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has any body had a exercise stress test w/thallium

has any body had a exercise stress test w/thallium or a echo 2 d/m mode doppler and color flow? I'm freaking out here please help and me to kmow what to expected    — jesicamonte0301 (posted on September 22, 2004)

September 22, 2004
HI, I HAD THE CARDIOLITE STRESS TEST, NO THE TREADMILL KIND. I ALSO HAD THE ECHO DOPPLER. IT IS LIKE HAVING A SONOGRAM. NON INVASIVE AND NOT UNCOMFORTABLE. PLEASE TRY NOT TO WORRY. THE DOPPLER IS SUPPOSED TO TELL THE DR. MORE INFO ABOUT YOU HEART. THICKENING WALLS, ETC. HUGS, CAROL B
   — CDBOOSER

September 22, 2004
Hate to show my ignorance but leaving for work soon and dont have time to look it up..If this is the kind of stress test where you just lay there and they use an IV to simulate exercise I had it done..Umm...IF...she would not have made me talk all the time during it , it would not have been so bad. I felt a bit sick to my stomach and pooped out :) but been thru alot worse things..Dont worry..all these tests are worth it hon..
   — Kathy S.

September 23, 2004
I had all of it done. It's not that big of a deal, but I was scared too before I went in. The thallium makes you feel uncomfortable for less than 5 minutes. You feel chest presuure like you just walked fast up a big hill. Your heart pumps hard. The other tests are not a problem at all - no pain, no rapid heart beating. They don't make you feel different. The stress test is the only thing that stresses your body. It really is like running on a treadmill for 5 minutes - but you are laying down instead. Then it's over. Best wishes, Maggie B. 4/03 283/170
   — M B.

September 23, 2004
I had a thallium treadmill test, pre surgery, First they put you laying down on an xray machine and get pictures of your heart working at rest, they put in a small IV tube, have you walk on the treadmill (until heart reaches 160 or so beats per min), then the inject radioactive/or whatever??? dye in the IV, then lay you down on the machine and take pictures of the heart in stress mode. Thought my heart would beat out of my chest, (I have valvue damage from phen fen), anyway its not painful, just unfortable. Some people can't walk the treadmill, so they give medicine that artificually makes the heart race. Then continue on...... No worries, its not a big deal, just a pain to do it all, know what I mean?
   — Donna Y.