My nuclear stress test

[Keymaster]

I went in today for a nuclear stress test. It was not what I had expected. I thought that I would do  a stroll on a treadmill and then get some x-rays done. I wore my old sweat pants and my Nike hi-tops which are my only tennis shoes from 15 years ago thinking I had to do a treadmill test. I get there and check-in 10 minutes early just like they asked and sit down in the waiting room . I notice all the elderly people there stairing at me, then one lady comes over and ask me what I was there for. Well of course i told her Im her for a " nucleaer stress test" and I asked her what are you here for " same thing". Ok I'm startin to get worried at this point.

So I sit out in the waiting room for 30 minutes (mind you I was 10 minutes early) and finally a hot little asian gal comes out and yells "Mr. Bachman"  I stand up and raised my hand and followed her into the first room. She hands me a clipboard with a contract stating that I would be being administered several different IV drugs that would raise my heart level to the rate of a person running a triatholon. Of course I signed the release aggreement and said I aint run that fast for a long time , lets do it :) (Scared sheetless) So Here I sit with the IV in me in the really nice chair covered with Vinyl ( incase I piss myself im thinkin) Then little miss asian hotty says "leeft your shirt up to your cheen, soy i can poot these sensors on your chess"  Ok I did. Then Mr practice his comedy act comes in the room and starts telling me what will be happening while I experience these fine man made drugs running threw my veins.

This is where I got scared as hell, ( I forgot to kiss my wife goodbye this morning). Mr. comedian tells me I may feel tightness of chest, loss of breath, tingling of arms, stomache pains and or bloating, headache, or a full on heart attack but not to worry your at the hospital . HAHAHA.Im thinking what the hell did I do to deserve this friggin idiot. So the doctor comes in and another nurse and hot chickee is in the corner and mister comedian is still messin with his pot of suringes and he yells out "POINT OF NO RETURN" :o :o :o :o :o

I'm just goin, thanks for the warning dutch bag, then I get this weird metal taste in my mouth, heart starts pounding, I'm totally out of breath like Im about ready to croak, massive headache and all the people are telling me to tap my feet on the ground WTF. That weird ass stuff lasted about a minute. SCARED THE LIVING DAYLIHGHTS OUT OF ME!!! Then I settled down and they put me in a waiting room for 45 minutes and gave me a diet coke and some famous amos cookies. I watched "lets make a deal" with some elderly lady that looked like Lucille Ball and kept screaming curtain # 3......

So I get called out of the waiting room by Mr Comedian and he lays my ass on this camera table and explains that all the radoactive crap he injected into me a hour earlier was gonna get photgraphed with his 'HAPPY" Camera. Again , what did I do to deserve this? So I lay on this table while this thing moves all around me for 17 minutes and I cannot move. I hear this BEEP BEEP BEEP and I'm thinking this crap is finally over. NOT!!!!!!!. Mr. comedian was not so happy lucky anymore as his (or my) pictures did not turn out so well and I had to do another 17 minutes on that table, I'm sure that made Lucille Ball real happy ;D So any way while Im getting these pictures takin of my radioactivated heart he is on the phone telling people my diagnoses WTf. He is asking me why I am so AFIB and I said I have no idea what your talking about so he basically said theres a problem, Baxtard.
I'm not worried and will be around to harass you all for a long time :)

Not to worry, I have to go for a second round with mr. Happy tomorrow but he said it was the easy part ;D

Aaron

[muebe]

Aaron they gave you a dose of Thallium that is why you tasted metal in your mouth. They get to stress out your heart for a few minutes and see what your vitals look like. Then the Thallium moves through your arteries allowing them to see it in a scan due to being a radioactive isotope.

Dude you are now Trinoble!

Seriously though you have a bad node or two in your heart. They may try to control it with medication or you may need to have atrial ablation done.

You will be ok. My friend just had ablation done and he is doing well ;)

[devo]

Just don't try to cross the border right now into Canada or you will get arrested. Seems people set off alarms all the time.
I enjoyed reading that Aaron, you made me laugh. I'm sure you will be just fine bud.

[squirtthecat]

Geez, you had a helluva day!

They sure could pick a better name for that.........

[NePaSmoKer]

Hope all is good with you.

I have a stress test when i ruin bologna  :o

[OU812]

Damn dude,,,,,,,,,,,,that didnt sound like fun at all,,,,,,,,,,,and ya gotta do it again?

Hope all goes well

[KyNola]

Wow!  What a day you had.  Hope all goes well my friend.

[Keymaster]

Thanks for the well wishes guys!! Curt I think their just going to put some more Radioactive dye in me today and take more pictures, their not gonna get my heart rate up to Mach 3 again thank God. Normal people can do this test in 4 hours in one day but they said cause I'm 6'-2" and 250 # it takes to days.

[OU812]

Thanks for the well wishes guys!! Curt I think their just going to put some more Radioactive dye in me today and take more pictures, their not gonna get my heart rate up to Mach 3 again thank God. Normal people can do this test in 4 hours in one day but they said cause I'm 6'-2" and 250 # it takes to days.

Damn glad to here you aint gotta go to Mach 3 again

Heck 6'-2" and 250 lb aint that bad,,,,,,,,got a couple friends who got you beat by 100 lb  ;D

[Old Frenchie]

Aaron ...

Your post caused "FALSH-BACK" for me!!!  I've had 3 Nuclear stress tests in the last decade (along with several Echo stress tests and a few angiograms and stints).  ::)

Not fun at all ... but it is the only way to find problems and get them corrected.

I'm now doing very well. 

Modern medicine may not be "painless" but it sure is effective!!  ;)

I wish you luck and hope all goes well ... It is amazing what they can do these days.  :) :) :)

Roger

[Keymaster]

Thanks for the supportive words Roger, Today went a lot better now, I need to meet with my doctor to get the full detailed report.

[Old Frenchie]

Glad to hear that things went better today !   :)

Please do keep us informed of how you are doing ....

Roger

[Quarlow]

Damn, A nuclear stress test for me is one my niece or nephews birthday partys. That would get my heart rate up.  :D Hope all is well with ya.