My condolences for your brother. Nine months seems a little long for latent alcohol use heart attack. Any man over 50 should be taking magnesium and K2/D3 supplements to avoid critical deficiencies which may cause a heart attack. It was recently discovered that Zithromycin and insufficient magnesium poses a significant risk of heart failure. I had to double my magnesium supplement during recent Zithromycin usage after experiencing chest pain.
Regarding your bone pain have you considered skeletal flourosis? I had that in the late ‘90s affecting an Army LoD back injury and my ability to participate in my VA VOC Rehab. I was in my ‘30s and the VA wanted to admit me to a VA long term care facility aka nursing home. A FReeper recommended Reverse Osmosis drinking water and that was the beginning of my return to health. The VA gave me Midrin/Isometheptine which was great but temporary. Many times I couldn’t get the pills down before the stomach turned from the pain. Using RO water and fasting I was able to identify the foods which had flouride and which didn’t. I went to a restricted diet to reduce the pain, making life tolerable. Prior to that I would have monthly 3-day bouts of extreme pain which would wipe my short-term memory. It was kinda neat in a way coming out of it, rediscovering everything.
It took 2 years to leech the flouride out of my bones. I also added Cetyl Myristoleate to reduce bone and joint pain and increase moblity. Every month there was noticible reduction in pain and improved mobility. It took 8 years of this to reduce my chronic back pain to a 1.
RO water, avoiding flouride and using Cetyl Myristoleate gave me a normal life again. Best of luck.
None of that is going to fix -4 OP, and spinal degeneration, bone spurs, bulges, herniation, annular tears and collapsed disc.
I already take the K2,D3, Selenium which is a very over looked trace mineral, Mag Citrate, and Coral Cal. Probiotics 70 billion and Digestive enzymes. I refuse those nasty OP drugs. They will kill you.
The unfortunate side effect of being a long term alcoholic is heath conditions that don’t go away. Frank had gained 200 lbs and become a undiagnosed diabetic, he hated doctors. They are just guessing, didn’t want to do a autopsy on a 2 day dead man to find the real reason. Enlarged hearts is a small genetic hit and miss trait for our family. I have 1 with a to small to fix leaky valve. Our uncle had 1 it finally burst.
You should see my drug side effect list it is a full 11 font size long. And I grouped several together as 1. I Think doctors are more ill educated today than they were 20 yrs ago. Since when is an Internist qualified to treat Endocrinology issues? They lack 4 yrs of training and being able to read lab reports. I don’t get along with my PCP because she is DUMB for all the fact she has a medical education, I know more about my health than she does. And more about the drugs used to treat it. I take the time to do the research.