Look....a SELFIE!!!!!!!

So...how's it LOOK?

Well, according to the folks at Cardiac Rehabilitation Services, it looks pretty darn good; at least that is what they tell me anyway.

This is a picture me during one of my rehab workouts

Okay, okay.....it is a picture of my EKG monitor at rehab. This is what the folks look at while I am working out.

There are 20 or so of these lit up at once; one for each person in "class" that day. The staff check them all periodically & let you know how you are doing. They tell you if it looks normal, they tell you what the heart rate is and they ask how you are feeling. "How does it feel; easy, moderate, or hard?"

At this point, I am probably 10 minutes into my workout & I am pushing a 143 beats per minute heart rate. Before the workout was over I was into the 150's. Since you can see 9 peaks here, you are looking at a snapshot of about 4 seconds of my workout.

This is also showing what is called a sinus rhythm.
(Oh, CRAP....he's gonna try to teach us something)

Sinus rhythm is the normal heart rhythm created by the body's pace maker, the sinoatrial node. Basically it is part of the upper chamber of the right side of the heart. That is the part of the heart where a normal heartbeat starts.
(Whew...that wasn't TOO bad)

I wish I had a picture to show you of what my heart looked like when I was having the heart attack, that way, you could see the difference. However, we were all a little busy saving my LIFE when that particular EKG was taking place. Since I don't plan on producing that kind of EKG reading for ANOTHER 47 years, y'all are just gonna have to wait for that one.

Suffice to say, the big hump and little humps all look good for the most part.
However, I have been told that you can still see the evidence of my heart attack in the smaller humps. Apparently that may never go away.

I also wish I had a GIF of one of the Echo-cardiograms they took. It was really cool to lay there & watch my heart beat happen. An Echo-cardiogram is basically an ultrasound of the heart; just like the ones they use to tell you what gender your baby will be. It is REALLY cool. Maybe I will write about that tomorrow. Who knows.

For now, the lesson is over children. Hope you enjoyed our little physiology class.

Good night & God bless.