What is involved with the Cardiologist "Stress Test"

I have a Cardiology appt on 1/5 and was not sure how that works.  Do you see him and then he makes the stress test appt.   I have a special concerning, my feet and balance.  

I can not walk on a tread mill and don't even ask me to do anything that requires standing and doing any kind of cardio.  Put me in pool and I would be fine.  

Also How long does it take for them to get the results to Dr. A office   by the 2nd of Jan I will have the Nut and Psych in and have a Pre-op with my PCP on the 8th.    My goal is to get the tests in
and have Dr A send in the request to BCBS by the 2nd week of Jan      With all going well hopefully get an early approval and schedule appt the last week of Jan.     Dr A office told me they are not fully booked for Jan. 

Any information would be helpful on the time frame  of Test submissions to Scheduled Apt.
Thanks
Gloria

The stress test is where they have you walk on a treadmill and then give you meds to challange your heart.  I couldn't walk on the treadmill because of my knees, so they can just give you medication to mimic the walking.  Good luck.
Jeanne

Hello Gloria.....is your cardiology appointment just for pre-surgical approval???  before I lost 200 pounds...I could NOT do a stress test either..and my cardolist would do a nuclear stress....which required limited treadmill time...I think I only walked on it for a minute at a time....my last stress test ...to determine how much better my heart was doing...was the full 8 minutes at a jog...

and we always went over the results immediately following the test..and Dr. Gerber sends the results via email that afternoon...I always ask to be cc-ed on all test results...just in case something gets lost along the way...

don't fear the test...the well trained folks administering the test...won't let anything happen to you!

Good luck...

Jennifer

Thanks I apprechate  it.   Yes this is for pre approval.  Does he have a first appointment then schdule the stress test after or is it the same day as the appointment.    Just pushing the envelope a little
Gloria