Monday, January 13

[gottawonder]

Today I am grateful for:

I didn't post yesterday because I was too tired.

My day was pretty normal, doing chores and so on, and going to see River.

When I rode River, I was getting this FEELING in my chest (I won't worry you, it's reflux), but I didn't know what it was.

When I got home from the barn, I asked my Sweetie to take me to emergency, because this feeling was so unsettling and I was worried.

We spent most of the night in Emergency, and finally we got to see a doctor who did a whole bunch of tests to rule out heart issues, saying that everything with my heart/lungs/bloodwork looked great.

He felt at this time, that it is reflux, and prescribed me a medication that will probably help, and we'll go from there.

Still, the whole thing is unsettling.

So today was all messed up because my poor Sweetie still went to work after more or less no sleep. I didn't end up sleeping much just from being unsettled, so I got up.

I needed to get to town to pick up this prescription, and go to pottery, and get groceries, so I just got after it.

I was worried about having more reflux if I ate before taking the first pill, so I did eat in town before pottery.

Pottery was a bit surreal, since I'm still processing everything and feeling kind of short of sleep, but it was nice to see people.

I didn't have great focus in throwing, but I did make one vase.

Then I got groceries, and as always I am grateful to be able to do so. Today's ended up being a bigger trip, because the last couple of times were smaller trips my husband made, and it was time to catch up on all the things we were out of, or getting low on, that just don't show up on his radar.

I got home in decent time, and my Sweetie stayed up long enough to put everything away, then he went to bed.

All day today felt weird, because of getting up early, having to feed animals differently because of that, and wondering how this recent issue will end up affecting my life, or it it can be managed without too much issue.

Comments

[ratunderpaper]

How lucky and reassuring that your health issues are minor. There's nothing like spending a night in ER - though chest pain or shortness of breath are usually seen to quite quickly.

[gottawonder]

They must have ruled out anything serious as soon as I was triaged, since we sat there for about six hours before seeing a doctor.

For "only" being reflux, I was in a lot of discomfort and not knowing what it was made things worse.

It was very hard to describe, but there was no radiating pain or nausea, just a feeling of pressure and "something's not right at all" in the middle of my chest.

I am reassured to know that things are fine with my heart, and that's worth something.

[spatzenpost]

Reflux can be so terribly painful and upsetting. I’m sorry you had to sit through a night at the ER. Will you be getting a checkup to make sure they didn’t overlook anything?

[gottawonder]

They were pretty clear that the heart was good, they did an EKG as well as a blood test looking for the enzymes that would show if the heart were damaged and there were NONE of them in my blood. The lungs sounded clear.

A follow up of some kind is likely in order, probably with my family doctor, not the ER doctor.