Another stone turned. Today, I had a stress test for my heart. I worried that it would be difficult due to my asthma, but not so! First, they hit you with some radiologic stuff and take 12 minutes worth of pictures of your heart. Easy peasy.
Then, they take you into another room and you are wired up for the treadmill. That’s the part I was worried about. I saw myself losing breath and just flying off the end of the damned thing.
NOPE! Not me!
I was able to hang on and just walk for a few minutes to get my heart up to 125 bpm (beats per minute). I wasn’t even out of breath. How cool is that? I could have gone longer, even.
So then, back into the camera room for more pictures. Only 10 minutes this time. 🙂
I did so well that they wanted me to wear a halter for three days to see if I was good. That was supposed to be tomorrow, but they moved it up. Good thing, too. Setting it all up took about 5 minutes. I was saved from the dreaded I-75 raceway. I mean, it’s seriously bad and very, very scary. I was very pleased that I didn’t have to do that again so soon.
Plus, when my husband wore the halter, he had a pile of wires attached. He couldn’t take a shower, and he had to go back to the doctor’s office to have the thing removed three days later.
Nope! Not me!
It’s like sending something back from Amazon. I just show up with the halter package at the UPS store, and give it to the people behind the counter. It’s all prepaid. Great, no?
The last hurdle is the echocardiogram that shows what the heart looks like in real time. Oh, I can do that. Simple. Sit still? Yeah, I can do that.
The big thing for me is that everything comes out normal so that I can have the surgery on December 1. I’m praying for that. Can I get you to pray, too? I mean, this is important,. 🙁
But a lady in the waiting room asked if I saw the fireball in the sky last night? I said, “No,” and pulled out my phone to ask Google. There were sightings all over the area. Hmm…. Not chemtrails. Wonder where it landed. They tell us NOTHING!