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So...my adventures as a patient are hopefully nearing the end.
As some of you know, I was having some heart issues. Fast heart rate and palpitations and etc.
The holter monitor I had showed I was having preventricular contractions. A fancy way of saying an extra heart beat. Its actually not that rare and usually not lifethreatening, but it at least explains the palps I feel every once in a while.
The stress test and Echocardiogram I had were negative. So, we were in WTF land about my fast heart rate....until this morning.
I woke up in EXCRUCIATING pain..having my kids was nothing on this. I dealt with it for a few hours, but finally called the doc. Got into see him and in all his knowledge of all the stuff i was telling him, finally came up with a diagnosis that makes sense.
I have Pleurisy! Yay! Its nothing to cheer about but at least its not my heart. A symptom of it is unprovoked fast heart beat, which was the first symptom I had. Basically the lining of my lungs are inflamed. Im on some heavy duty antibiotics and some prescription NSAIDS for the inflammation.
Im glad its figured out and hopefully I can start to recover and be pain free!
I had to call off of work tonight, but at least im home with my family.
As some of you know, I was having some heart issues. Fast heart rate and palpitations and etc.
The holter monitor I had showed I was having preventricular contractions. A fancy way of saying an extra heart beat. Its actually not that rare and usually not lifethreatening, but it at least explains the palps I feel every once in a while.
The stress test and Echocardiogram I had were negative. So, we were in WTF land about my fast heart rate....until this morning.
I woke up in EXCRUCIATING pain..having my kids was nothing on this. I dealt with it for a few hours, but finally called the doc. Got into see him and in all his knowledge of all the stuff i was telling him, finally came up with a diagnosis that makes sense.
I have Pleurisy! Yay! Its nothing to cheer about but at least its not my heart. A symptom of it is unprovoked fast heart beat, which was the first symptom I had. Basically the lining of my lungs are inflamed. Im on some heavy duty antibiotics and some prescription NSAIDS for the inflammation.
Im glad its figured out and hopefully I can start to recover and be pain free!
I had to call off of work tonight, but at least im home with my family.
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