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movetheboat
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Sorry SNAGGLE TOOTH ...my appt was already over....exam and cleaning and out the door....was told I'm doing great with the old fangs
wader
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going for a stress test tomorrow - trying to get in the right frame of mind - Doc wants to check my heart out - yup - Old Folk Issues - hoping it doesn't kill me - last time I approached anything resembling running was probably like 15- maybe 20,,,,,,,,,, I remember playing racquet ball with my brother around my 40th birthday.........errrr...........I don't remember..........
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Look on the bright side, the Cath Lab won't be far away from the CAT scanner...
wader
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I gotta change my Flag too
CELLFISH
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Apparently I'm now radioactive.
Radioactive Comment: They shot me up with some sort of radioactive isotope (radioactive gunk) before & after running the tests. This is used so that they can take pictures of the heart to check for any blockage.
BULLSHIT!!!!!!
And who/what gave you that impression? The IV solution for "Contrast" contains no radioactive materials; it is "opaque" to the on CAT or MRI instruments. They're "radio-opaque", not radioactive.
How about thinking about it? If you were so "hot", why didn't they tell you to collect your urine and feces in radioactive waste containers??? You wouldn't want to be contaminating all of Onacock...
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wader
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Big sign on the door to the room I was injected in did say Nuciear Testing, They tried to explain to me what they were doing but for the most part it went over my head, I just asked if I could do away with night lights for awhile,
That got a laugh.All sorts of Hazardous Warnings posted all over the place.
All I know for sure is that the test kicked the piss out of me. I'll probably be in bed by 9.
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OK, now we're talking advanced stress testing. Key question is what was the detection instrument they used on you @wader? If it was CAT or MRI detection, they do not use radioactive chemicals, just radio-opaque ones. They may have injected you in the "hot room", but if it was a CAT scan, it wasn't hot. Also there are tons of RADIATION WARNING signs in any of the testing labs, as CAT scanners emit X-rays. MRI just generates very strong magnetic radiation.
The "nuclear option" is only used if other testing/history has shown cardiac abnormalities/concerns. Hope this wasn't the case for your. In this case, for more advanced, and complicated cardiac patients with history of heart disease, they will go with the radionuclides. These test demand PET or SPECT detection, pretty advanced and expensive equipment.
The "nuclear option" is only used if other testing/history has shown cardiac abnormalities/concerns. Hope this wasn't the case for your. In this case, for more advanced, and complicated cardiac patients with history of heart disease, they will go with the radionuclides. These test demand PET or SPECT detection, pretty advanced and expensive equipment.
wader
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just changed my home phone & internet service - Verizon's terrible....
Signed on with Spectrum for 1/2 of Verizon's monthly charge for the 1st 12 months then it goes up like $40 after that but still a bit cheaper then Verizon for faster speeds on the internet (Cable vs, DSL) & way more reliable.
Signed on with Spectrum for 1/2 of Verizon's monthly charge for the 1st 12 months then it goes up like $40 after that but still a bit cheaper then Verizon for faster speeds on the internet (Cable vs, DSL) & way more reliable.
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