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Nancy. Back in the late 80's, I had atrial fibrilation. I could take off for a 9 mile run, and about 1/2 mile into it my rythem went back to normal. At that time I did a treadmill stress test. Being a long distance runner at the time I passed with flying colors. The Dr. turned off the machine before I would quit. About 10 years ago I had chest pains during physical therapy on my shoulder. I was rushed to the hospital. They thought I was having a heart attack. At that time they did the chemical stress test on me. The medicine they used for the first part of the test caused me to become very sick to my stomach, and I began to vomit. They went ahead with the test with the radioactive stuff. When the test results came back 4 days before Christmas the Dr. told me I had 3 blocked ateries on the left side of my heart! He didn't even have the compassion to call me into the office. Just a phone call. I worried till Dec. 30th when I went to Indy for a catherization. After going through that the Dr. who did it came in the room and said he had no idea what the Dr. here in town saw, but there was no blockage anywhere, and I was healthy as could be. I called the town Dr. on the following Monday and told him if I saw any kind of bill from him I'd file a law suit. I never heard from him again! And my heart is still ticking away. Turns out I was having spasms in my esophagus!(Sp.?) Dan

Irene. Good luck to you. Hope your results come back favorable. Dan