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“My heart is not damaged but it is at high risk of heart attack.”
你姥姥76岁时得心梗，住院45天，好了。（
— fitness vs risk .. In 2021 I told doctor that
- I was expecting that my fitness is better than average.
- But my risk of heart problems was unknown to me.
Based on the treadmill + echocardiogram in 2021, doctor concluded that no further tests were needed at the moment.
Doctor said I was very fit. It confirmed my expectation. My own assessment is based on my workout. Doctor’s assessment was based on tests.
Note by then I had already shown my cholesterol results, and told doctor about my stories — 2016 in Macq, boxing, stent,,, Later I showed Dr Leow the referral letter from Raffles Medical about the Jan 2021 fainting experience in office. (He said it’s known that some people can experience that due to an extremely unpleasant experience.) So until now, I have perceived my overall heart risk as higher than average, in spite of my fitness.
The notion of fitness is confusing, distracting and counter-productive to me. This heart screening is actually risk profiling, though it used a treadmill which is a stress test that resembles a fitness test.
With the treadmill stress test the real focus is not fitness but heart risk.