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During September, 2001, I began to have chest pains which radiated up to my
jaw and down both arms through the soft tissues clear to my wrists.
One Sunday while helping to set chairs up in the overflow area of our chapel,
The pain became so intense I felt I ought to sit down. Of course, I didn't but just
slowed down a little and continued to help. I also performed my clerk duties
and after church was over, I went home. Walking home caused the pains to
return, though no where near as severe. But, they never quite went away
and seemed to increase when I climbed stairs or moved suddenly.
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I was 46 at the time and though I didn't think it was my heart, I felt I had
put up with enough and needed to find out what it was. So,
I finally asked my wife to drive me to the Emergency Room at Utah Valley
Regional Medical Center in Provo, Utah, about 15 miles to the South-East.
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They couldn't find anything, even after hooking up the EKG twice. The second
time was right after I started having chest pains again, but the equipment
arrived after the pains subsided. Since they found nothing, they decided
they should make an appointment for me at a cardiologist.
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Being the skeptical person I am, and knowing that my relatives don't show
heart problems in a typical pattern, I called my cousin who is 4 months younger
than me but who had a heart attack during 2000. He
told me to go to his cardiologist and have a treadmill test done with the
accompanying cardiolite perfusion camera work after. My insurance wasn't accepted
by his cardiologist, so I made an appointment with Gary Symkoviak, who is one of the
very best in the country, and at that time was in the same office as my cousin's
cardiologist. This page contains the results of those tests.
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Update: In June, 2008, I returned for a complete work-up with Dr. Symkoviak and he
told me my heart is in just about perfect condition for one of my age. I owe this
condition to the attention of my sweetheart, Betty, and her study of nutrition and
insistence that I do much better. We also have acquired bicycles and ride, or walk
when we can't ride. We do something active almost daily, and that helps. To find out
the type of nutritional information she has learned, visit the
Weston A. Price Foundation
which contains solid, research-based and verified information.
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Okay, back to the subject at hand: Usually patients aren't given the images resulting
from the tests, but since a high-school buddy of mine worked as the technician
operating the awesome equipment, I got copies. The scanned images
are fairly large, so I've not loaded them on this page but have created links for
each which contain explanatory captions.
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