A Night In The ER

First of all, I want to thank everyone for the outpouring of love, prayers and best wishes, I am well blessed to have so many people who care about me, and so sorry to have worried you all so much. Last night was a very worrying one for me, and although technically I didn't get any answers, in many ways I did, and - if nothing else - validation that what I was going through was real.

Following on from Monday night's "horrible night", yesterday during the daytime, I kept getting the "beginnings" that normally come before a full blown session, but "it" never happened.

It waited until about 7.30pm and then hit me with guns blazing. The palpitations, clamminess, shakes and so I took my blood pressure so that I could make sure that it was ok, and it wasn't. BP was 187/107. At that point I told hubby I was going to the ER. I took 1/2 of one of my pills that my doctor has told me to do when it's that high, as strokes run in my family, so that's a big issue for me, avoiding one!

We were in the waiting room almost 5 hours, we'd got there just after 8pm, they checked me in, then had a nurse give me an EKG, that was normal (as was the one at the doctor a couple of months ago), and triaged me. Then just played the waiting game, along with everyone there at Hillcrest last night.

Just after 11.30pm they took me back, had me give a urine sample, took blood and hooked me up to the monitors. I blubbered like a baby as they put the line in, and she drew the blood. I am just so bad with having needles, and I can laugh at my silly self now, but it never gets any easier.

The monitor was all over the place. My BP went high, then low, then stupid stuff like the top number up in the 170s and the bottom one in the 60s. My heart rate varied between 48 and 58.

The doctor was concerned and they monitored me for over 3 hours, but he says he is glad I have the cardiac appointment for Friday to get a monitor fitted and then a week later to see the cardiologist, as he says, that testing will have a wider net to catch any issues, than a standard EKG does.

But that's where I am at right now with all this, just trying to relax and deal with whatever it is. The good thing from both EKGs I've had so far, is that my heart is healthy, so we just have to figure what's causing the issues.

Thank you all for caring. I am blessed with great family and friends .