An echocardiogram (echo) is a graphic outline of the heart's movement. During an echo test, ultrasound (high-frequency sound waves) from a hand-held wand placed on your chest Read More ULTRASOUND Ultrasound is a type of imaging. It uses high-frequency sound waves to look at organs and...
An upper level gymnast, cheerleader, and straight A student. Her bi-annual echocardiogram this morning was good. That at the one-year mark of my retirement, my side business is doing pretty good. Always room for growth, but it’s pretty steady. That while things aren’t always so smooth...
It was with my primary care provider who, 6 years ago when I came to her as a new patient, noticed that I hadn’t had an echocardiogram in about 7 years. Reading my chart, listening to my heart, noting the very prominent murmur from my biscupid aortic valve, she arranged for me to...
As for the challenges, I not only didn’t have much of an appetite, I had ananti-appetite where even the thought or sight of food started to make me nauseous. Hmm. Maybe I’m pregnant. There was a span of almost a week where I ate virtually nothing other than a fruit smoothie my ...