And Then There Were 3

And then there were 3!! 

When you wage a daily battle against Heart Disease you celebrate the small victories that you’ve worked hard to achieve. 

Today I achieved one of those seemingly small victories but honestly a HUGE victory to me. 

Had my 6 month check up with my Cardiologist. As he examined my EKG, blood work and other test results he made the decision to take me off one of my blood pressure medications telling me that my heart is doing great!! 

As I walked out into the Texas heat I could barely contain my emotions as I reflected on everything and I found myself driving to the Church in Memorial Park that I’ve written about before in my blogs to give thanks for my continued strength and healing.

In November I will be doing a treadmill cardiac stress test with nuclear dye tracing. They will take me all the way to 100% of my maximum heart rate and then monitor my recovery watching my heart and blood flow to insure that my heart is continuing to work properly and that all of my blood vessels are free of any blockages. 

I plan to video as much of the procedure as I can shed a little light on this battle. I have this test done every 2 years because the doctor feels its necessary because of the way that I continue to train.  

I am going to do this for those of us who share the long scar down our sternum so that they and their loved ones will know what to expect when it comes their turn for this testing. There are a lot more of us out there than folks think that share the ‘scar’ and the battle but unfortunaly not always a lot of information 

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