17th Entry, February 16th, Stress Test, Rest, Getting Closer and Movie Mindlessness

Here is the 17th Entry on my Blog:

As my therapy has been mostly for Anoxia, PT (Anoxia) was concerned last week about where I was with Cardiac. Breaking thru the Cardiac continuum is cumbersome and frustrating. Appointments have been scheduled far out with little followup. When PT complained to the Brain side about the lack of clarity on my rehab, person incharge of my Anoxia inturn complained to Cardiac side. I immediately was called for a stress test which got scheduled a day later.

After initial setup by the clinician, the doctor came in. I was t0ld that in this test normal people do
between 6-9 minutes on the cardiac treadmill. They start at an incline at a certain level speed and then increase both inclince and speed every 3 minutes. As you go thru the test, the electrodes on you record heart information.

Initial Observation: I was able to do 10.5 minutes to start with and they told me my score were above average. They asked me how long I had been in Cardiac rehab and I replied that I was not in it because I was still waiting to be seen by a Cardiologist. Based on where I am and my scores, I need to be in it. They told me something I already knew and had tried to fix. I went to
my original case working who set me up for after March 20th (5 weeks away) but to no avail. A large portion of healthcare has Presidents Day off so I start back on my "Cardiac Crusade" tomorrow.

Rest and Getting Closer:

The Speech Language and Pathology keep saying to me get MORE REST. Every appointment the question they ask me is "are you getting ENOUGH REST. It is the 4th appointment in a row where I've been asked that so I have taken it to heart (BRAIN in this case). I know I am starting to get closer to where I need to be brainwise. I will know more on Wednesday.

Movie Mindlessness:

Over the weekend, I said I finally did get some rest. My Mom watched 6-7 movies on TV while I slept and read thru most of them. In the early evening my Mom really wanted to go out, because she was tired of sitting inside. Where did she want to go? The Movies.


That's it for this blog,

Brian