Yesterday, I took a day off work to have a full cardiac workup performed. For me, this included thallium-enhanced images of my heart and arterial structures before exercise, an exercise stress test, an echo cardiogram, thallium-enhanced images of my heart and arterial structures after exercise, and a 24-hour Holter monitor (basically a tape recorder that records an electrocardiograph/EKG over a 24 hour period). Kind of appropriate for Valentine's day, I think.
I just got back from taking the Holter monitor back to the doctor's office, and treated myself to Chik-Fil-A on the way. A Chik-Fil-A original sandwich, large fruit cup, and a drink. No waffle fries for me.
So thus ends the cardiac workup, for now. I have a 12:00 appointment next Wednesday to get the results. I still halfway expect the doc to come back with something wrong, but I'm much less apprehensive about it now than I was to begin with.
The original reason I went in was because whenever I go to the (read: any) doctor's office, my heart rate goes to about 130 beats per minutes, as opposed to the normal 80-90 that I experience when I'm resting. Because I'm diabetic, my primary care physician sent me to a cardiologist for a workup. I'm glad she did, and I'm paranoid she did. But more than anything, I'm glad I went.
I'll let you all know the results when I get them back.
Thanks for being there for me.
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