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Sam Green73 said:Definitely report it via DM next time.
Don't put up with harassment.
Rebecca Reed3 said:What I don't get is this: if the vessels in my neck are perfectly fine, does that mean the rest of my vessels are okay too, or not necessarily? My neck doesn't even hurt. It says the flow velocity is normal. Now, I don't know—if there's an issue with a vessel somewhere in my head, would the flow in my neck slow down? So, if the neck flow is good and there's no plaque, can we assume the other vessels are the same? I'm pretty clueless about this stuff.
I was honestly so disappointed when they wouldn't do the Doppler scan on my head. 😁 I could almost feel that "vessel" or whatever it is right in the same spot on my head. And I can feel it in my chest after it travels from my head. Both areas have been bothering me for about a week and a half, even though everything was fine for a year and a half.
I'm not allowed to do an MRI.
What kind of symptoms were you having? I'd really love to hear if anyone else has ever thought their vessels were the problem.😁
Rebecca Reed3 said:Is there any non-invasive way to check the blood vessels in my head and around my heart?
I’ve been dealing with this for 15 years now. I suspect it’s my vascular system, even though everyone keeps telling me that vessels shouldn't cause pain. We just can't get a clear diagnosis.
I had a color Doppler scan on my neck and head vessels (“symmetrically placed, appropriate ACC width, symmetrical bifurcation levels, normal positioning and flow of ICA and ECA, appropriate wall thickness, no signs of atherosclerotic thickening or formed plaques...carotid artery flow rates are appropriate, normal direction...etc., basically everything looks perfect”).
The results were fine, but honestly, the name of the test is totally misleading. 90% of the scan focuses on your neck, and the rest goes up toward the ear. They can't see anything higher than that because the skull bone gets in the way. But the neck isn't what bothers me—it's my head and sometimes around my heart. I get this sudden pain (it feels like a vessel is about to burst) that passes quickly, but then I'm left with numbness and tightness in that area all day. It always scares me that I might be having a stroke or a heart attack.
Birth control also messed with me (dizziness and losing part of my field of vision), but as soon as I stopped taking it, those symptoms vanished. My doctor insists it's all coming from my cervical spine and claims the vision loss was a neck issue rather than the pills. I don't buy it. My neck never hurts. Plus, once I quit the birth control, that vision issue never happened again, and that was 20 years ago.
Over these 15 years, I've had a few breaks where symptoms disappeared. Twice it lasted four months, and right now I've been symptom-free for a year and a half, but then everything came rushing back a week and a half ago.
Or maybe some advice on blood tests? A few years back, I had surgery and had to do the standard pre-op blood work. There were a couple of tests specifically for coagulation (can't remember which ones, and I can't find the paperwork), but they came back normal.
Tylenol, Aspirin (actually, I think it was a version from Novartis 🤔), and bioflavonoids didn't help at all. I'm not sure if the Omega-3 helped, or if a lucky streak of feeling better just coincided with taking it. Hawthorn supplements helped when I first started, but they weren't as effective later on.
For the last two months, I've been taking Vitamin D (5000 IU, sometimes 1000 IU) because I'm pretty deficient. I know you're supposed to take magnesium and Vitamin K2 with it to prevent vessel calcification, but I haven't been doing that. I stopped the Vitamin D for now. My K2 should arrive this week, and I started the Omega-3 about 6 or 7 days ago. I'm hoping the K2 and Omega-3 help, but I still feel lost.
I don't smoke, I don't drink, my weight is normal, and my blood pressure is fine.
Jonathan Sullivan2 said:Wild meat? Some kind of tax thing? Huh? o_O
fadedbear92 said:I just downloaded some random adblocker because whenever I try to browse this forum on my phone, I can't read a single thing—the page just closes and kicks me straight to an ad, over and over. Anyone got a solid recommendation on which one to grab? Thanks!
wearymason4 said:So, look, we’re not actually talking about a Wi-Fi "amplifier" here—it’s a Wi-Fi range extender. Honestly? I wouldn't even touch one if I were you. I live in a crowded apartment complex, and let me tell you, Wi-Fi stability basically comes down to how much interference you're getting from everyone else on the same channel. It doesn't matter what brand you buy; most Wi-Fi devices are capped at 20dBm anyway.
Beyond just the AP mode option, those extenders basically cut your max speed in half. That’s not even counting the signal interference. If you've got a decent connection from your modem that's pulling more than 50Mbps, you’re going to feel that massive drop immediately.
wearymason4 said:"A Wi-Fi booster"? And a Netgear Nighthawk at that?
The WN722N definitely has better range than the built-in Wi-Fi card in a laptop... I've tested it myself.
Patrick Martin said:honestly, even in this heat, it’s still a total winner for me
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve sat through this one—every single time, some random shot or line just hits differently... the whole thing is pure genius, especially that Brian Eno score.🙏
the way Robert De Niro plays his part is just top-tier. effortless style, nothing more, nothing less.🙏