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I had a half day at work today because I went to the cardiologist after getting a referral from the Doctor (not the timelord) last week. Went there did their little cardio stress (generous) test doctor looked at the results and said “these results look good I don’t think it’s your heart I think it’s muscular, its good that at 28 you can make it the full 12 mins” (or something like that) I said “I was 99.9% sure it wasn’t my heart when this all started” and he said “well I can’t say i’m 100% certain but probably 99.95% sure”

For those that haven’t done one (I hadn’t) A cardio stress test consists of going into a room with a treadmill and a tech (who is probably a nurse) take off your shirt and have an ECG (electrody goodness) hooked up to you to get a base reading, they also take your blood pressure. After the tech  asks questions to establish history, then the doctor comes in and asks the same questions. Then they put you on the tread mill and start at 2km/h (SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW) and every 3mins they increment the speed and incline and stop at 12mins.

Fun times. I love spending 170 to be told its not my heart which I knew before I went to the doctor the first time!

In other news… stuff happens.

I returned to the doctor yesterday and he checked the results of my last lot of tests yay no hepatitis or HIV and its not lupis. The doc gave me a referral to a Cardiologist and a haemotologist for stuff but the referral required him to print a page with referral info plus 13 page (single sided) patient history for each one, he signed the last page then gave it to someone else to fax all 14 pages. To me this seems like a waste of time and paper, why not send the history and referral electronically and fax a cover page with a signature if required, it would be faster, more efficient and less wasteful. Seems dumb the way it is. Amongst other things the doctor was unhappy with my blood pressure but happy I had lost 4kg in 4 weeks.

Last weekend I went to brisbane for soundwave (music festival) it was my first festival and it was a great deal of fun. In the future if attending festivals I will make sure to not loose my friends because finding them is difficult and its better to rock out with company. On the sunday we walked around Brissy a lot and it was highly enjoyable I also went for my first swim in 2years or so, before heading back to coffs at 7 or 8pm damn I was tired when I got home.

Month of no drinking is over time to get on it!