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little_yew

PSA: Part Deux

Apr 09, 2009 17:59

Hospital internet: the wave of the future. Live from Room 808 at St. Joseph's Hospital, with my laptop thanks to E. Hoping to get out of here today or tomorrow! Wanting cupcakes.

The problem is my heart rate. Until yesterday when I was finally given beta-blockers, I'd lost control over my heart rate. At rest it was 120 beats per minute, and when I ( Read more... )

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reve119 April 10 2009, 18:02:36 UTC

I'd send you cupcakes if I could!

I hope everything gets figured out soon.

little_yew April 10 2009, 19:23:46 UTC

Aw, thanks. Me too.

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little_yew April 10 2009, 19:22:30 UTC

Ooh, do they have tomato or pea? Yes, plz. Abbie just came by and met my mom!

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little_yew April 10 2009, 19:31:15 UTC

Ooh, squash with sage.

rhapsodista April 10 2009, 18:56:04 UTC

YES!!! I will come over tonight ARMED WITH CUPCAKES. thanks for the idea. :-)

little_yew April 10 2009, 19:22:43 UTC

Awesome.

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little_yew April 12 2009, 17:32:48 UTC

Aw, thanks! I busted out yesterday, so yeah. So glad to be away from all that.

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little_yew April 12 2009, 17:34:27 UTC

Thanks. It IS bizarre. I was the youngest person in cardiac ICU, and my breathing therapist said, "What are you doing here? Having an adventure?"

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little_yew April 13 2009, 14:28:38 UTC

I keep waiting to see me on one of those medical mystery shows too ^^

They want desperately to believe it's psychiatric, because that excuses them from having to find a physical cause and because "anxiety" never killed anyone. Yet, I also happen to know that anxiety never put anyone in the cardiac ICU with falling oxygen saturation.

It's funny I have to psychoanalyze them, because they are so rarely forward with me. Deep down, they are nervous and scared, but they are afraid to tell me that.