#heart examination

[funkygroovejam]

A quick heart examination at the doctor's office. My heart always pounds when the doc is listening. She thinks it's because of certain factors. Mmmm, if only she knew. I wonder if she enjoys hearing my heart beating. I wonder if she enjoys more so when it's pounding. What is she thinking of or imagining when listening. Does she think of my heart afterwards? Does she fantasize about my heart afterwards? Does she get off to the thought of listening to my heart beating?

[cherisunn]

Matthew 7:3-5

King James Version

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

Inspiration

There is a story of a young girl who watched her mother peer out of her window at the neighbor's laundry hanging on line. "Humphh!" said the mother. "Look at her laundry. Who would hang such dirty laundry out there for everyone to see? She should be ashamed." The young girl looked closer. She touched the window with her finger and looked at the dirt there. "Mama," she said, "it's not her laundry that's dirty; it's your window!" Too often we are so quick to judge others on their shortcomings. We focus on the "specks" of their lives. Meanwhile, our own windows are dirty. Jesus clearly tells us that we must first get rid of the "plank" in our own eye before we try to criticize others. He goes so far as to call us hypocrites when we do this. This very stern rebuke should be a taken as a serious warning not to judge others, but to instead judge our own behaviors.

Prayer

Lord, help me to examine myself. Let me see the flaws in myself, instead of focusing on the flaws in others. Help me to clean up around my own back door and focus on pleasing you. In Jesus name, Amen.

[nathan-r-dooley]

Proverbs 20 | Integrity, Restraint, and the Searcher of Hearts

Proverbs 20 | Integrity, Restraint, and the Searcher of Hearts

[gracedmermaid]

“Who do you subconsciously exclude?”

I tried thinking harder

And farther

Desperate to ignore the

bright

Flashing sign

Demanding attention

The answer that is really saying

everybody gets excluded

Then

I had to say it

“Myself”

[boo-bear16]

Hospitals sucks ass

[heartologist-blog]

Heart Examinations.

Due to popular demand I'm going to write a bit on general heart tests / examinations. Most people who messaged me are from the UK too, so I'll do it based on you system :)

If someone goes to their Doctor / GP with any heart complaint, or even just for a cursory checkup, the same routine is used. This is to make sure that nothing is missed, as heart issues can cause other heart issues.

Various vitals will be taken by your doctor to begin with (or in some circumstances a nurse may take them). This will include your height, weight, they will measure both your hips and waist to work out your hip/waist ratio. They *may* also take a pinprick blood sample from your finger to do an instant cholesterol test - although this is only common when the doctor suspects that cholesterol may be a cause.

Next the doctor will take your blood pressure. This is usually done with a machine, these days, this will also record your pulse. After taking your blood pressure the doctor will probably ask you about your lifestyle, whether you exercise, and what you eat.

If everything there is all right they will most likely listen to your heart next. Some doctors insist on palpating (feeling) the top, middle and bottom of your heart. Although this generally is only done once referred to a cardiologist. It is done to check for any thrills (a vibration that can indicate a heart murmur) or to check for enlargement of the heart. When the doctor listens to your heart he/she will listen over each heart valve (or at least where they can be heard best). and also in the center of your heart to check the heart muscle itself.

Generally you will be asked to lift up your shirt, as listening through material is less than ideal. For girls, expect to have to remove your bra, or at least lift it up over your left breast while the doctor checks the bottom of your heart. This is so he/she can feel and listen to the 'apex' of the heart - the most susceptible area to problems in young women. 

Again depending on the doctor, they might listen with you either laying down or sitting, but usually both. If they hear something they want to check further on, they may ask you to tread water (or stationery running) to raise your heart rate slightly. Again that very much depends on what the doctor heard.

To finish the doctor will ask various heart specific questions if he/she thinks it's necessary. These might include asking whether you've had any chest pains, or felt irregular heartbeats, or whether you get out of breath quicker than you might expect.

This is generally all a GP/normal doctor will do. If he/she thinks there is something wrong you'd be referred to a cardiologist for further tests, such as an ECG/EKG or Echocardiogram.

I hope this is useful to you all! Questions always welcome.