Thursday, September 28, 2006
Testing the stress/Stressing the test
Amy didn’t sleep well last night so she faced her day tired. Add on to that her on-going digestive issues and you can imagine how weary she is tonight.
Well, I had the active portion of my stress test today. They hooked me up to an EKG, injected me with a radioactive isotope and had me walk on a treadmill for about as long as I could. They then took me into another room where they took scans of my heart. Long story short, the cardiologist didn’t find any blockage or damage to my heart. However, given my family history (my father had a heart attack at 45 and my mother had heart issues), the fact that I have diabetes and that I need to lose weight, my risk factor is high for heart disease. So, things came out good. I’m looking at some life style changes, but isn’t that better than catching it after the fact?
This is Amy's story as seen and told by me – V
Well, I had the active portion of my stress test today. They hooked me up to an EKG, injected me with a radioactive isotope and had me walk on a treadmill for about as long as I could. They then took me into another room where they took scans of my heart. Long story short, the cardiologist didn’t find any blockage or damage to my heart. However, given my family history (my father had a heart attack at 45 and my mother had heart issues), the fact that I have diabetes and that I need to lose weight, my risk factor is high for heart disease. So, things came out good. I’m looking at some life style changes, but isn’t that better than catching it after the fact?
This is Amy's story as seen and told by me – V
# posted by Vince @ 9:47 PM 
