A Cyclist's Heart

Abstract

I started to notice when I would begin a ride a burning sensation in my throat and a deep ache in the palm of my hands. I thought at first that the throat burning was due to the recent sanding of the floors in my house and that the hand ache was that my cycling gloves were too tight. I offhandedly told my wife I was having these symptoms. She said get a stress test. I thought she was wrong-so I went to my Chief of Medicine who said “Glenn you are the healthiest guy I know, but when the wife says get a stress test then get one”!