EKG Results - Follow Up

Today I had a follow up EKG with Dr. Langhorne.  Dr. Langhorne has been in practice as a cardiologist for 51 years.  He was very grandfatherly -- sweet looking, experienced, gentle.  I actually really liked him after I got over the shock of his age...until he said two things to me:

1. He referred to me as having a "large frame" (TWICE)....in reference to where the EKG stickers are placed, sometimes they are not placed in the exact right places to get a proper EKG.  So basically he admitted it was a technical issue of placement that is further complicated by my fat.
2. The doc asked me if I exercise regularly. (No)  Do I have any trouble walking.  (No)  Do I have any difficulty with taking stairs.  (Not really, unless we're talking more than two flights).  He must've noticed my quizzical expression at all of the questions because he said, "you'll need to do a stress test."...oh gawd, no.  Apparently if I was incapable of walking or stairs, I could've had done the next test chemically, somehow...Damn.  I was so prideful with being able to say that I can walk and do stairs that if I had answered differently, I could remain my lazy self and skip the treadmill altogether.

So my "stress test" is seriously stressing me out -- just another appointment, more tests (he also wants an echocardiogram, which is a sonogram of my heart walls), more sick leave to take that I barely have....more missed work.  And just another hurdle to hopefully get over and get closer to a surgery date.

So all this crap is scheduled for Tuesday, 6 May.  I have to be there at 8 AM and it'll take three hours. I seriously better not be on a damn treadmill most of that time.  Then I get to eat lunch and my echo is at 12:30 PM same day.

BTW, this is Dr. Langhorne.  Hope he's alive long enough to review my results!  ROFLMAO.

I'm going to Hell.

Age 132