Chest Pain

I went off to the emergency room yesterday afternoon.  I'd been feeling "off" in some undefinable way; a little disoriented and emotional; and then some pretty intense pain and tightness in the middle of my chest.  Tom was scheduled to be at the Reds game with His son (a birthday present), and so I waited until He was on His way, and then found T and told her that I needed to go get checked out.

Things happen in a whirl when you walk into an emergency room and say, "I'm having chest pain."  In no time at all I was hooked up to an EKG machine, they'd drawn the necessary blood, and then it was off to x-ray.  Based on everything they could find, there was no immediate issue, and they sent me home at about 6:30 PM.  A very long, tiring afternoon, and no answers at the end of it.  It was a relief to know that there seemed no sign of heart attack, but now I have to go have a stress test done, to eliminate the possibility that there might be a blockage.  So...  another challenge added to the already full plate I've got in this next couple of weeks.  :-P

I tend to go along figuring I'm pretty healthy.  This sort of thing reminds me that we are fragile, finite creatures.  Another present reminder to cherish the days.

swan