EKG question

I got an ekg for the first time today as part of a general physical exam.  the dr. looked at the results and told me that it was "basically normal".  I asked what that meant and he said that there was a bit of a left axis deviation that the computer picks up on but that it is not any kind of problem. he said it just means that my heart is not exactly in the center but that its the same as if my left foot was a size bigger than my right - just means i'm not perfect, but no an indiactor of a problem. i asked if it could cause any kind of problem in the future and he said no, that i was fine and shouldn't worry.  just wanted to know if anyone else has gotten this diagnosis here and whether my dr is right that there is no cause for concern.  the rest of my check up came up fine (good blood pressure, etc.)

Sounds EXCELLENT! There are often slight differences from person to person. It's good to have a baseline EKG. Make sure to keep a copy for your own file at home. Your Doc gave you a good analogy.
Take care!

Oona

Well...doc did another EKG yesterday at his office. He says that it's normal. But he still wants me to go do an exercise stress test. Don't know why exactly, since all these docs say my heart is fine. So now I am stressing over the stress test..lol.
To me, totally uneducated about EKGs, do not think it looks normal. I sat online for a couple hours last night, looking up stuff on EKG's and I still can't find any that look like mine. I know it's bad for my anxiety to do stuff like that, but since I woke up with the racing heart thing (after taking klonopin) I figured..why not??
Maybe someone here can explain the EKG thing to me. The very first space on the top... the left side..really had no "spikes" to it... jsut kindof a squiggly line thing going on. The rest of EKG looked fairly even and normal, except for normal sinus arrythmia, ( see... learned something from research)... but that first section really has none of that. Is the first one registering something like electrical activity and not the actual beat or something?? I am really thin, too... could that account for it?? All the doc would say was.. totally normal. I know I should content myself with that, but... I can't for some reason. Probably my lovely anxiety/panic disorder.
I'll quit whining now..lol
-Sarah