I am still reading fairly regularly, so no I have not forgotten about you guys. I'm bad at posting, sorry!
I do have a prayer request and would appreciate if you guys could all keep me in your prayers. Hopefully this doesn't bore you, so bare with me.
2 years ago I hit a deer, but was fine. A few months later I started getting headaches, or should I say 'a headache'. It would not go away. It was with me 24/7. It didn't matter if I took tension headache pills, advil slept, relaxed, whatever, it was there. Finally I went to a chiropractor and she said my xrays were consistent with whiplash. Bingo. Problem solved. Headache went away.
I had also been having heart palpitations to where I'd get lightheaded or feeling like I'm on air or something. I went to the doctor once my insurance kicked in and just had a full physical done. Everything came back good. They did do an EKG and had me wear a Holter monitor for 24 hrs. There were irregular and skipped heartbeats, so then they sent me to a cardiologist. I had to run for 10 min. on a treadmill and they took ultrasounds of my heart. I told them, while running, that I was feeling skipped beats and they monitored me. They say my heart is completely healthy, but I have high blood pressure. I'm in the 140's over 90's etc. when healthy is 120/80. So, they said my skipped beats are cause of my blood pressure, so my doctor put me on a 25 mg. dose of blood pressure meds. When I ran out I told my doctor that hadn't changed a thing. I notice my heart skips beats or flutters whenever it wants to. Doing dishes, showering, watching tv, walking, laughing. It doesn't matter what I'm doing. BUT, I do notice it does it moreso when I'm doing something that's making me be a bit sweaty, like work. I work at a dept. store doing planograms (when holidays change or new product comes in), and right now with Christmas I'm helping unload the truck and stock shelves. Anything that would get my heart pumping tends to make it skip beats. Walking up stairs, cleaning, bending over. Anything that seems to change the pressure. Lately I haven't been getting too lightheaded and I think it's cause I've learned to live with it, but I still tend to feel a little 'off'.
THEN, I started noticing I'd get this weird sensation that would flow through me, so to speak. I'd get real shaky internally and just feel all weird. Because I work overnight I thought maybe it's cause I'm not eating enough, what with sleeping all day. So, I tried eating more often and I'd still get the bad shakes (not external shaking) even after eating. I'd go out and about and feel lightheaded and almost flu-like or something. I would just feel out of it all the time. So, 6 mths. later I drug myself back to the doctor and had them redo all my blood tests. My Mom died from diabetes so it's a big thing for my family that I'm tested for that. Everything came back normal again. The doctor said if my symptoms keep up she wanted me to see a neurologist. I haven't had a chance to talk to her since. I've been feeling 'ok' lately. I haven't had that weird sensation for a few weeks now, but I still have the palpitations. My headache is back and it's caused me to take 2 nights off work cause I was so delirious with it. Sometimes I get lightheaded with it. I had intentions of going to see my doctor who only works Tuesdays and Thursdays, but by Tuesday I was feeling ok, with barely any headache. I've been seeing my Chiropractor and the headache is still there. I don't know what's going on. So, me being the worry wart I am, I looked up brain tumor symptoms and I don't have any of the symptoms, except the headache. I'm not slurring my speech, having difficulty walking, vomiting, vision problems, numbness. None of that. My doctor had tested me at my physical for brain tumors, short of a neurologist, and saw no cause for further testing. I was still having a headache then, before I saw a Chiropractor, so we didn't know it was because of whiplash.
So, with all that I say no I am not a hypochondriac, cause I do feel the head pain and I do feel heart palpitations. Whenever I do something like going up stairs I'm all out of breath and my heart is just racing.
I've read stories about people who's hearts skip beats and stuff and it causes their heart to just 'quit' and they drop dead. Or we all hear about these athletes or kids in amusement parks dropping dead from heart problems. Scary to think because my heart is 'fine' that I could be one of them? They say there's nothing wrong with my heart, although my doctor does see the skipped beats, so is it that they need to do more testing or are things really ok? When she is using a stethescope my beats are right where they should be every time.
Well, there you have it. I said this would be long, but this is all that's going on with me, so I figured if I gave you the whole scoop it'd help you know how to better pray for me. Thanks for being prayer warriors. I appreciate it.
