Friday, April 3, 2009
Its FAnd riday
Wow I cant type today. My fingers keep hitting the wrong keys LOL. So today I went to work and had to do a MOC (or practice) if you will PT (physical Training) test. I failed misserably. Now for a little back ground (and Im open for suggestions). I have failed my PT numerous times (not really trying to get better) but none the less in July of last year I changed flights. I had a supervisor that really cared about me working out and his protege also cared. So they took me under their wings and I began to workout. First we decided I should work out 2 times a day 5 days a week. So it began. (By the way this is all after my first failure in this flight). So it is now the middle of October and I had been doing the 2 times a day 5 days a week thing for almost three months but its again time for a MOC PT test. (A pt test consists of a 1.5 mile run 1 minute of push-ups and 1 minute of sit-ups with an abdominal tape measure.) So the first thing we start with is the abdominal tape test. My tape is 39". (I know its big but for me it was a big improvement). Then the pushups out of a needed 55 I fell 11 short and did 44. Next is the sit-ups out of the nearly 60 needed I did all of them. Perfect score for those. Now its time for my run. (The main event. I should add here that the score is determined because they set a numerical value to each part of the test. The run is worth 50 points (have to have less than 9:39 for the whole run) The abdominal measurement is worth 30 points (a perfect 32" waist for the guys is what they are looking for) The Push-ups and sit-ups is worth 10 points each (you dont get extra points if you do better than the recommened). So I run my fastest time ever. I did a 13:25 run. (No land record but extremely fast for me). What was my total score you ask? It wasn an oustanding 73.5. To pass the PT test you need at least a 75 or better. I was a point and a half a way. (Man that hurts my feelings). So its only a MOC TEST OK well the next week I get sick (common cold) then the week after that I am suppose to test. So I go and do a few push-ups and I feel something is wrong (not only did I do less than thirty but I just felt bad) so I stopped my test and went to the urgent care center on base. Get treated for dehydration, and have a slew of blood tests taken. Well they put me on a profile (a limitation of what you can do at PT) and told me to make a follow up with my doctor. So I did and the Dr I got was Dr Cooke. Now he said that it was just deconditioning but wanted me to take a stress test and set me on another profile. So I call the lab to schedule my stress test and they tell me they have nothing open. So I call the nurse and tell her my profile is going to expire and I cant get a stress test like the Dr wanted. So she makes an appointment for me to get a stress test done. I report back to Dr Cooke and he sends his Technician (person who takes the blood pressure) in and has him ask me what type of test I would like to have run. I basically told him I wasnt a DR but I wanted to know why I couldnt work out without getting dizzy. (I had tried several times and it didnt get better). So Dr Cooke came in again and said basically I wasnt able to work out because of my weight. Then he got up and walked out of the room so I did the same thing. That day I wrote to the patient advocate stating everything that happened. Then I saw Dr. Brewer who signed me up for an Cardio Echo ( basically an ultra-sound of my heart.) It was really cool to see the pictures. (Oh by the way during this time they keep putting me on profiles.) So then he deploys and I have to see a new Dr. Dr Holden and she sits down and tells me about my echo says its normal. Then she states that we could do some pulaminary tests (tests on the lungs). But first she wants to get a second opion and who does she choose but Dr. Cooke (yes the same one I wrote a review about). Then she says (on his advice) I just need to start working out again. So she puts me on a profile but says that I can do the bike test. Meaning I have to do all the other stuff except for the 1.5 mile Ill ride a bike for 8 minutes and it calculates how fast oxygen (VO2) gets to my legs and back. So I practiced this today and the tester told me to have a shot at passing I would need the mid thirties well my score today was 23. Now I have to test in a week. Any suggestions?
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