July

Well, drove back to Hershey on Monday afternoon for my stress test on Tuesday.

Mowed the lawn there on Monday night. They were calling for rain on Tuesday.

I was told my appointment was for 11 AM. Had a message from Monday morning saying 10 AM.

Wasn't allowed alcohol or caffeine after midnight Sunday night and no food after midnight Monday.

Got there about 9:40 and they took me about 9:50 and started the IV and gave me the first dose of radioactive dye. Then had to wait for 45 minutes before the first set of pictures of my heart. That took about 20 minutes.

Then the treadmill part. They hooked me up to the monitor and had a surprise. I was in atrial fibrillation. had to wait until they got the OK from Dr. Silber to proceed with the test. He said go ahead and we did the treadmill part. They stopped me before I was ready to quit because my pulse rate was too high. My target was 133 and I was up to 180. They injected the second dose of dye a minute before I was done on the treadmill.

Then had to wait for 45 minutes and then 20 minutes of pictures.

Am waiting to hear from Dr. Silber but the bus driving doesn't look good. Will wait and see.

But at least there was a reason for me to have the test. Otherwise, we wouldn't of found the A-fib.

Oh well, back at the beach for now and waiting.

Charley