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2016 Postmortem

MattP

(3,304 posts) Thu Sep 15, 2016, 11:14 AM Sep 2016

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his calcium score of 98 is high and is from 2013, 3 years of fast food won't help

It says in the letter his physical was in spring, what a bullshit artist

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his calcium score of 98 is high and is from 2013, 3 years of fast food won't help (Original Post) MattP Sep 2016 OP

I wonder how many clerical errors were in the letter? duncang Sep 2016 #1

That has to be 9.8 B2G Sep 2016 #2

it's 98 and anything over 100 is heart disease and 3 years of fast food i bet its up 2 points MattP Sep 2016 #3

Do you have a link to the letter? B2G Sep 2016 #5

Here's a link. herding cats Sep 2016 #8

He could still keel over on the campaign trail landolfi Sep 2016 #4

Normal Calcium for 70 year old wncHillsupport Sep 2016 #6

Is this cardiac calcium score or something else? Hawaii Hiker Sep 2016 #7

duncang

(1,907 posts)

1. I wonder how many clerical errors were in the letter?

Reply to MattP (Original post)

Thu Sep 15, 2016, 11:19 AM

Sep 2016

B2G

(9,766 posts)

2. That has to be 9.8

Reply to MattP (Original post)

Thu Sep 15, 2016, 11:19 AM

Sep 2016

If it was 98 he'd be dead and calcified.

MattP

(3,304 posts)

3. it's 98 and anything over 100 is heart disease and 3 years of fast food i bet its up 2 points

Reply to B2G (Reply #2)

Thu Sep 15, 2016, 11:23 AM

Sep 2016

http://umm.edu/programs/diagnosticrad/services/technology/ct/cardiac-calcium-scoring

B2G

(9,766 posts)

5. Do you have a link to the letter?

Reply to MattP (Reply #3)

Thu Sep 15, 2016, 11:27 AM

Sep 2016

I'd like to see it and can't find it at the moment...

herding cats

(19,564 posts)

8. Here's a link.

Reply to B2G (Reply #5)

Thu Sep 15, 2016, 12:05 PM

Sep 2016

Scroll down and the actual letter is there. I checked and it does say 98. But that has to be a mistake I think.

http://www.npr.org/2016/09/15/494081537/trump-releases-weight-cholesterol-blood-sugar-and-other-medical-information

landolfi

(234 posts)

4. He could still keel over on the campaign trail

Reply to MattP (Original post)

Thu Sep 15, 2016, 11:27 AM

Sep 2016

He looks like shit. That's probably why they paint him orange.

wncHillsupport

(112 posts)

6. Normal Calcium for 70 year old

Reply to MattP (Original post)

Thu Sep 15, 2016, 11:51 AM

Sep 2016

is
The Upper Limit of Calcium for your age is 10 mg/dl in the USA.... Calcium levels above this should be considered too high for your age.

Meaning 10.0.
It is possible it is 9.8 and was misread.

No way could it be a true 98 number.
Source for above value (I entered age 70 for calculation) is: http://www.parathyroid.com/Normal-Blood-Calcium-Levels.htm

The important question is Why did not "Dr" Oz not know the normal calcium value!!!!! He read 98 and said it was normal, right? I did not see the actual show but that is what I heard.

Hawaii Hiker

(3,165 posts)

7. Is this cardiac calcium score or something else?

Reply to MattP (Original post)

Thu Sep 15, 2016, 11:59 AM

Sep 2016

A cardiac calcium score of 98 for a 70 yr old is actually not that high....

http://www.diaxray.com/services/vcu_cardiac_scoring.html

Tim Russert had a score of 210 in 1998 as a 48yr old....He passed away in 2008

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/health/24hear.html?_r=0

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