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Hello everyone!

I would like to report very good news- I received a state-of-the-art check out of my cardiovascular system and it was deemed “good to go”!

WOW! Oh, yee of little faith... (me). Hangs head in a bit of a check up from the neck up.

I had just about talked myself into the old folks’ home with a vicious bout of acid reflux occuring on a nightly basis and self diagnosing as having angina, which turned out to be unfounded, AND- wore myself down for apparently no good measure or reason.

Today-

Woke at 5 and got on the road by 6 to be at the hospital by 7 (630 arrival).

When called into the reception area, I received a handout that explained what was going to happen and the potential consequences which included a heart attack and death as possibilities.

I got the call and went into a cubicle to get my BP checked and then got a dose of radioactive material while my heart was at rest. After a period of about 20 minutes I was taken into a room where machinery mapped my upper torso using gamma xrays and then a CT scan, which were combined to form a complete picture.

Then I was taken into a room and had 12 electrodes attached to my upper torso for an EKG to be performed as I underwent a chemical uptake that EXPANDED my arteries, simulating STRESS. The competent stafff person injected the dilating matter into my arm while counting outloud to twenty. Once the count reached twenty, another medical staff person gave me a another dose of the same radioactive chemical, distributing itself throughout my cardiovascular system for a second time.

I was asked how I felt and if I felt OK or something else. I felt a minor reaction akin to catching a breeze blowing as a wisp through an open window and that was about it.

That was a good thing and then I received a cup of coffeee to drink which is considered an antagonist to the dilation material, which helped my arteries return to their normal state.

I was then taken to a room to rest for another twenty minutes and then it was time to get checked out again using the gamma xray machine followed by the CT scan.

One more time back to the waiting room for about twenty minutes to await the verdict of what the cardiologist might have found in the xrays and scans.

So- it was stress the heart, then check it out, followed by a check of the heart in a restful state, and then compare the two images and check for discrepancies.

To my amazement, I checked out OK! Woot! Woot!

Thank you all for your kind words and blessings of prayer. It meant a lot to me having your support continually by my side, and continues to mean a lot to me.