Dancing Shoes

I went to the Hospital today. I've been having problems breathing when I get to 80% of my max heart rate. I figure I must be coming down with a cold or something, but I thought I should check it out just in case.

I went in and talked to the nurse, and told her what I was doing, and what was happening etc. She seemed to take it pretty seriously, more so than I was at least. She asked me if I was able to walk down the hall to fill out some forms, I surprisingly said I was. I did just bike 15 km to get there.

Anyhoo, she put me into the doctors office with a gown and said she would be back in a few minutes to check me out. I wasn't really nervous, but I couldn't get the ideas of doctors office porn out of my head. She was cute gal to tell you the truth.

I was slightly disappointed when a 50-something man-doctor walked in with a very hearty lumberjack beard. I was hoping for something more exciting to say the least. He checked my breathing and did some tests and said that my lungs did sound kind of rough, and asked me if I had asthma.

Holy Crap I thought. Inhalers and all that business. Being an athlete having an inhaler is practically like wearing a prison uniform. If you have one, its a pain in the ass. I didn't give up pot to show up positive from an inhaler.

So, the lumberjack doctor left and returned with a simple test for asthma. It was a little device that I breathed into that gave a rough estimate of lung capacity. I blew in it, and got about 80-85% of the devices max. "Whoa! you don't have Asthma" the doctor said after I finished.

He said for someone my size that was way above average. He said the only person to max it out was about 8ft tall. That however, didn't stop me from repeatedly trying it over and over again to max it out. He pretty much took it away from me.

So the lungs are fine I guess. He confirmed my thoughts that I am crazy and a hypochondriac. After he saw the tests he basically said it was either sickness or allergies. Anyway, I think I needed something to put the nerves at ease.