Re: Purrs, please...?

On 2006-02-28, sriddles@xxxxxxx penned:

I do wish they would
consider an angiogram (heart cath). It is a fairly serious
procedure, but really the only way that I was diagnosed. I passed
the stress test, thalium test, bloodwork, and ultrasounds with
flying colors and pronounced cardiac-healthy when I was actually on
borrowed time with four clogged arteries. They would not have found
it without an angiogram.

What about a nuclear stress test? My father in law also had yearly,
perfect, stress tests; he took a nuclear stress test on a whim and it
turned out he needed quad bypass surgery! It actually shows the
doctors whether all of the areas of your heart are getting blood.

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

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