What a releif...

[AdamL]

Around 1:00 PM today, or yesterday actually, I started feeling a tightness in my chest and some shortness of breath. I got really worried about it, which only made it seem worse. Meanwhile, my dad who is 63 and has hgih blood pressure has been sick and feeling really bad. He has one of those machines at home for checking your blood pressure. SO, all afternoon theres me and my dad checking our blood pressure, and by stressing out about it so much both of our blood pressure continues to rise.
Around 6:00 PM my dad decided to go to the emergency room. I almost went with him, but decided I was alright. A little after 10:00 PM him and my mom got back. By 11:30 I thought I had a serious heart problem and my mom drove ME to the E.R. and we were there untill after 2:30 AM.
The verdict? I probably strained my chest wall at work, and then made it seem worse by thinking negatively and getting stressed out. It is now 3:30 AM, I feel great after getting a shot in the arm that hurt like hell, and I'm logged in here, having a brew to wind down from the E.R. which was like a circus. I'm a little out of shape for a 24 year old, but other than that I'm healthy as a horse.
My dad, he was low on electrolytes and also needs to eat better, but I could have told him that. I guess next time I think to myself "Easy on the salt dad!" I'll actually say it LOL.

So I'm in a great mood. It seems we're not on our deathbeds yet.
Oh, and God bless my mom for driving BOTH of us to the hospital and waiting for hours in a lobby that was full of crazy people, half of them drunk.

The only bad thing, still weighing heavily on the minds of my dad and I, is that a week ago we buried our dog, Willie, who was a part of the family for about 15 years
But it was his time to go. He had a great life, including being pampered and cared for with extra love for the last year or so.
Here is a funny picture of good ol' Wille.

Thanks for letting me vent

[Muckeye]

Good stuff Adam, get it off your chest
regards,

[scottishmoney]

Welcome back

Glad to hear all is well, sorry to hear about your four legged family member.  I think my pets are more family to me than most non immediate family.

[Humpybong]

Glad it was nothing to serious Adam.

Just goes to show, you should not ignore any warning, if in doubt see a doctor

[AdamL]

Thanks guys.

[Tobyle]

Glad both you and your Dad are ok - hope your Mum is still feeling cool, calm and collected!

Willie looks like he would have been a fantastic companion.

[Nevol]

Glad that you & your Dad are both OK. 

Sorry to hear about Willie.  Saw his photo a while back & remember thinking he was a lovable rogue. 

[CoinCrusader42]

I am happy things turned out well.

High blood pressure is nothing to fool around with.

I was recently seeing a doctor for another reason, but he took my BP.  I was more than a little shocked to find it was 106/192.  I don't like being in the doctor's office, or hospitals, and that probably accounted for a few points, but obviously my numbers were dangerously high.

I've been on BP medication since 1967, but a change was apparently needed.  So, changes were made.

Last time I checked my BP it was 110/75.  I probably dodged a bullet.

Several things in life are more important than coin collecting, and health is certainly one of them.

 

[ElleKitty]

I am very glad to know that you are alright.  Heart problems are nothing to take lightly, and I'm glad you had everything checked out.

And, I am so sorry to hear about your loss of Willie.  It's always hard to lose a family member, and the four legged variety are no different.  It's sad that they live so few years; but it's encouraging to know that they make so much of the time they do have.

[scottishmoney]

Last week at a semi-pro baseball game my wife walked into an electrical outlet sticking out of the ground in the bleachers.  She thought nothing of it, but an hour later after the game was over her leg started swelling, so that it looked like she had a hockey puck on her lower leg.  She never went to the hospital there, but waited until she got home, by then it was twice the size.  Apparently the blow caused a haematoma, a large swollen area of blood.  She went to the hospital twice, one a clinic, the other the main hospital and they verified she had not broken her leg.  Now she has a serious skin infection from it and is on antibiotics and crutches.  All for a dumb injury you would have never thought you would get from walking into something.

[AdamL]

Thank you SO much for the kind words everyone. It means alot. Scottishmoney, I really hope your wife makes a full recovery ASAP.