After feeling a little dizzy while riding my bike back in the middle of March, I’ve been to see the my Doctor a couple of times. I had some blood tests, which were all normal. I had a treadmill test, which was normal. I also wore a heart monitor for 24 hours, and that showed I had a few arrhythmias. That test lead to another test that required me to wear a heart monitor for a month. I finished with that test almost 2 weeks ago. Naturally, I became anxious to hear about the results.
Several days ago, I called the cardiac lab to see if I could get information about the test results. I left several messages, but never spoke to a person. Then, I started calling my Doctor’s office. After several tries, I finally spoke to a nurse who investigated the problem. She found out that the cardiac lab here at UAMS does not evaluate the results of the heart monitor test. That is done by a company somewhere, God only knows where, and that is probably why it is taking so long to get the results.
Although I have no experience with these kinds of heart tests, I’m amazed that there are no cardiologists at UAMS that can evaluate the results. I can only assume that I must not have anything very serious or I would have heard something by now. They wouldn’t let me die would they, while they take their sweet time evaluating the test results?
