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I went to Dr. Funnyname for routine blood work, and he did something I wasn't expecting: a baseline EKG, my first ever. It seems I'm of a certain age where it's a good idea to get EKGs every few years. Harrumph.
The only thing unusual about my heart is something that's been obvious to doctors for years without an EKG: I have a very low resting heart rate thanks to bicycling. They said that they'd worry if it were under 40 beats per minute; mine is 41.
So, ride a bike! If a car doesn't flatten you, you'll live forever, more or less. And a good way to avoid cars is to ride early. I suppose you could ride really late but a) you'd ride in darkness much of the year, and b) it gets me too wired to sleep at night.
OK, there's a thing all primary care docs do that drives me meshugah: they'll ask me when my last, for example, colonoscopy or tetanus shot was. All I can remember is that it was yeeeeeears ago.
The only thing unusual about my heart is something that's been obvious to doctors for years without an EKG: I have a very low resting heart rate thanks to bicycling. They said that they'd worry if it were under 40 beats per minute; mine is 41.
So, ride a bike! If a car doesn't flatten you, you'll live forever, more or less. And a good way to avoid cars is to ride early. I suppose you could ride really late but a) you'd ride in darkness much of the year, and b) it gets me too wired to sleep at night.
OK, there's a thing all primary care docs do that drives me meshugah: they'll ask me when my last, for example, colonoscopy or tetanus shot was. All I can remember is that it was yeeeeeears ago.
