Hello Sean!

** On Friday 06.05.22 - 22:10, you wrote:

 SD> Though if I get myself together and get healthier, I may
 SD> not need stents again...that's what I hope anyway.

"and get healthier" ..may be the key.  I have an aunt that  
underwent unclogging of one her carotid arteries.  I think it  
was the one on the right-side.  She has been a chain-smoker  
most of her life. The doc said to quit that shit, and stop  
topping up everything with mayonnaise at every meal. She paused  
smoking while the neck scar was healing, but she soon resumed  
after that.  That was about 20 years ago.  She was only 60  
then. She never adjusted her eating plan to help avoid further  
problems. But she DID start to develop arthritis about 8 years  
after surgery, continued to smoke (and even resorted to the  
cheaper ones from a native reserve - to "save" money) ..but is  
now essentially house-bound, needs a walker, is practically in  
constant pain and cannot go out anywhere unless there is a LOT  
of assistance.  Sadly, she did not get herself "together".

At one point I started to develop arthiritic symptoms too. But  
looking into it, I discovered there was a strong correlation  
with too much potassium. Once I reduced potassium significantly  
(apparently my body cannot tolerate more than 1 banana per day)  
..the arthritic episodes disappeared. That was 8-10 years ago.
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  ../|ug

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