Treadmill testing

I went to see my doctor earlier this week.

I'm feeling fine, but given my sister's recent cardiac issues, I wanted to talk to an MD about it.

So, after getting to the office for an 8:40 appt., I finally got in the see her at 10. Since I told my boss I would be in by 9:30, the stress of waiting almost gave me chest pain!

Anyway, my EKG was normal. So, that's good. I guess I didn't have a heart attack while I was in the waiting room desperately trying to get my boss on the phone to tell him I'd be late.

I will be having blood work done like a complete blood count, a metabolic panel and a lipid panel. There are other things listed on the blood work she ordered, like TSH ( a thyroid test), Homocysteine ( an amino acid that in high amounts is linked to coronary artery disease) and HgBAlc ( a blood sugar test). That's a lot of vials of blood!

Tomorrow, I'm going to have an exercise stress test.

I'm hoping the results of that will be good and that my ticker is fine. Otherwise I will have to have the Nuclear Perfusion Scan.

And, judging from Cheryl's experience, that test is not too much fun.