Guest guest Posted March 22, 2001 Report Share Posted March 22, 2001 I too was on solatol, felt tired, etc, Afib for 6 yrs also. I just had catherization and then ablation. guess what it worked. finally at age 39 no more meds. GO for it and let me know. barbara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2001 Report Share Posted March 23, 2001 Trudy - Thallium stress test is a nuclear medicine way of finding out what your heart looks like. I've had two of them, five years apart. My 84 year old mother has had a couple also. You get on a treadmill (or as in my mother's case, you are given medication raise the heart rate) and get your heart rate up to what the doctor thinks is appropriate for you. At that time they inject the thallium into you and it circulates through the blood system. You laydown flat in a cubicle with your left arm over your head. You lay there for about 45 minutes while a camera takes numerous pictures of your heart from all angles. The doctors can then tell how your heart is operating and whether there is any visible heart disease. This is not a painful test, just very boring and hard on you if you are claustrophobic (which I am). As I mentioned before, my husband has observed that I have more pictures of the inside of my body than most people have of the outside of their body!! Sharon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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