ive had a wonderful month. about 2 weeks back i get this pain in my arms and chest. i think nothing of it, as i just got back into the gym and figure i overworked myself. the soreness will go away. it doesnt. i get to the emergency room. i wait for 4 hours. they get me back in a room finally and then all hell breaks loose.
i hear whispers and not-so-whispers of 'heart attack'. i freak. i get wheeled into an observation room after some chest x-rays. i get an ekg.
turns out im relatively ok. i have a congenital heart defect treatable at the moment with pills. i had pain from a breakdown of muscle tissue that my body cant keep up with. they put me on iv fluids for 4 days. i get morphine for the pain. i learn that i have a sweet tooth for it. good thing i hate needles or else id be developing a slight drug habit.
so now im exhausted all the time. i need to get myself out of this rut that im in now, but ive still gotta take it easy. this is not as fun as when one just does nothing for sake of doing nothing. hopefully ill get cleared to actually live my life in the next couple weeks.
i hear whispers and not-so-whispers of 'heart attack'. i freak. i get wheeled into an observation room after some chest x-rays. i get an ekg.
turns out im relatively ok. i have a congenital heart defect treatable at the moment with pills. i had pain from a breakdown of muscle tissue that my body cant keep up with. they put me on iv fluids for 4 days. i get morphine for the pain. i learn that i have a sweet tooth for it. good thing i hate needles or else id be developing a slight drug habit.
so now im exhausted all the time. i need to get myself out of this rut that im in now, but ive still gotta take it easy. this is not as fun as when one just does nothing for sake of doing nothing. hopefully ill get cleared to actually live my life in the next couple weeks.
i had that feeling a couple of times, but i never got it checked it out. i think i have spent too long thinking that an 'if i ignore it, it will go away' attitude towards health.
i think you're allowed to sit around and do nothing if you're healing. you might be just having a pain-killer hangover. i know what that's like. just realize that you can't be crazy-active-guy if your chest is on the mend.