Anybody here ever had a stress test?

[propita]

I'm supposed to have the non-treadmill one on Monday (it got moved up a couple of weeks). We figured there was no way I was getting my heart rate up for that long. Hubby'll be there for however long it takes. They said 2-4 hours.

Chest pains have really lessened, but, when all you're doing is working at your desk and all of a sudden feel "twinge-twinge-twinge" of pain in your chest, enough to make you stop for a couple of minutes, it's kinda ... unsettling.

 

[Velocity]

I've only had the treadmill type of stress test. I had two different episodes of pain/pressure in the middle of my chest. The first time my heart was beating irregularly (I was sitting in a boring meeting) and the second time they thought it was acid reflux. The stress test showed my heart is fine. Good to know. I'm diabetic in my mid-fifties so heart disease was a definite possibility.

Hope you get good news. Good luck!

 

[freak]

My Mom has had the treadmill stress test and it's not any big deal. However, she hasn't had the non-treadmill type stress test. Good luck with it!

 

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

I've had the treadmill kind three times. What do they do with the other kind?