Got an EKG test today

nick1985

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the results were "abnormal". I have to go back next Thursday for more conclusive tests...

this sucks...:(
 

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maybe you didn't study hard enough



j/k


best of luck, hope the doc has good news for you on the other tests :sun:
 

nick1985

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Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Sh!tty deal man, you think you got a heart murmur or something?

i have no idea...i hope thats all it is. i cant imagine anything more serious...
 

nick1985

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Originally posted by: logic1485
How is an EKG done?

Hope the rest goes well anyways, and good luck.

they stick a punch of pads on your body and hoop up cords to them. then they have a machine that prints off results. it only takes a few minutes
 

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I had several done. I'm 25 and most of the time they get abnormal results and then i come back and everything is ok. People tend to get nervous during the test and gives bad results.
 

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Originally posted by: nick1985
Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Sh!tty deal man, you think you got a heart murmur or something?

i have no idea...i hope thats all it is. i cant imagine anything more serious...

Yeah me too, you are quite young for anything else but you never know. If you have any questions your doctor cannot answer or whatever PM me, my mom's been a surgical nurse for 20 years or so and she knows her heart stuff well, especially since she works in a children's hospital.
 

nick1985

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Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Originally posted by: nick1985
Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Sh!tty deal man, you think you got a heart murmur or something?

i have no idea...i hope thats all it is. i cant imagine anything more serious...

Yeah me too, you are quite young for anything else but you never know. If you have any questions your doctor cannot answer or whatever PM me, my mom's been a surgical nurse for 20 years or so and she knows her heart stuff well, especially since she works in a children's hospital.

thanks.
 

Muadib

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Did they tell you what they were doing next? I'm shocked that they're making you wait a week.
 

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You know what's funny? I'm also 20 and I've been getting abnormal headaches... doc says if I don't get better by Friday I have to go to neuro and get an MRI done or something...
 

nick1985

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Originally posted by: Muadib
Did they tell you what they were doing next? I'm shocked that they're making you wait a week.

yeah they are running a bunch of tests on me next week. i actually got the date moved up to next tuesday, the 31st. they are running 6 blood tests and 3 heart tests on me. i hope this goes ok, im as nervous as can be....
 

Muadib

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Originally posted by: nick1985
Originally posted by: Muadib
Did they tell you what they were doing next? I'm shocked that they're making you wait a week.

yeah they are running a bunch of tests on me next week. i actually got the date moved up to next tuesday, the 31st. they are running 6 blood tests and 3 heart tests on me. i hope this goes ok, im as nervous as can be....
No reason to be nervous at this point. Same thing happened to a co worker, and it ended up being stress. Have you been under any lately?

 

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Originally posted by: Jnetty99
I had several done. I'm 25 and most of the time they get abnormal results and then i come back and everything is ok. People tend to get nervous during the test and gives bad results.

Ditto...

There was a brief time that I was in and out of the hospital (for unrelated issues), and every time, my mother would have the docs run an EKG and other assorted tests. I swear it was just to torture me. The first couple of times, it surprised me that I had to have it done, and I was really nervous... and thus, failed them. When they retested me (and they did... many times (on different occasions, by different organizations)), I passed it each time... stress will definitely do it. Whenever I knew I was going to have one done, I would intentionally try to just relax... "slow down"... etc. I doubt you're supposed to do that, but I passed every one when I had advance notice that it was going to be done...
 

nick1985

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Originally posted by: Muadib
Originally posted by: nick1985
Originally posted by: Muadib
Did they tell you what they were doing next? I'm shocked that they're making you wait a week.

yeah they are running a bunch of tests on me next week. i actually got the date moved up to next tuesday, the 31st. they are running 6 blood tests and 3 heart tests on me. i hope this goes ok, im as nervous as can be....
No reason to be nervous at this point. Same thing happened to a co worker, and it ended up being stress. Have you been under any lately?


not really, i mean college can be stressful, but i havnt had anything out of the ordinary.