I finally went to the doctor. The ER advised me to go about a month ago, but I just couldn't schedule an appointment until now. I've been feeling palpitations, chest pain, shortness of breath, and dizziness for over a month now. It's weird living with these symptoms on a daily basis. They just popped into my life. I've never even had a hint of these symptoms before now.
After the ER found nothing, I felt like an idiot, and that maybe I was imagining things-- after a month, day after day, I've realized some thing's not right.
I was worried that they wouldn't find anything today, so I was relieved that they picked up on something while performing the EKG.
The doctor thinks there's definitely something going on, but he doesn't feel it's major. Tomorrow I will have a bunch of lab work done, and then I'll go to the cardiologist as soon as the referral arrives in the mail.
If I were to make a guess, I would say it's Hypothyroidism. I know I'm not a doctor, but I have many symptoms of this disease, and I've suspected I may have it for quite some time now. I hope I'm right, because it's easily treated.
I am having a hard time accepting the fact that some thing's wrong with my heart, doesn't that sort of thing happen later in life?
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i have hypothyroidism. easy to regulate. do you think that's what the heart problems are related to? i don't have any heart symptoms with my hypothyroidism. interested to hear more.
I've read that if hypothyroidism goes undetected for too long, it can cause heart failure. I have an enlarged thyroid, which they found years ago. I had blood test performed when Madison was a baby, but they found nothing. I've had trouble loosing weight, my hair's thining, and my nails are brittle-- all of which make me wonder. My greatest fear is that it's a blood clot from my recent surgery.
wow. i didn't know that about hypothyroidism. crazy. your thyroid can change so quickly- especially during and after pregnancy. hypo-thyroidism runs in my family so i had my thyroid checked regularly for a couple years before anything irregular showed up (hypothyroidism finally showed up after nolan's birth). blood clots scare me, too. good luck!
Trina...I found you! It's Rozanne Bass. I blog also. My blog is www.ericandrozanne.blogspot.com. Sorry to hear about you not feeling well. I hope it will be easily treated.
Hey,Rozanne! I'm glad you found me and I'll make sure to add you to my blog roll. It's great to hear from you. I was just thinking about you and the sister we used to visit, the one who had bipolar. Do you know how she's doing?
I always thought ♥ issues were for "old" people to worry about too. Guess we were both wrong. Hope the cardio guy is good!
Thanks, Aimee! I hope the cardio guy is good as well. I have an appointment on Monday! Yay
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