Bass

so i guess i need one this friday

what do they do??

show you pics of your x girlfriends who tons lost weight and are with some guy now

great

guess i should quit smoking and start eating right - who knew

the good news is the "prostate" exam went fine - had i known i was gonna get one of those today i would have brought the lube bruce gave me

LazyProfessor

They should have the stress test during the prostate exam...

Tadashi

Steve I've had a stress test a few years back -- not as bad as you think it will be. They hook you up to alot of machines and have you walk on a treadmill until you are about to "drop dead" Really intensive tests will have them inject a die that shows all the arteries and "stuff" that your blood travels along.

I had indigestion so bad a few years ago my doctor sent me to get tested... I was going to mention this might be your problem as well. I got ALL the typical heart attack symptoms with worst case indigestion. I was scared to death for a long time... that is one reason why I started walking every day.

Good luck and let us know how it goes

Tadashi

Oh - or instead of the treadmill you could ride WITH me for a lap or two at NH Seeing that BIG wall in front of you coming out of turn 2 at 65 mph should get your heart rate up

Actually I don't know if non instructors are allowed to have passengers

ajlafleche

The prostate exam IS the stress test.

Steve, just wait till the doc start promoting the OTHER test. My doc said I wouldn't remember anything. LIAR!. I felt way too much and when I opened my eyes, I got some DEEP personal insights on the monitor.

Had a follow up with the gastroenterologist who did the exam. He walks into the room and greets me. Then looks at the pictures in my chart and says, "Oh, you're that guy. I'm not too good with faces." When I told him about hte discomfort, he asked if I'd wanted to reach around and rip his throat out and since I hadn't, he said he guessed it wasn't too bad an experience.

At least he didn't say he didn't know how to quit me.

boltonblue

ahh stress test.
they exercise you till they hit a targeted heart rate....
or you fall over clutching your chest.

I thought my damn legs were gonna fall off the first time.


you bring up a good point about the other parts of the exam...
as i was driving home from my last exam i thought about the fact the different genders have specific keywords.. such as "slide down" and " now bend over and relax".
I'll leave it to the interested student to figure out which belongs to whom.

as my dad used to say "never trust a proctologist with both hands on your shoulders. "

ajlafleche

Freud would have a field day with that comment!

Bass

my heart is already beating fast

Lainey

Show up in your jogging suit and sneakers. He'll know you're in good shape that way.

Rick's been a couple of times. He passed.

You will get wired up and do a bit of heavy breathing, but they won't let you drop dead. If the test is going badly, they'll stop it, and if necessary, they know how to call 911.

Oh, glad the other test went OK too.

Tadashi

I can't decide whether to edit my post or leave it as is

I don't think there is room in the S2000 for that Anyone care to disagree????