I'm just curious and need some advice I guess.
The past couple of weeks seem to have been going pretty well. I've had more energy than ever before and I feel like I can do more. The lathargic feeling is all but gone.
The downside. I have been having more episodes of chest pain. On Tuesday night I had a bad bout of chest pain. I wasn't even doing anything I was sitting for lecture in class. It came on all of a sudden It hit so hard that my professor even noticed it. I told her I was ok and she sent me home to rest. I got half way down the hall and I got dizzy and short of breath. So I sat down, shortly thereafter class was over and she came out and saw me in the hall struggling with my pain. She got security and so 911 was called. As usual they took me to the hospital.
I thought that this would just be the standard chestpain incident but it got strange. Normally, my pain is just a really bad heavyness that is centered in my left shoulder area and migrates down my arm. This was the most intense pain I had ever felt. I was in tears from the pain and I panicked. I felt down right scared like I might die or something. It was a severe crushing pain like the hugest elephant stomped on my chest. After 4mg of morphine it went away. My heart rate was high 140 but was in a sinus rhythm.
So I guess my question is am I getting better or worse. Overall, I feel better but the attacks come more frequently now. What should I do! I am also still having the episodes of high heart rate at rest. There are times it jumps to like 130 without me even moving. I have a strong awareness of my heart beat and it doesn't feel right. Even a girl in my class for work noted my irregular heart beat.
Mary S.
The past couple of weeks seem to have been going pretty well. I've had more energy than ever before and I feel like I can do more. The lathargic feeling is all but gone.
The downside. I have been having more episodes of chest pain. On Tuesday night I had a bad bout of chest pain. I wasn't even doing anything I was sitting for lecture in class. It came on all of a sudden It hit so hard that my professor even noticed it. I told her I was ok and she sent me home to rest. I got half way down the hall and I got dizzy and short of breath. So I sat down, shortly thereafter class was over and she came out and saw me in the hall struggling with my pain. She got security and so 911 was called. As usual they took me to the hospital.
I thought that this would just be the standard chestpain incident but it got strange. Normally, my pain is just a really bad heavyness that is centered in my left shoulder area and migrates down my arm. This was the most intense pain I had ever felt. I was in tears from the pain and I panicked. I felt down right scared like I might die or something. It was a severe crushing pain like the hugest elephant stomped on my chest. After 4mg of morphine it went away. My heart rate was high 140 but was in a sinus rhythm.
So I guess my question is am I getting better or worse. Overall, I feel better but the attacks come more frequently now. What should I do! I am also still having the episodes of high heart rate at rest. There are times it jumps to like 130 without me even moving. I have a strong awareness of my heart beat and it doesn't feel right. Even a girl in my class for work noted my irregular heart beat.
Mary S.
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