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Echocardiogram anyone?
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<blockquote data-quote="Sue C" data-source="post: 128030" data-attributes="member: 87"><p>I recently had an echocardiagram of my heart...and a stress echocardiagram. I was hooked up with electrodes to my chest. I laid on my left side and the technician used a wand with that goopy stuff so it slides easily. It is PAINLESS. I watched the monitor. You do not have to. My technician was very nice and explained what he was going to do every step of the way. Yes, it was a guy but....they had a woman put the electrodes on.</p><p></p><p>The stress part of the test was that I had to walk/fast walk on the treadmill which they kept raising at an incline to get my heart rate up. Then I had to jump off the treadmill and get back on the table as fast as I could so that the technician could do the test all over again, this time with a cardiologist watching. Again, painless. (tiring on the treadmill, though)</p><p></p><p>You will be fine!!!! It is the easiest test there is. No invasive procedure. No needles. Just the wand. And you get to lay there. Nothing to it. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Hugs,</p><p>sue</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sue C, post: 128030, member: 87"] I recently had an echocardiagram of my heart...and a stress echocardiagram. I was hooked up with electrodes to my chest. I laid on my left side and the technician used a wand with that goopy stuff so it slides easily. It is PAINLESS. I watched the monitor. You do not have to. My technician was very nice and explained what he was going to do every step of the way. Yes, it was a guy but....they had a woman put the electrodes on. The stress part of the test was that I had to walk/fast walk on the treadmill which they kept raising at an incline to get my heart rate up. Then I had to jump off the treadmill and get back on the table as fast as I could so that the technician could do the test all over again, this time with a cardiologist watching. Again, painless. (tiring on the treadmill, though) You will be fine!!!! It is the easiest test there is. No invasive procedure. No needles. Just the wand. And you get to lay there. Nothing to it. :) Hugs, sue [/QUOTE]
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