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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsA 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.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)talkingmime
(2,173 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,308 posts)It may be irrational of me, but somehow I think you'll be OK.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Good vibes for a good test result. And no straitjacket.
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Callmecrazy
(3,065 posts)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.
Flaxbee
(13,661 posts)so we know you've not been detained...
Rhiannon12866
(203,030 posts)trof
(54,255 posts)No half measures.
hack89
(39,171 posts)trof
(54,255 posts)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)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
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)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.
rurallib
(62,346 posts)Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)Robb
(39,665 posts)I ... live! And passed without being admitted. Oorah!
UrbScotty
(23,979 posts)Phentex
(16,330 posts)In_The_Wind
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GoCubsGo
(32,061 posts)Hope it stays that way!
greatauntoftriplets
(175,698 posts)livetohike
(22,084 posts)Sissyk
(12,665 posts)Sissyk
(12,665 posts)replying next time, sissyk!
Glad it worked out, Robb!
lunatica
(53,410 posts)DFW
(54,056 posts)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.