I finally had my nuclear stress test yesterday. I need these results before my heart failure specialist will give permission for my hip replacement surgery.
I had the chemical version where they inject you with a medication that dilates the blood vessels and simulates what they would do by having you run on the treadmill. They did this because my Coreg had lowered my heart beat and my pacemaker regulates it and they said the treadmill would not have the effect they needed. It makes you feel really lousy but it only lasts 10 minutes or so.
I am supposed to get the results tomorrow. The last time I had this test done was August, 2004 in order to determine if I needed a heart transplant.
Who knows what the results will be? My EF has been up and down dangerously so for the last year or so.
I have been feeling worse than usual lately but I have found that this is not necessarily an indicator of my my health, I am finding.
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