-05-2011, 16:23

PS -IF you decide to stop taking them, you will need to WEAN yourself off them -
...............your decision - I know my body, know nothing about yours

jaysay · 18-05-2011, 17:43

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Yes, but yours are not the ones you have to pay for John

....or at least I hope they aren't.

Margaret there's no such thing as a free lunch

jaysay · 18-05-2011, 17:44

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Originally Posted by Benipete

I've been free of my marbles for some years now.

Don't we know it Beni

jaysay · 18-05-2011, 17:47

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

You have the internet access just as I do.
Look, and decide after you have looked.

Surprisingly enough, after years of docs trying to get everyone over 55 on statins, even the mainstream media are reporting serious doubts.

Having muscle weakness and loss of short term memory are you?

You could start your exploration here
cholesterol myths - Google Search
Cholesterol Myths By Dr. Ravnskov

I must be the lucky one then Margaret, I've never had statins and I'm nearly 65

cashman · 18-05-2011, 18:07

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Originally Posted by jaysay

I must be the lucky one then Margaret, I've never had statins and I'm nearly 65

Better Statins n what you got mate.

jaysay · 18-05-2011, 18:12

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Originally Posted by cashman

Better Statins n what you got mate.

Shushhhhhh cashy I'm trying to forget

Gobbiner17 · 18-05-2011, 18:17

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

PS -
Monitor your own health - you happen to be the person who knows your body best
...and the only one who really cares enough to put things right.

Best advice there is. No good relying on anybody else. Conventional doctors only know the half of it and alternative ones as well. How often has your GP asked you about exercise or what food you eat? The answer is NEVER for me. And yet food is the drug we all take most of all and exercise is so important. How often has your GP offered you an allergy test? NEVER for me. And yet for me personally, I had one up Gorse Rd in Blackburn years ago which sorted me out very quickly. When doctors or alternatives don't work, we just have to take Margaret's advice.

The new blood test sounds like another gimmick to me, another way of making money out of the vulnerable.