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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

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G-Dog said:
First, ask if the treadmill is more accurate than the nuclear. It might not be so, in which case the exercise ain't worth it, IMNSHO. The treadmill tests in my 50s, about 17 & 11 years ago, really kicked my everloving be-hind, ... hard! Silly me, I kept going 'cause they said to, way long after wanting to stop! They found no problems, which I think would have been quite self evident if there had been any. The nuclear test this year was like taking a nap.

Either way, it's my belief in bureaucracy that you gotta have some kinda stress test, good or bad, to qualify to get a conclusive angiogram in the Cath Lab. Just depends on the cardiologist's confidence in the stress test, which seems to depend on your answers to certain questions!

OH! And tell 'em you wanna insert the cath in your wrist instead of your groin, for quicker recovery (besides the obvious resons). That is, if they think the blood vessel in your wrist can take it. I swear I felt a scrape inside my shoulder, where the cath made its turn, for two days after! Maybe wouldn't have had that from the groin, but I'll take it anyway.
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GwenOnBass said:
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Sorry! Didn't mean to get so graphic. Just the latest aggravation to my inherent grumpiness. The nuclear test wasn't cheap, though the resulting nitro glycerin Rx was. The angiogram cost about the same, but I suppose I couldn't have gotten that definitive one without the previous wrong one. :rollno:

I just worry for people who get a false negative stress test and stop there! :nailbiting:
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GonePlaid said:
The primary wants me to have the nuclear. Much I've what I've researched is against it. Even with my questionable knees I might do the treadmill...maybe.
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The cardio guy wanted to do chemical stress test on me the other year as part of the nuclear PET scan. Inject something that makes your heart go pitty-pat. Nope, not no way, not no how. What if something gets out of control? With a physical test, I could stop at at anytime. Maybe I'm over reacting but still, no.
 
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GonePlaid said:
The primary wants me to have the nuclear. Much I've what I've researched is against it. Even with my questionable knees I might do the treadmill...maybe.
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Tell them about the knees. They can give you a drug that stresses the heart in a similar way. I did treadmills until plantar fasciitis made them do the drugs. Yeah, I get stress-tested every 1.5 - 2 years.
 
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G-Dog said:
For the record, I've recently learned that stress tests ain't that reliable! At least not the nuclear stress tests. Treadmills? Maybe, I dunno.

Myself and a friend both failed our nuclear stress tests (in different states at different times) and were sent post-haste to the Cath Lab for heart catheterization to confirm extent of blockage! We both had 0% blockage and our doctors just shrugged that, "Stress tests are just another screening. :D Catheterization is the only reliable test, but it's more invasive." :rage:

Another friend passed his bloodwork and nuclear test ordered by his PCP with flying colors! But his cardiologist interview, where his wife kept butting in with stuff he 'forgot' but confirmed, sent him straight to the Cath Lab, do not pass "Go", do not leave the building, where they found 99% blockage. He had a quadruple bypass that same day!

A word to the wise. :whistle:
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G-Dog said:
First, ask if the treadmill is more accurate than the nuclear. It might not be so, in which case the exercise ain't worth it, IMNSHO. The treadmill tests in my 50s, about 17 & 11 years ago, really kicked my everloving be-hind, ... hard! Silly me, I kept going 'cause they said to, way long after wanting to stop! They found no problems, which I think would have been quite self evident if there had been any. The nuclear test this year was like taking a nap.

Either way, it's my belief in bureaucracy that you gotta have some kinda stress test, good or bad, to qualify to get a conclusive angiogram in the Cath Lab. Just depends on the cardiologist's confidence in the stress test, which seems to depend on your answers to certain questions!

OH! And tell 'em you wanna insert the cath in your wrist instead of your groin, for quicker recovery (besides the obvious resons). That is, if they think the blood vessel in your wrist can take it. I swear I felt a scrape inside my shoulder, where the cath made its turn, for two days after! Maybe wouldn't have had that from the groin, but I'll take it anyway.
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The wrist can be a problem. I won't do that again. Maybe I'm just delicate.
 
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It occurred to me I also had a pedicure when freshly discharged from the knee replacements three years ago. There is a pattern here ...?

Bought fresh lions mane mushrooms this morning ...

and in the recollection how in the maelstrom of an unexpected night at the horsepistol was asked, for the first time, to show my vaccination card. Remember the date? says the nurse as she enters data in the computer.
 
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gtmalone said:
The cardio guy wanted to do chemical stress test on me the other year as part of the nuclear PET scan. Inject something that makes your heart go pitty-pat. Nope, not no way, not no how. What if something gets out of control? With a physical test, I could stop at at anytime. Maybe I'm over reacting but still, no.
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I had to have one once (pre-surgery thing) because I was physically unable to do the treadmill test. It was bizarre and somewhat scary even though the doctor was closely monitoring the whole procedure. Several years later I did a stress test on a treadmill and it was a lot less stressful (if that makes sense) than the chemical one.
 
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shadowtippy said:
I had to have one once (pre-surgery thing) because I was physically unable to do the treadmill test. It was bizarre and somewhat scary even though the doctor was closely monitoring the whole procedure. Several years later I did a stress test on a treadmill and it was a lot less stressful (if that makes sense) than the chemical one.
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I think the most commonly-used medication for chemical stress tests these days is called Lexiscan. In my experience it is a MUCH more easily tolerated than with its predecessor, Adenosine. I had Adenosine a couple different times, and it made me feel like I was having a heart attack, but without the pain. It is very short-lasting, but not short enough! Lexiscan is also short-lasting, and not too much of a big deal. In both cases, of course, you've got people in the room with you to make sure everything goes well.
 
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