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[cybermathwitch]

There's nothing like the ER the first thing in the morning. And I hope to all my gods that I'm never in a situation where I *need* to take nitrostat again.

See, I woke up this morning (ok, 4am) with some pain in my chest and my left arm. Which, yeah, I'm 25 and it was probably just gas and muscle stuff but when you have a panic attack because of the possibility of a heart attack and your chest tightens up and you start shaking and, oh yeah, your BP goes through the roof, you go to the ER anyway. They said that they didn't see anything cardiac, but that my BP was really, really high (low 200's over uppermid 100's). They did an EKG, drew blood, gave me nitrostat to get my bloodpressure down (which down it did go - it bottomed out, I may have passed out, though maybe I just felt awful enough I wanted to at that point? Actually I don't think that I passed out, I think I just couldn't move for a few minutes there. It was scary, but my mom was there.) Then they gave me fluids and did a chest xray. The lab work came back ok, so the MD (who I really liked - a rarity for me) said that best they could tell it was muscular and anxiety, but b/c of the bp that he wanted me to go to my doctor as soon as I could and have her do stress tests and so forth to check on everything, then he gave me something for the anxiety through my drip and sent me home.

The collision center is supposed to put the missing part in this morning so we can then take the car to Randal's for an oil change and to get the battery fixed. I hope. I'm not sure if I can drive this evening or if I'll have to wait til tomorrow.

I miss my Brian. :( Especially this morning, though it was good to have my mom there with me.

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[wintermoon3.livejournal.com]

*hugs, really really big hugs* I know first hand how it feels to be in the ER because it feels like you're having a heart attack. Very glad things seem to be going all right - take care of the blood pressure though - that's really high and scary.

[elflore.livejournal.com]

Oh geez... *Huge hugs* I love you, sis.

miagraine

[black-magdalene.livejournal.com]

Yucky! I hope you are now feeling better. Are you able to go to the doctor and get the prescribed stress tests? If you are, then you are going to, right? *nods in encouragement* If you need someone to drive you, let me know. I want you happy & healthy. Winter is the worst time for illness and depression, which amounts to pretty much the same thing.

[snazzyokapi.livejournal.com]

I just got some new numbers this morning that may help you out. try calling health options hotline at 1-888-486-9355. i don't know how much it'll help since you do have some shifty insurance, but they might be able to give you some ideas and options you might not've thought've.