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What's a nuclear stress test like? Is it safe?
Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: Oct 5, 2023 | Replies (70)Comment receiving replies
You’re so welcome and I’m really happy I could ease your mind about the test. I’ve had this done and honestly, beforehand, my mind conjured up anything worse than the reality. 🙂
The techs who were with me were just amazing and explained everything. I don’t remember the actual procedure taking more than an hour or so but there was so much going on around me at the time it would be difficult to actually separate the timing. It takes as long as it takes…don’t read anything into the length of time.
Anyway, it’s a tried and tested means of getting a good read on the activity and flow of the heart. So I think you can exhale now.
How are you doing?? Being a caregiver is an incredibly difficult job. As patients, we’re just along for the ride with little time to worry or get anxious. But caregivers, wowzee, they take the brunt of everything! I watched my husband age during all my drama. So hang in there and take time to decompress your anxiety too. It sounds like your husband has great doctors and they’re taking excellent care to ensure his health.
Let me know how his test went, ok? 🙂
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Thanks for the broad perspective. I've been so focused on him that I do neglect myself. I know the Mayo Clinic has a forum for caregivers and I could probably benefit from reading those posts. I will say my faith has kept me strong through dire emergencies. My husband went Code Blue SEVEN times on November 8, 2019!!! In a coma for 2-1/2 weeks. In a hospital bed non-stop for 2-1/2 months followed by months of physical, occupational and cognitive therapy. I have no family close by and my husband's family, well, let's just say... No, I won't go there. Point being, I was very much alone, lived at the hospital--even found sleeping on the floor next to my husband's hospital bed. I experienced the peace that surpasses all understanding and learned the Lord Himself helps me carry every cross. The Holy Spirit guided me to do the ONE NEXT thing. Juggling much, I was not overwhelmed because He gave me the wisdom to do the ONE task that needed to be done, the ONE thing that needed to be done NEXT.
As to me? I've never made the effort to be counted among the VAERS but after the Pfizer double jab, I suffered EIGHTEEN MONTHS of chronic diarrhea up to nine episodes a day, dropped to an alarming 115 pounds. Loss of electrolytes resulted in foot and leg cramps. Other nutrients were determined to be in the "deficient" category: B3, E, Calcium, Sodium, Magnesium and "slightly deficient" in Choline. I'm doing what I can to get those essentials back up to normal levels. As you can imagine, I now suffer from self-diagnosed A-fib. Why self-diagnosed? I do not have a doctor. How do I know about my deficiencies if I don't have a doctor? I sent a hair sample to Advanced Food Intolerance Labs. And thanks to another forum, Inspire.com, I learned of DAO enzyme which has calmed my GI tract down. I've been normal for a month now and the A-fib is much better. Oh, as of this morning, I'm up to 119 pounds. Goal? 127.
Learned via a compilation of data from studies around the globe that there has been a worldwide spike in "food hypersensitivity" due to the Wu Flu vax. And, yes, Pfizer was at the top of the list. Until the Pfizer double jab, my strictly cutaneous mastocytosis (I am Case #138 ever diagnosed in America) was 100% under control with OTC antihistamines (an H1 Blocker and an H2 Blocker).
I apologize. All of the above is off topic! But your point is well taken. I must take care of me so I can take care of him! And being without a doctor, these forums have been a Godsend! BTW, I steer others to Mayo Clinic!