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For all the treadmill tests I have done, they gave me complete control saying to stop the test anytime it got to be too much. I also took recovery food, drink, drugs (whatever helps you) and sat in the waiting room for an hour or so afterwards. Even with just a few minutes on the treadmill they can tell a lot as you will likely be hooked up to an EKG and have your BP monitored. My treadmill tests were worse in anticipation than in reality. Hope it goes well.
They may stop the test early if they find you've reached the top of your ability. They monitor heart rate and blood pressure throughout. I had a treadmill test decades ago and I recall the first thing they did when they stopped the treadmill was to put a chair under me and take my blood pressure. My cardiologist was there to monitor everything. I don't think I went the full ten minutes.
That's exactly what I was worried about aha. I laugh now but won't be tomorrow. If you can't even finish it how are we not finding out what's going on with CFS patients. So much technology I feel we should atleast be able to identify what's going on .
I never finished a treadmill test or went close to 10 minutes but my electrophysiologist (cardiologist who specializes in heart rhythms) said she always got plenty of information to work with.