[Closed] Any Cardiologists or Dr's about...

Oh im 47 if it helps and very fit no other risks factors.. cholestoral ratio 4.4

Book an appointment with your GP. They should have all the information and be able to advise you properly. The GMC has pretty strict guidelines to discourage doctors from giving advice over the interweb, and for good reason.

It seems like you have been thoroughly investigated and are on the right track now. Your GP can take it from here and make sure you do all the right things moving forward.

Sorry if this seems like a fob-off, but nobody should be giving out the kind of advice you want over the internet without knowing you and your full medical history. You have the world's finest healthcare system (despite its many flaws) at your disposal, make the most of it!

Think about what you just said.

You're asking us to tell you it's ok to lie on your travel insurance form when they ask you for pre-existing conditions?

Always be honest.  And shop around.

If you don't tell your insurance then you'd be as well not having any. Do you think in the event of a decent enough claim it's something they won't investigate?

There are travel insurance companies that cover this sort of thing.

I had an MI 2 years ago (long story, including defib, chest compression, helicopter and subsequent TV appearance) which resulted in me having an emergency stent fitted.  I was due to travel 6 weeks after the event, so went with the guidance and used a company that specializes in pre existing conditions and it was more expensive but not eye watering.  I'll see if I can find the company I used.

Listen to the advice of your cardiologist - they know what they are doing.

Oh and try not to worry too much. If they needed to intervene in your case, it would most likely already have been done.

Thanks for the advice, the reason i asked on here is that i did query it via a freind who works with a cardiologist and he said i have no acute coronry syndrome and theres nothing to declare, which to be honest i dont understand how there isnt in a way.

Which is why i kind if asked for opinions on here maybe through experience and im aware there many medical professionals in here thatvare very helpful.

Ive read so many conflicting views on what my letter actually says and means that im a bit lost to be honest...and literally worry about it from waking up to bedtime which i realise is probably the worst thing i can do.

I would love to know if the findings are to be expected more or less as we get older.

Think i will book a gp appointment as advised up there....just dont qant to waste there time as i realise many folk are much worse off than me and need the appointments more.

Oh and alanf...god lord....i wish you all the best and thankyou for your time.

Not sure how you cope with that...

Apparently it was traumatic for everyone else, but I have no recollection - I was running a race at the time it happened, didn't quite finish the 14 miles, was about 800m short. Anyway, everything got sorted and I'm back to full health, well better health than before.

It was 2 years ago next week. 9 months after the event I did London marathon and got a pb (which I've since bettered) of 2:45, so events like that don't mean your life is over, just means it's a bit different. I'm on meds (for life probably) including statins but I don't notice any ill effects.

I still can't remember the episode (or the helicopter ride - which is a shame) so I don't feel anxious or worried and just get on with living my life and dealing with what ever comes my way - i do get the feeling though that I've had a massive escape - better than winning the lottery 🙂

Oh and the insurance was through Flexicover. They ask a series of questions about any conditions you have so if you answer those truthfully you should be fine - if it means they don't consider you to have a condition then all the better, but I wouldn't risk it if you are concerned at all.

Thanks alanf....appreciated and well done..

Your not in the north east by any chance are you...

On the travel insurance side, you can always shop around and mix and match policies to get the cover you want - so you can get mountain sports insurance separately from medical insurance, for example.

GPs and cardiac specialists can take some coaxing. My old GP (who was excellent) nagged the cardiac specialist at the hospital into writing a letter saying "there is no reason why this person should have any additional premium or condition imposed on insurance". Which is basically a more formal version of your "nothing to declare". Most wouldn't be that diligent. The other way around the hospital also bluntly corrected my new GP (who is mostly useless) to prevent her writing "this patient has a heart condition" on a medical declaration. What I'm trying to say is that, in the words of my first GP, "sometimes doctors don't live in the real world" and are technically correct but miss the implied semantics that causes problems with insurance companies, so they need nagging to do it right.

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I'm not in the Northeast but the incident did happen in Northumberland, Alnmouth beach to be precise.

I'm off back up in a couple of weeks to do the race again - 2nd anniversary, 2nd re-run, 2nd re-birthday 🙂