According to the Mayo Clinic, there are typically four tests to determine if someone should have a pacemaker.

– EKG
This provides general information concerning the heart.

– Holter Monitoring.
The person carries around a device that monitors the heart rate over the period of days. This is to find abnormalities and provides greater detail than an EKG.

– Echocardiogram
A test that provides the size, shape, and motion of the heart.

– Stress Test
How the heart reacts to pressure like exercise.

————– At this point, I’ve completed three out of the four tests. I have yet to complete the Stress Test.

In a couple of weeks, I’m heading back to Indianapolis to visit a doctor that specializes in the electrical impulses the heart produces.

Still, each doctor tells me that all of this is precautionary. They just want to make sure while passing me to the next specialists.

I guess there could be a number of reasons.
– The doctors are trying to milk the insurance company.
—-> I sincerely doubt this. Given this is a part of America where obesity is rampant, and the aging population is high, there’s no need for additional patients for insurance money.

– They’re compensating for something.
—> All of these doctors work together. Some have worked together for decades.
Maybe they had someone similar to me and fubared it. So, I’m jumping through hoops that the other didn’t.

– Curiosity.
—> One way to learn and test is to throw shite at the walls and see what sticks.
Knowing what they can and can’t get a way with can be helpful.
– The last doctor told me there’s a semi-experimental pacemaker that goes inside the heart that I would be a candidate for instead of the traditional kind. Maybe he wants to gain experience with that.

– Pay off.
–> It’s impossible to have a conspiracy theory without following the money.
Maybe there’s money or influence involved somewhere.

But… who knows, honesty?

Does it matter?
I’ll end up doing whatever they recommend anyway.

I have the primary care doc in just under half an hour. Maybe she’ll provide some clues, although I doubt it.

But, at least, I’m not alone.