It's Not Cancer!

[Jo-n-NY]

What a relief <WHEW> !!!!!!

[li10up]

Thanks everyone. It was such a relief. It's hard to believe that doctors' offices don't contact the patients to let them know about tests like these...at least mine doesn't. I appreciate all of you who encouraged me to get the tests done and be my own advocate. It was very good advice.

Possegal - I hope it all works out well for your sibling. Prayers.

[teigyr]

That is such great news. I had lost track of your thread and forgot about the nodule. And I'm surprised they didn't call you...when I was waiting for pathology results I was so scared, it was like my life was on hold to see what was up. When they called me (on a weekend, the nurse was at the office doing catch-up when the results came in and she called just so I could have a good weekend) I cried.

Re the HR. Dunno. Mine's been known to get up that high but only briefly and very rarely. Have you been exercising? If not, maybe your body is just trying to get back into things. 180 for me is normal, that'd be the highest point of most workouts.

[li10up]

Re the HR. Dunno. Mine's been known to get up that high but only briefly and very rarely. Have you been exercising? If not, maybe your body is just trying to get back into things. 180 for me is normal, that'd be the highest point of most workouts.

May I ask how old you are? Using the "formula" my max HR should be around 175. I know that is just an estimate.

Normally I wouldn't be concerned but since I'm still have chest pains I've been keeping a closer eye on my heart rate. I've continued to ride my bike through all of this so I don't think it's a matter of getting back into things. It's just that I wasn't working hard at all and the times when I do feel like I'm working hard my heart rate is in the upper 170s, NOT 193. Given the amount of work I was doing at the time this just seems way too high to me.

I did see 187 two or three times way back when when I felt like I was about to die...so why would it be 193 when I wasn't even working hard?

[Dianyla]

Whew!!

[RoadRaven]

Great news... "nodule" has come to be a scarey word because of its scarey connotations.

So wonderful its not cancerous

[Possegal]

keeping in mind that i work in the medical field and may be overly cautious compared to others, but i think, espeically with your heart, that when something seems out of the ordinary for you, then it is something worth checking out. now it could be here that this isn't far from normal for you but you are paying much closer attention due to the lung nodule than you would have been before. that would be totally normal. but if you think this seems unusual, then it doesn't hurt to get it checked out.

[teigyr]

I'm 45. The 180 isn't a prolonged thing - my average (depending on what I'm doing) can range from 130ish up to 156. The 180 will just be that 30 second final sprint or whatever.

I'm new to the whole HR thing and since you have had problems, you have every right to worry. As I recall, the cardio people haven't found anything?

[Aquila]

Great news on the pathology report! Thanks for sharing with us

[snowtulip]

Yipee, great news!