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[homedad]

Doc...
Homedad here....

History:

*I F'd up my shoulder.
*I got pre op EKG.
*surgury set for thursday.
*I got a call today saying I need to go to a heart specialist BEFORE I can get the OK for surgury due to my EKG results.

So....Am I gonna DIE???????

[BellyDoc]

homedad previously said:

Doc...
Homedad here....

History:

*I F'd up my shoulder.
*I got pre op EKG.
*surgury set for thursday.
*I got a call today saying I need to go to a heart specialist BEFORE I can get the OK for surgury due to my EKG results.

So....Am I gonna DIE???????

No.

Many surgeons will take anything other than an EKG that is electronically interpreted as "Normal EKG" by the computer, and send the patient for "cardiac clearance". It's a total knee jerk response.

You can get an abnormal result from something as minor as putting the leads on funny... God forbid they actually clip the wires on wrong.

The most common abnormality that I've seen cause surgeons to start looking nervous is where the big spikey "QRS" complex has a double spike. This is called a bundle branch block. It typically means that the electricity being sent to the two halves of the heart arrives at different times.

What they'll probably do is to hook you up to ANOTHER study, but this time they'll run the EKG before and after you go on a treadmill. If increased output causes you to behave differently, then they might decide to investigate further. If not, then you're off to surgery to get your shoulder fixed.

[abophx]

homedad previously said:

So....Am I gonna DIE???????

Can I have your mods

[homedad]

abophx previously said:

Can I have your mods

sure...but they ain't pretty

[Katfish]

homedad previously said:

Doc...
Homedad here....

History:

*I F'd up my shoulder.
*I got pre op EKG.
*surgury set for thursday.
*I got a call today saying I need to go to a heart specialist BEFORE I can get the OK for surgury due to my EKG results.

So....Am I gonna DIE???????

Um...considering the amount of BBQ you ate on Saturday..................nice timing.............

[uphill]

abophx previously said:

Can I have your mods

I think that it would be more appropriate to auction them off on the "for sale items" thread.

[homedad]

uphill previously said:

I think that it would be more appropriate to auction them off on the "for sale items" thread.

Damn Larry...you HAVE become a company man

[MuddyGrrl]

homedad previously said:

Doc...
Homedad here....

So....Am I gonna DIE???????

I want the coffee pot. And grinder. They'll be worth a lot once I explain who they belonged to!

uphill previously said:

I think that it would be more appropriate to auction them off on the "for sale items" thread.

homedad previously said:

Damn Larry...you HAVE become a company man

M

[Katfish]

MuddyGrrl previously said:

I want the coffee pot. And grinder. They'll be worth a lot once I explain who they belonged to!



M

[VoodooBrew]

homedad previously said:

sure...but they ain't pretty

Good luck with the surgery, Homedadr! My sister had some scary heart troubles after abdominal surgery, but she had an ASD repaired as a teen so she has a history... crap happens. Surgery is a crap shoot. Just hope you can tolerate morphine. That almost killed me! Post up when you're all nice and drugged up, ok?