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Subject: Medical notes
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Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 08:01:37 -0000
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URL: http://scriptingnews.userland.com/backissues/2002/09/25#medicalNotes
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Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 12:49:48 GMT
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Mixed news from yesterday's heart checkup.
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First, I went seven minutes on the treadmill. That was pretty good. My heart
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was racing like it hadn't since I was in college. They also did an extensive
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ultrasound on my carotid arteries[1], they're in the neck and supply my head
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with blood. More good news there. They're clear, free of plaque, healthy, not
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diseased[2]. So it appears I just have coronary artery disease, not general
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artery disease. That's good because there would be a risk of stroke if they
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were sick, and not a whole lot they can do about it (as they can with the
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heart).
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Now there was some not-good news. A small part of my heart isn't working very
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well. There are a few possible reasons for that, some fixable, some not. I
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asked the doctor, does this mean I'm going to die sooner, and he said no. Does
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it mean I have to restrict what I do, he said no. So what does it mean? Really
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not much, other than I should watch, as before, for recurring symptoms, the
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ones that brought me into the hospital in June. If they come back, we'll do an
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angiogram, and maybe an angioplasty, but the likelihood of another bypass
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because of this is small. That's quite a relief. I don't like the idea of part
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of my heart not working, but what can you do about it?
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[1] http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=carotid+arteries&spell=1
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[2] http://www.vascularweb.org/doc/190
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