Stress test - what do I have to look forward to?

[TR Custom Parts]

Doc says the ticker might need a tune-up. Guess 50 years of McDonalds is finally catching up with me. Been training on my treadmill so I don't collapse in the middle of it. Can't wait to get hit by the insurance company for this, haven't used any of my $2500 deductible. This has been a tough year with the day job closing down. Thanks Governor Dannel Malloy! Already found a new job so got that "first day of school" feeling about starting all over. Leaving a place after 21 years tends to do that to you. Might have something to do with things, I don't know.

 

[HUMBLE-U2]

wear sneakers. the will put you on a treadmill and run for twenty mins several times monitor you and get you heart rate up and check youre vitals its not bad at all.

 

[TR Custom Parts]

Doc wants me to get a colonostopy too, but not at the same time.

 

[TexasT]

I haven't gotten to the stress test stuff yet, but the last physical deemed it necessary to change my diet due to high blood pressure. I cut out the diet cokes, red meat, cut way back on the beer. I have been on a steady diet of oatmeal, fruits and vegetables. I found some liter drinks that are cheap($0.68 ea) and have no sugar or salt. Also been consuming some sobee drinks but you have to read the label on those as some have a lot of sugar and/or salt in them. I have to go back in a month or so and they told me meds if it doesn't improve.

 

[NUTS4LC2]

Doc wants me to get a colonostopy too, but not at the same time.

Colonoscopy Don't expect wine & foreplay with that! LOL & don't fall in love!! More seriously...that's to checkout ur insides to make sure no ulcers or any abnormal tissue growth are present. If he finds anything it'll be biopsied to determine malignacy or benignancy. The stress test with be on a thread mill as previously stated. If u get chest pain u could be clogged (coronary artery) & may need further verification x a catheterism and eventual cardiothoraxic surgery, depending on the degree of occlusion. It may be dilated during the catheterism & a stent placed to prevent it from becoming occluded again. Hope everything turns out alrght!

 

[FastDiesel]

Doc wants me to get a colonostopy too, but not at the same time.

your funny

 

[chopped39]

Doc wants me to get a colonostopy too, but not at the same time.

Dont ask for a second opinion:biggrin: I had one done . When I asked him where that hose is going and he laughed . I told him to knock me out or it wasnt going to be easy:biggrin:
That stress test is no joke. Dont freak when they have you sign the waiver.It scares alot of people I know 5 people that had to do it and they were fine. When they do the colon test have them look at your prostate as well. Well good luck to you and lay of the Mc Donalds

 

[salvageV6]

Don't be a weenie get them both done in one shot. :biggrin:

Let me know what you pay for those things too.

I bet the tube is about a $1K outpatient test.

Screw the in house stress test, hook me up when I'm shoveling a foot and a half of snow.

 

[Pronto]

The colonoscopy isn't that bad. Worst part is the the prep. Drinking a gallon of that stuff is not fun. Funnyest part is they won't let you go after until you fart. I passed that test no problem! Everything was A OK so I'm off the hook for 10 years.

 

[SS/GN]

This getting old sucks,the only good thing is you don"t have to sign you organ donor card anymore. Nobody wants my organs, It is a sign we all have to start taking better care of our bodies(kinda like our cars)Hope all is well Mark
Kevin

 

[Silver Fox]

The stress test is no big deal.

They will start you off at an easy level of intensity and just start stepping the resistance up. Just think of it as a good work high intensity work out. Ask the doc to go over the EKG results with you and explain it in laymen's terms. All those squiggly lines on the EKG state exactly what your heart is doing - have the doc tell you what it means.

Good luck.

Rob

 

[TR Custom Parts]

Might understand it better if they used a Powerlogger. High intensity workout is not in my vocabulary. Wish it was only going to cost $1000, more like $2500 out of pocket. Insurance is going away so going for the rear check too since the deductible will be met with the stress test. BUT still have to pay 20% of that. Probably going to have to go with the Cobra insurance to take up the gap between jobs.

Freaking current job wants me to stay on in a part time basis and told them I wanted them to let me keep paying my health insurance either until my new insurance kicks in OR the facility finally closed. They said no way so the plan is to just move on. State is closing down the nursing home where I run the maintenance dept.

Please buy Buick stuff from me to offset these expenses.:biggrin:

 

[David65]

What kind of test? I had a "stress test" done some time ago to look at heart, etc... Think they even did the doppler thingy at the same time. I thot it was on a treadmill or whatever. Not... Lay in bed, they give you an IV with some drugs to get your heart going like you were running for your life. Felt like I was. I think the up/dwell/down time was at least half an hour. I was beat after that. Survived tho...

 

[Bruce Urie]

With my stress test, I had to take my shirt off in front of two, gorgeous nurses in the room, showing my spare tire ((BFBadrich), then ran on a treadmill, expected time: 15 minutes. Of course, I had just gotten over a very bad cold the day before so I was weak as hell.....and as expected, I fell flat on my face after 7 minutes of running...they kept increasing the treadmill speed....I tried to explain I had been sick for two weeks, but it went on deaf ears and I saw them write on my card "wussy fat boy"

I did get a clean bill of health on my heart, though, how I don't know after only 7 minutes of "wussy running."

As for the butt ream follies, expect this: drink this God awful stuff every 15 minutes for 24 hours before the butt fun....you'll be running to the bathroom every 20 minutes feeling like a launched Saturn V rocket....not pleasant....by the time of your appointment and the drive there,you'll be in the worst, bad mood of your life....my wife MADE me drive to the hospital as she said it was to keep my mind off of my ass....

