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Title: food for Thought
Post by: smo on August 22, 2006, 15:59:00

Happily on holiday wiht the family the other day when i was struck with killer chest pains...the other half too me to A&E after an hour of complaining about them, and turnign a "little pale"!!

Many tests, (ECG's, bloods, arterial bloods, x-ray, poking, prodding etc later) i was released only to be called back in urgently by the doctor who had recieved further test results which were "not good"!!

To say i was terrified was an understatement - i'm 25 and they were concerned i have/had a pulmonary embolism (blood clot on lung) - more tests, visits from consultants and more doctors and discussion of keeping me in etc they decided to release me again (many hours later) on the promise that i come back if it comes back or i get any other symptoms.

It just makes you stop and think how precious life is when faced with somthing serious like that - i'm still on "alert" for the return of my chest pain to rush back off to a&e.

Happy days  :shock:

Title: food for Thought
Post by: muddysteve on August 22, 2006, 16:14:44

does make u think

hope your all better soon

Title: food for Thought
Post by: bezzabsa on August 22, 2006, 16:56:24

good luck - been there 2 years ago. after 13 weeks on the sick i was told all results were 'inconclusive'..so basically im up the creek without a paddle, as they dont know what to do  with an 'inconclusive' result!
must admit it makes you appreciate the little things a bit more..

Title: food for Thought
Post by: smo on August 22, 2006, 17:04:58

13 weeks  :shock:

Its a funny thing though, one minute they wanted to keep me in, pump me full of drugs and do a CT, the next i'm free to go as long as it doesnt get worse!!

Title: food for Thought
Post by: bezzabsa on August 22, 2006, 17:20:06

was kept in overnight on the cardio ward -then released the next day - pending test results, while i was in i had 2 ecg's, 1 chest xray ,about 3 pints of blood taken (dont ever let a Dr take blood - my arm looked like i had been on heroin for years!!!) i wasnt allowed to move by myself, if i wanted the loo (5 steps away) i had to be escorted..they also wanted someone to go in with me till i told them that if i collpased i wouldnt sue them!!!!
also had blood tests and the 'heart stress test' which is done on a running machine

Title: food for Thought
Post by: Terminus on August 22, 2006, 17:51:20

Hope you're better and get the all clear soon.

It does go to show that life's too short though 'never put off till tomorrow what you can do today' :shock:

I reckon I should go tell my bank manager that  :D

Title: food for Thought
Post by: Jim-Willy on August 22, 2006, 18:36:00

Very bad SMO, You looked fit as a lop.  It is scary im older than You :shock:

Title: food for Thought
Post by: Dirty Gertie on August 22, 2006, 18:41:27

I had a similar thing 16 years ago, when I was 22 weeks pregnant with the chimp-boy; they suspected pulmonary embolism then too!! -Aren't arterial bloods fun!! (NOT!!!) It turned out to be pleurisy; I had to have a radioisotope lung scan, I was terrified for the rest of the pregnancy that I would have a glowing, radioactive baby!! (Fortunately, he didn't glow!!)
Hope everything goes well for you!!

Title: food for Thought
Post by: smo on August 22, 2006, 19:34:23

Thanks for the support everyone, fingers crossed nothing else happens!!

Its scary how common things like this turn out to be, especially for women during pregnancy.

Title: food for Thought
Post by: muddyjlx on August 22, 2006, 20:00:14

Fingers crossed for you, hope it all works out ok.
 
i had a stroke 22 years ago when i was 25.
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3 days in hospital, lots of tests, bed baths the lot.
then they kicked me out with an inconclusive as well, been ok though so far