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In reply to the discussion: About taking baby aspirin [View all]

PoindexterOglethorpe

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7. I had a heart attack nearly three years ago.
Sat Sep 23, 2023, 12:03 AM
Sep 2023

I am currently taking the low dose aspirin. I get bruises as if I'm being beaten daily. It may well be better than not taking it -- I am not quite willing to not take it -- but I honestly wonder what that proof there is that I should be taking this medication. I will be seeing my cardiologist next month, and should ask him about this. The last time I saw him, over a year ago, I did ask him if I really needed to be taking all the prescription medications I was taking. He looked at the list, and decided to eliminate two. Hooray.

I am essentially the healthiest person i know. I've gotten the Covid Vaccine and will get the current booster soon. Personally, I may not get any more boosters.

I just don't get sick. I got sick a lot growing up, got all the childhood diseases of the 1950s, chicken pox, measles, mumps, rubella. This is obviously back before vaccines for these things. My immune system is strong.

Having been exposed to many diseases, and having gotten over them, is to me the essential thing.

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