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Gatordev

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For the heart issue all I know is the anesthesiologist said I need to get checked out by a cardiologist for something I don’t remember now because of surgery meds for disk replacement. Yes active duty, but worried about running out of time on limdu.

@Pianistwithwings Get it checked out, but understand an anesthesiologist isn't a cardiologist. He/she might not even have been a doctor, but instead a CRNA.

When I got my Class 1 FAA medical, I brought my EKG home. Nothing of import was stated at my doctor's appointment. My wife, who works as an extender (NP) in a Peds Cardiac ICU and manages the patients, saw my EKG and flipped out. She said I needed to see someone right away. She then took the EKG into work and had one of the cardiologists look at it.

He said I was fine.

Again, don't ignore it, but know not everyone in medicine knows what they're talking about all the time (including ER docs, which is also scary).
 
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