2nd verse, slightly different than the first.....
So. Hospital stays are not any more fun the second time around.
I was just starting to get ready for work when I felt like I was getting a little heartburn. By the time I got from the living room to the kitchen where I keep the Maalox, it was a lot more than heartburn. My chest felt like it was being crushed, it was hard to breathe and I started to sweat profusely.... and moments later, I got nauseous and eventually vomited. All I could think was that, holy shit, I was having a heart attack!
Got to the hospital ER thanks to my brother in law... yeah, I was stupid and didn't call 911. I'm not used to having medical issues that require actual emergency care to that extent so it didn't occur to me. I think living with a nurse for a mother spoiled me on that. Any way, I was seen immediately since they don't tend to mess around when you mention heart problems. And as is usual for me and my stupid body, the attack started clearing up once I got settled in to wait for the doctor. While I waited, I was given some aspirin and nitro which cleared up the last lingering bit of chest pain.
So far, all of the tests have come up negative for heart attack. I'm waiting for the X number of hours later bloodwork to see if I have any enzymes that indicate it was a heart attack. My aunt suggested to my mom that it might be my gall bladder instead. Apparently both her and my mom experienced similar symptoms to mine when they had problems with their gall bladders. When it was suggested to the doctor when he finally showed up, he kinda got snooty about it, saying they'd test all possibilities. So we shall see.
Tomorrow I get a cardiac stress test, and if that goes well, then they can kick me out of here. If it doesn't go well, I get a cardiac catheterization which my dad says, from experience, is not fun. Reading about it on wikipeadia... it doesn't sound like a lot of fun. I'm really kind of hoping its the gall bladder since I don't really need that to live, it'll just make eating fatty foods a bit more exciting.
You know, I wanted a break from work... as it seems like all i do is work lately, but this is not how I wanted it. The plan was to have time to finish the second raised garden bed, clean the house, tinker with the sewing machine and maybe finally start on a Stargate stained glass quilt top I've had kicking around in my gate-addled brain, cook some decent meals, finally tackle some mcshep comics that I've sketched out.........
*sigh*
Ah well. The stress test will likely come early in the morning since it's a fasting kind of thing... so off to sleep as best as I can in a tiny hospital bed.
5/25/12 11:45am Just got the word that I'm getting discharged. All my tests have come back negative for heart attack, gall bladder or any other thing that would cause what I experienced. So, my body went terrifyingly wacko for no apparent reason. The docs think it's a combo of stress and dehydration on top of my tachycardia, but I think I'm going to push the gall bladder thing since my aunt didn't show any indication of a problem in her blood work either.