echocardiogram Archives - Living with Scleroderma https://livingwithscleroderma.com/tag/echocardiogram/ Reflections on the Messy Complexity of Chronicity Mon, 18 Mar 2024 21:58:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 31053421 Soundscape https://livingwithscleroderma.com/soundscape/ https://livingwithscleroderma.com/soundscape/#respond Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:00:11 +0000 https://livingwithscleroderma.com/?p=9839

As I was lying on an exam bed Monday morning, during a routine echocardiogram, I was thinking about sounds. Not just the sounds as the tech pressed the ultrasound probe to my chest and took photos—beep—typed—clackety-clunk-clackety-clackety-clunk—and played audio of my heart beat—woah-wacka-woah-wacka-woah. That alone was quite the medley. I was also listening to the sounds […]

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]]> https://livingwithscleroderma.com/soundscape/feed/ 0 9839 Fantastic Voyage https://livingwithscleroderma.com/fantastic-voyage/ https://livingwithscleroderma.com/fantastic-voyage/#respond Tue, 04 Dec 2012 13:00:05 +0000 http://www.livingwithscleroderma.com/?p=1120 In 1966, when movies still cost 50 cents and popcorn a quarter, I went with a friend to the Peekskill Paramount movie theatre on a Saturday afternoon to huddle in the crowded balcony with a bunch of other giggly, wise-cracking kids and watch Fantastic Voyage. In what has become a sci-fi classic, a team of […]

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