Reply #56: Hey, y'all! I'm fine. [View All]

Thanks, M, for this thread. :hug:

Thanks to everyone for all your good wishes, prayers, and vibes!

I have never had a blood pressure problem, but Sunday and Monday I had a screamin' headache, outrageously high BP, and tightness in my chest. Called my doc, who was out, so her nurse sent me to the ER.

Well, they admitted me. I was demeroled, poked, prodded, splayed, stickered, wired, injected, inspected, bled, bruised, EKG'd, CAT'd, stress-tested and rested...and worst of all, I was put on a cardiac diet while in the hospital. Which means they dump crap out of a can, don't season it, and make you eat it. Thank god MMjr. stayed with me last night, so he could sneak down to the basement vending machines and score me a bag of chips.

After all the tests and stuff, they determined I didn't have a heart attack--which, duh! I knew. But because of the blood pressure spike and headaches, they've given me a beta blocker (hope I don't have to take that for long. Ugg.) and a pill for headaches. They think the chest tightness might be due to my MV prolapse...no biggie.

So, in a nutshell...I went to the ER because my doctor's nurse sent me there, never expecting anything more than to have my BP checked, and I ended up admitted--which I never expected.

Now I'm gonna lay on the couch with my mutts, and maybe get up and eat a salt sandwich.

THANKS again for your concern. :hug: :loveya: