Originally Posted by bluesfan

Hi MelodyL
Good to see you back - hadn't seen you around for a while but know you have your hands full to overflowing and figured you were just busy.

I had never heard of PAD so I looked it up. The test you had seems to be a general indicator for artery health (as opposed to a more specific diagnostic test). I'm guessing they want you to come in for further testing to pin point if anything is actually wrong.

Here's a link to the NIH site about the PAD test.
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/heal.../pad/diagnosis

Hope you find the information reassuring until you can get to your appt. and get the full picture. Try and keep in mind that it is an indicator test (also used for monitoring), and if there was anything seriously urgent the doctor would have insisted on you having an earlier appt.

Hope things go smoothly for Alan's op on the 25th. Please keep us posted on how you're doing. All the best.