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Beer Snob-50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 11:39 AM
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Got a nuclear stress test this am
my veins are pulsating with nuclear material right now, unfortuanatly no super powers though.

gawd it sucks to get older.
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LaurenG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 12:00 PM
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1. And...
did they give you a clue about your heart function or do you have to wait for the cardiologists' report?
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Beer Snob-50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 12:52 PM
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5. waiting for the cardiologists report
i won't have that til june 6th.
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 12:02 PM
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2. Do you know what your LVF is?
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Beer Snob-50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 12:54 PM
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7. what is a lvf?
i am not familiar with that.
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 01:18 PM
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10. Left Ventricular Function
It's a percentage that expresses how well your heart muscle pumps blood out to the rest of your body. Generally anything over 50% is good.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 12:02 PM
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3. What is the test for?
Edited on Fri May-26-06 12:13 PM by Shell Beau
Hope you are okay!
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Beer Snob-50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 12:53 PM
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6. i had a "cardiac episode"
on easter sunday. spent 4 days in the hospital. they put a couple of stents in and i am awaiting the word that i can start going back to the gym again.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 12:54 PM
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8. Well damn!!
Hope everything turns out okay! :pals:
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wain Donating Member (803 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 06:54 PM
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13. sounds like they want to see how the stents are holding up
And it sounds like you take care of yourself. I hope all the best for you. Can't take any of this lightly.

I know what you mean wanting to get back to the gym. Do you run or take long walks?

Let us know how you're doing.

:hug:
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Blue Diadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 12:12 PM
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4. Did you get one of those little cards to carry with you for 48 hrs?
My son's 26..just had one of those tests about a month ago. His turned out ok..still no word on why his EKG was abnormal. He said he had an awful taste in his mouth for several hours afterwards. Did you?

Hope your test turns out ok.
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Beer Snob-50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 01:02 PM
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9. they gave me no card
i had the nuclear material injected through an iv in my arm.
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Blue Diadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 01:22 PM
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11. Yes, I think that's where my son's was injected.
He said as he was leaving, they called him back to give him a card..in case of an emergency in the next 48 hrs. It was to notify whoever that he'd had the test. He didn't understand it..except that it's supposed to take 48 hrs for the nuclear material to clear out of the body.

He said a while after the injection that he began to get a metallic taste..didn't know if it was from the test/material used or if it was just him imagination. He was sent for the test due to early high blood pressure and an abnormal EKG.

I see you have stents. I hope it all works out for you and you can get back to going to the gym.



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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-26-06 01:24 PM
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12. Get in your bathroom and turn off all the lights
And see if you glow in the dark.
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