Dazed and Confused
Yeah, I know it's the title to a 70's song but it's also how I felt last week. My doc found a problem with my coumadin levels 2 weeks ago and I had to have outpatient blood work done STAT so he'd get the results quickly. I'll just say that all of the results didn't go STAT but I got that corrected on Mon. I saw the Cardiologist last Fri also and she saw a different reading on my EKG. So, I had to go for nuclear stress test on Wed and Fri. On Tues they called and switched second half of test to this coming Mon. I really blew it and almost started to cry. It's good that I'm on meds because in the past I would have literally been banging my head on a wall. Oh, it gets better. Thurs night I get a call with menu options confirming my appt for Mon morning at 7:00am but I was told my appt is for 8:30am. Of course, there's no choice for disagreeing with the time. I eventually got hold of cardiology on Fri and they told me to come at original time.
Luckily, I have a loving and understanding wife. She assured me that a "normal" person would have been annoyed with how I was treated. What can you do?
I just assume there's probably a lot of you who simply skip some of my posts. I think I'd skip them if I were sane. I'm just glad that I have a place to write this down and release my feelings.
Luckily, I have a loving and understanding wife. She assured me that a "normal" person would have been annoyed with how I was treated. What can you do?
I just assume there's probably a lot of you who simply skip some of my posts. I think I'd skip them if I were sane. I'm just glad that I have a place to write this down and release my feelings.
Hey Bob. You do what you need to get healthy. It's job one! 
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Wish you well and hope the test come out for you. You've had many struggles in the last year.
You have been an inspiration to many of us. Just hanging in there and sharing was a pot of gold for us. You have a rock for a wife and remember it.
Was it George Burnes that said in older years, "Just getting to breakfast is enough" Sometimes at 63 yrs I appreciate awakening in the morn and sleeping at night. The in between stuff is easy
Good luck
You have been an inspiration to many of us. Just hanging in there and sharing was a pot of gold for us. You have a rock for a wife and remember it.
Was it George Burnes that said in older years, "Just getting to breakfast is enough" Sometimes at 63 yrs I appreciate awakening in the morn and sleeping at night. The in between stuff is easy
Good luck
Hey, Don't worry too much, what happens is we do one scan with the patient under treadmill or chemical to make the heart pump and get a view of what the heart is doing..........right there if they did not stop the test do to abnormal findings and admit you to the hospital, your are doing OK.
You return for the second scan to have the isotope injected at rest , then they put you back in the scanner to see if there is a difference between the scan under exertion and the one at rest.
The "stress" part looks for evidence of blockage of the 4 coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart. See the heart is real smart; on top of the heart there is a huge artery called the "aorta" and this is where the blood goes first out of the heart and into the body. but dig this, the first outlet on the aorta goes back into the arteries( there are 4 of them) that supply blood to the heart. That way the heart takes care of itself first, pretty smart !!
They are also looking for changes in the way the blood moves thru the tissues of the heart itself and that is called "perfusion", if there is an area of scarring or problems where the blood doesn't flow; then that is evidence of damage to the heart tissue.
The test also looks at the way the heart muscle squeezes and that is called contractibility; if the heart muscle is not moving like it should then that could be a problem too.
Absolutely a routine procedure that is the way we always do it.
Now if you are like most of us, and I know I do, we probably have some enlargement of the chamber (ventricle) on the left side of the heart, this is called LVH, left ventricular hypertrophy, it happens because that is the part of the heart that pumps the blood out into the body.
Being obese makes the heart work harder to pump the blood, so the left ventricle gets larger over time causing LVH. But this is the weird part, as the LV gets larger, it pumps less blood and loses it's contractibility; the muscle gets bigger but pumps less efficiently
The good news is the more weight we lose , the less strain on the heart.
So guys , you know the saying " The guy's got a big heart" , well we all qualify....ha ha..!!!
My advise is go for a walk and thank God for this day, play with the ca****ch some football and be grateful that you are even fortunate enough to be in a position to get that test...!!!!!
" It is only when we know and truly understand that we have a limited time on earth - and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up, we will then begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had" EK-R
Cool Runnings Mon................CM
You return for the second scan to have the isotope injected at rest , then they put you back in the scanner to see if there is a difference between the scan under exertion and the one at rest.
The "stress" part looks for evidence of blockage of the 4 coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart. See the heart is real smart; on top of the heart there is a huge artery called the "aorta" and this is where the blood goes first out of the heart and into the body. but dig this, the first outlet on the aorta goes back into the arteries( there are 4 of them) that supply blood to the heart. That way the heart takes care of itself first, pretty smart !!
They are also looking for changes in the way the blood moves thru the tissues of the heart itself and that is called "perfusion", if there is an area of scarring or problems where the blood doesn't flow; then that is evidence of damage to the heart tissue.
The test also looks at the way the heart muscle squeezes and that is called contractibility; if the heart muscle is not moving like it should then that could be a problem too.
Absolutely a routine procedure that is the way we always do it.
Now if you are like most of us, and I know I do, we probably have some enlargement of the chamber (ventricle) on the left side of the heart, this is called LVH, left ventricular hypertrophy, it happens because that is the part of the heart that pumps the blood out into the body.
Being obese makes the heart work harder to pump the blood, so the left ventricle gets larger over time causing LVH. But this is the weird part, as the LV gets larger, it pumps less blood and loses it's contractibility; the muscle gets bigger but pumps less efficiently
The good news is the more weight we lose , the less strain on the heart.
So guys , you know the saying " The guy's got a big heart" , well we all qualify....ha ha..!!!
My advise is go for a walk and thank God for this day, play with the ca****ch some football and be grateful that you are even fortunate enough to be in a position to get that test...!!!!!
" It is only when we know and truly understand that we have a limited time on earth - and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up, we will then begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had" EK-R
Cool Runnings Mon................CM
"GREAT SPIRITS HAVE ALWAYS ENCOUNTERED VIOLENT OPPOSITION FROM MEDIOCRE MINDS" ALBERT EINSTEIN
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