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Robb

(39,665 posts)
Tue Apr 2, 2013, 03:28 PM Apr 2013

A request for some low-level DU good vibes, please.

I am off to the doc to get on a treadmill, wires taped to me to see how my ticker responds as they speed that sucker up.

Notably, men in my family have tended to be detained by hospital staff after this endeavor. I hope to break this cycle today.

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A request for some low-level DU good vibes, please. (Original Post) Robb Apr 2013 OP
Good vibes Robb ~~~~~~~~~ In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #1
Just remember not to think about sex. That throws off the instruments. talkingmime Apr 2013 #2
Low-level vibes incoming, my dear Robb! CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2013 #3
Good luck. Hope you can keep yelling, "faster, faster, steeper, steeper. . . . . . .". Hoyt Apr 2013 #4
Yeah, but being detained in a straitjacket has nothing to do with heart health :) pinboy3niner Apr 2013 #5
I wish you good health. ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #6
May your appointment be uneventful. Arugula Latte Apr 2013 #7
Just keep repeating the phrase... Callmecrazy Apr 2013 #8
vibes going your way... check in when you're home Flaxbee Apr 2013 #9
Hope it went well and you're back with us forthwith... Rhiannon12866 Apr 2013 #10
Fuck. That. I send the highest level possible vibes. trof Apr 2013 #11
Good luck - my thought are with you. nt hack89 Apr 2013 #12
My treadmill story. trof Apr 2013 #13
An ounce of prevention . . . siligut Apr 2013 #14
(((BIG level vibes!)))) nt riderinthestorm Apr 2013 #15
Just as long as you don't have happen what happened to me. hobbit709 Apr 2013 #16
I am late, but good luck rurallib Apr 2013 #17
vibes Tuesday Afternoon Apr 2013 #18
I am so clumsy I kept falling off, the dang cane didn't help. Hope all is well, Robb! You back? nt Mnemosyne Apr 2013 #19
** Thanks for the well-wishes and stories! ** Robb Apr 2013 #20
Wonderful! (nt) UrbScotty Apr 2013 #21
Excellent. Skinner Apr 2013 #22
Whew! I'm glad you didn't break the ding-bat-ometer! Phentex Apr 2013 #23
That's fantastic news! In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #24
Great news! GoCubsGo Apr 2013 #27
Whoopeee!!! greatauntoftriplets Apr 2013 #30
Great news! Take care of yourself livetohike Apr 2013 #31
Good luck to you! Sissyk Apr 2013 #25
Finish reading thread before Sissyk Apr 2013 #26
Congratulations on being a tradition buster! lunatica Apr 2013 #28
Been there, done that, got bad news, dealt with it DFW Apr 2013 #29

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
5. Yeah, but being detained in a straitjacket has nothing to do with heart health :)
Tue Apr 2, 2013, 03:37 PM
Apr 2013

Good vibes for a good test result. And no straitjacket.

Callmecrazy

(3,065 posts)
8. Just keep repeating the phrase...
Tue Apr 2, 2013, 04:47 PM
Apr 2013

Oh mahnee pod mayohm. Oh mahnee pod mayohm.
It's a chant I use on my "flowers" and they always come out good.
You'll be fine, Robb. No worries.

trof

(54,255 posts)
13. My treadmill story.
Tue Apr 2, 2013, 07:13 PM
Apr 2013

My buddy Charlie and I were taking a Japanese flight physical.
We were in our late 40s.

Long story - short, we were being hired by a Japanese airline and had to pass their physical exam. MUCH more stringent than our FAA exams.

They wanted to see a certain heart rate on the treadmill while you were hooked up to an EKG and pulse monitor.

This was done at a U.S. facility in L.A.
The nurse took Charlie first.
I read a magazine in the waiting room.
And another magazine.
And half way through another before Charlie came out with the nurse.
I'd been sitting there about 45 minutes.

"How'd you do?"
"Fine, no problem."

The nurse walked me back to the treadmill.
"Are you a jogger?"
"No way."
"Good. Your buddy is. It took us half an hour to get him up to the rate we needed."
"Lady, I smoke a pack a day and drink a fair amount of Scotch whiskey every evening. We'll be out of here in 15 minutes."
And we were.

siligut

(12,272 posts)
14. An ounce of prevention . . .
Tue Apr 2, 2013, 07:15 PM
Apr 2013

The best place to have trouble with your heart is hooked up to those wires with your cardiologist watching.

However, I hope you break the cycle too

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)
16. Just as long as you don't have happen what happened to me.
Tue Apr 2, 2013, 07:17 PM
Apr 2013

The doctor says they're setting it for a slow walk to start. With my short legs that was almost a trot. Then when I'm trying to keep up with the treadmill, my shorts started falling off. Here I am with one hand on the grab bar trying to hang on, my other hand trying to keep my pants up, and trying not to fall at the same time.

Robb

(39,665 posts)
20. ** Thanks for the well-wishes and stories! **
Tue Apr 2, 2013, 11:07 PM
Apr 2013

I ... live! And passed without being admitted. Oorah!

DFW

(54,056 posts)
29. Been there, done that, got bad news, dealt with it
Wed Apr 3, 2013, 05:39 PM
Apr 2013

This was 9 years ago. Turned out, I was about 18 hours away from keeling over dead with clogged arteries.

They got me an emergency slot at a nearby hospital, where I, too, was detained. They put in two stents, ordered my wife to come talk to a nutritionist (and told us both all the good stuff I was no longer allowed to eat), put me on meds, and here I am. I was slated to join the dearly departed on April 29, 2004. I beat the reaper.

And so shall you. Cycles are meant to be broken, if you know what I mean.

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