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Back from the hospital... 

By: Decomposed in 6TH POPE | Recommend this post (1)
Wed, 22 Nov 23 12:30 AM | 34 view(s)
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I had my stress-echo (or is it the other way around??) test and passed it with flying colors.

I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

They said up front that they wanted to get my heart to 135 bpm, but if I couldn't handle it, there was a button I could press. So it got to 135 and they asked if I could walk even faster. I said "Sure," and they bumped the speed up. My heart got to 145 bpm. They asked if I was okay and I said I was starting to breathe through my mouth. They pushed it to 155 bpm and asked if I could do any more. I said "Yes," and that "I'm starting to sweat." At 162bpm they shut down the treadmill and quickly had me lie down on the echo table again. The tech said, "Holy smokes! He's already down to 95 bpm!"

I don't know if anything useful came out of the test, but they weren't successful in precipitating a bout of ventricular tachycardia. I asked the cardiologist if it was possible that the heart monitor I'd previously worn was simply mistaken. He shook his head and said, "No, I don't think so."

BTW, we're slated to have 5 - 8 inches of snow tonight. I don't have a snow blower here and I don't know if the guy my builder contacted is going to clear the driveway for us or not. Now THAT is what I consider stressful.

Hey, my heart!!




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