if my heart was a car

Jun 24, 2009 at 8:16 PM
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I had a somewhat humbling - if unsurprising - trip to the doctor today. I've been freaking out about, well, literally everything lately and started to notice some tightness in my chest over the past couple of days. Which naturally caused me to freak out a little more. Hence the trip to the doctor. Long story short - I'm fine, but my heart rate is on the fast side of normal. It's a Fiat, when it should be a BMW. (Yes, my doctor actually said that.) I'm supposed to get more cardio exercise (which: check) and drink less coffee. That second item is going to be even more painful than the cardio. Good thing for me it's just a heart. It ain't worth nothin'.

Rhett Miller - If My Heart Was A Car

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biking is cardio, no? is the amount of coffee you drink measured in gallons?

I need more cardio, I guess. And I didn't think I drank that much coffee until today.

I had an episode of chest tightness around January - thought it was due to asthma not being well-controlled, but when I checked with my lung doctor he found an elevated resting heart rate. I had a resting ecg which was normal and was sent for an exercise ecg the results of which I haven't had yet. I'll find out when I go to see my regular doc next month.

Chest tightness is scary shit. I hope those results come back good.

thanks. I'm expecting they are good or at least ok. the strange (and good) thing is that after those two days in January I haven't experienced any more chest tightness. would like to keep it that way.
do you go back to your doc for another check-up?
chest tightness is indeed scary - be careful with your marathon training and don't over do it.

Glad to hear it.

I'm going back in three weeks for blood work, because it's been a while. And I'm cleared for the marathon training provided I take it easy at first. (Not a problem.) That was the main reason I went. I don't know what I would have done if he'd advised me not to do it.

As my mom would say, "take care of you."

You have a heart? Really? I think we need a doctor's note to believe this bullshit.

Whoa. Dunno if minimizing-headaches-while-going-decaf juju is effective, but just in case, I'm sending some from out here, along with some more healing vibes.

You don't make it easy for a sister not to worry...

Yikes! Unsettling, to say the least. (But I knew this would happen--you models, with all your bulimia and whatnot.)

Yeah, Scott. It turns out cocaine speeds up your heart rate. Who knew?

if my heart was a car

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