One
of the best aspects of aging is that you see life in different perspectives over a period of years.
After doing dentistry for 40 years I have certainly seen a lot of interesting things
that primarily has brought me great joy. However, getting old comes with a
cost. One of those costs, interesting enough is having your wife yell at you
about getting a cardiac stress test done. You know that when you go to the doctor and they
put you on a treadmill and increase the speed and inclination to get your heart
rate up to see the overall condition of your heart. I got the pleasure of
participating in a stress test a few weeks ago after having my wife yell at me for a
number of months about it. I went to the doctor’s office the cardiologist
checked my medical vitals before I got started and then she gave me over to
the technician to perform the stress test. There are 7 levels to the stress test
I did get through 5 of them with my heart rate getting up to over 180. When we
were on the 3rd level I noticed that the inclination was starting to
get to me a little bit so I asked the technician if he ever had anyone pass out
while taking the stress test. He indicated that very morning he had a patient
go into cardiac arrest while doing a similar stress test. Fortunately, with the
cardiologist right there the patient did survive but it did certainly make me
wonder about my own mortality and perhaps gave me a little bit more desire to perform
well on the stress test. Interesting enough the technician came in a couple of
days later as a new patient to our office and we were reminiscing about my
adventure at his office. I am anticipating that his adventure in our dental
office will be as much of a success as mine was at his and not like the other guy's. Hopefully I'll see you on my next blog.
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