The procedure was handled by ALL women nurses, AND a WOMAN doctor with four WOMEN assistances......you can watch the butt ream on TV if you want or you can asked to be put down, er, ah, I mean, put to sleep, which is what I chose......the last thing I heard before going under was raunchous, uproarus laugher from all the women in the room commenting on my 1" thingy.

You'll awake feeling great, and everyone treated me real nice, offering to show my reaming on YouTube for an extra five bucks....I said no thanks.

My wife drove me home, put me in bed, as I was weak as hell, and fixed me a fantastic dinner, to which she served me while I was laying down wondering why my butt felt funny.

And this is no joke: My woman doctor told me after I awoke that I was the best asswhole she's seen in three days!

Get both done, Mark, it may save your life....your life is worth more than that outrageous insurance you have to pay....because your family loves and needs you, and so do we on this board.

Bruce '87 Grand National

 

[626gn]

With my stress test, I had to take my shirt off in front of two, gorgeous nurses in the room, showing my spare tire ((BFBadrich), then ran on a treadmill, expected time: 15 minutes. Of course, I had just gotten over a very bad cold the day before so I was weak as hell.....and as expected, I fell flat on my face after 7 minutes of running...they kept increasing the treadmill speed....I tried to explain I had been sick for two weeks, but it went on deaf ears and I saw them write on my card "wussy fat boy"

I did get a clean bill of health on my heart, though, how I don't know after only 7 minutes of "wussy running."

As for the butt ream follies, expect this: drink this God awful stuff every 15 minutes for 24 hours before the butt fun....you'll be running to the bathroom every 20 minutes feeling like a launched Saturn V rocket....not pleasant....by the time of your appointment and the drive there,you'll be in the worst, bad mood of your life....my wife MADE me drive to the hospital as she said it was to keep my mind off of my ass....

The procedure was handled by ALL women nurses, AND a WOMAN doctor with four WOMEN assistances......you can watch the butt ream on TV if you want or you can asked to be put down, er, ah, I mean, put to sleep, which is what I chose......the last thing I heard before going under was raunchous, uproarus laugher from all the women in the room commenting on my 1" thingy.

You'll awake feeling great, and everyone treated me real nice, offering to show my reaming on YouTube for an extra five bucks....I said no thanks.

My wife drove me home, put me in bed, as I was weak as hell, and fixed me a fantastic dinner, to which she served me while I was laying down wondering why my butt felt funny.

And this is no joke: My woman doctor told me after I awoke that I was the best asswhole she's seen in three days!

Get both done, Mark, it may save your life....your life is worth more than that outrageous insurance you have to pay....because your family loves and needs you, and so do we on this board.

Bruce '87 Grand National

Funny stuff Bruce! LMFAO!!

 

[TR Custom Parts]

Leave it to Bruce to explain everything in laymans terms.:biggrin:

 

[Bruce Urie]

Thank you kindly....I always try my best...

Bruce '87 Grand National

 

[aminga]

They will give you a radioisotope and take a baseline. Then Put you on the treadmill where they get your heart rate up and give you another.

After you have to go eat bacon and go back into the detector.

And on the colonospy it can't be that bad. Listen to Dave Barry

left Andy's office with some written instructions, and a prescription for a product called ''MoviPrep,'' which comes in a box large enough to hold a microwave oven. I will discuss MoviPrep in detail later; for now suffice it to say that we must never allow it to fall into the hands of America's enemies.I spent the next several days productively sitting around being nervous. Then, on the day before my colonoscopy, I began my preparation. In accordance with my instructions, I didn't eat any solid food that day; all I had was chicken broth, which is basically water, only with less flavor. Then, in the evening, I took the MoviPrep. You mix two packets of powder together in a one-liter plastic jug, then you fill it with lukewarm water. (For those unfamiliar with the metric system, a liter is about 32 gallons.) Then you have to drink the whole jug. This takes about an hour, because MoviPrep tastes -- and here I am being kind -- like a mixture of goat spit and urinal cleanser, with just a hint of lemon.
The instructions for MoviPrep, clearly written by somebody with a great sense of humor, state that after you drink it, ''a loose watery bowel movement may result.'' This is kind of like saying that after you jump off your roof, you may experience contact with the ground.
MoviPrep is a nuclear laxative. I don't want to be too graphic, here, but: Have you ever seen a space shuttle launch? This is pretty much the MoviPrep experience, with you as the shuttle. There are times when you wish the commode had a seat belt. You spend several hours pretty much confined to the bathroom, spurting violently. You eliminate everything. And then, when you figure you must be totally empty, you have to drink another liter of MoviPrep, at which point, as far as I can tell, your bowels travel into the future and start eliminating food that you have not even eaten yet.
After an action-packed evening, I finally got to sleep. The next morning my wife drove me to the clinic. I was very nervous. Not only was I worried about the procedure, but I had been experiencing occasional return bouts of MoviPrep spurtage. I was thinking, ''What if I spurt on Andy?'' How do you apologize to a friend for something like that? Flowers would not be enough.

 

[SS/GN]

It is knda like a Dynojust keep the boost down and keep your eyes on the gauges not the nurse.Remeber low RPM +Low Boost =good tuneup.Take care

Kevin

 

[stickybones]

My mom had colon cancer so I was told I should have the ass check at 40 instead of waiting to 50. I'm 43 now and still haven't gone. Can't get myself to make the call to get an appointment. Nuclear laxative...scope snaked up my ass...no thanks.