Utter disaster...

Post Reply New Topic

So... continuing from my other thread http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt67406.html

It happened again last night. This time it hasn't gone away completely.
I spent the night in the hospital, got tested and poked... and no final verdict.

I was in a lot of pain for about 4 hours straight. After that it's subsided to the point where I'm only in pain if I move my torso or breath deeply. I blood worked, EKG again, chest X-rayed... and looking at a CAT scan coming now.

It was again, thought to be a heartburn and they gave me something to numb my digestive system, a GI Drink or something. But that didn't do it.
It's looking right now to be possible sprained chest muscles, but the doctors aren't sure about it. I'm going to getting some Vicodin for the pain and won't be working for the next few days until I have a follow up with my GP.

My parents took me to the emergency room around midnight.
I panicked and told the girl I'm seeing at work that I love her through IM. I didn't know what was going to happen to me.

I tried calling her to let her know that I'm okay and wouldn't be able to make the dinner tonight... but it sounds as if her phone is turned off. I IMed her it...
I think I may have f****d up.

So... yeah, I feel pretty much f****d right now. I'm still in pain from this and don't know when it'll end. Can't really sleep cause it's damn hard to get comfortable enough to sleep.

I have no idea what to suggest and am sorry I can't help, but I hope you feel better soon.

Small update.
Still feeling much the same, slept some. My friend visited me for a bit which was nice.
I've been in contact with my girl through IM so she knows what's going on. I'm going to talk to her more tonight.

I hope you feel better *hugs*
I wish I could make you feel better...

This reminds me of the chest pain I had three years ago. I had a pain in my chest, a pain that ran down my arm, I was short of breath, a little sick on my stomach, and it felt like someone was standing on my chest. All the symptoms of a heart attack. I went to the ER that night but about the time I got there, it all stopped suddenly. They found nothing wrong with me and couldn't figure out what had happened to me. I found out later it was probably a panic attack.

I hope you get well soon.

Hey Zara

Hope you're doing okay. I'm no medical authority, but I hope it's nothing too serious.

Sounds like you ain't scared that female friend off yet. Glad to hear that.

Thats what happened to me although I have no idea how I managed to sprain them. They said I also has bruised my ribcage which didn't make much sense since there were no visible bruises that I could see.
In anycase, I hope the doctors figure out whats wrong with you, if anything. I hope you feel better soon.

Well I'm doing better today. The pain still hasn't left me entirely yet so I guess the recovery is going slow but I'm hanging in there. Haven't been doing much cept for snoozing and playing videogames.

Brittany2907 - That's the best theory right now. I did start exercising during the week with some jogging, sit-ups and push-ups, stretches, basic stuff really. Only strenuous thing I did was the jogging which was on Tuesday. I didn't get this after that though until Wednesday night.

CanyonWind - Nope, I guess I haven't scared her off yet. Guess I should try harder. I did talk to her some last night about what happened. She says we'll just have to try again for the dinner another time. Didn't get to say anything about that "love her" part though... My friend says it would be better to forget about that right now.

Thanks for the support everyone.

There's some talk I may have to get a CAT scan done on my chest.

Just for the heck, I can recount the night now.
Let's see, the "pain attack" started suddenly a bit past midnight while I going to sleep. It was a cluster of sharp pains in my upper left chest and more sharp pains in my lower right abdomen. Made my way to my parents room. Waited a bit, but after realizing that it wasn't going away like before we called my GP who told me to go the ER.
So away we went. I'm struggling to get anywhere at this point while holding myself together as if I might fall apart at any moment. They drive me to the hospital. Along the way I panic and wonder if I'm going to pass out or die or something so I text my girl letting her know I lover her.
Get to the ER around 1, my parent help me inside. It's just like walking into a doctor's clinic though. Got to fill some papers and wait...
I think we only waited about 10 minutes or so... but when you're in this much pain that feels like a really long time. At this point I'm having a hard time breathing from the pain and can only take shallow breaths. I'm trying to find any small detail to keep my mind occupied.
I get called back after a while and go to a small room where they ask me a few things and put stuff into a computer. After a few minutes more they do an EKG on me. Wait a bit more and they have to take me to go get blood taken and X-rays.
At this point they gave me a wheelchair since I can't keep struggling to walk around.
So first thing I got to was the blood work which was... probably the hardest point of the night. My pain is really high... The lady can't find my vein in my right arm despite poking me with the needle. So she gives and goes to my left arm and draws blood... about 8 vials worth. God dammit I really felt I was going to pass out at that point. It's really taking all my mental energy to keep from collapsing.
Next I get taken to the X-ray room. I have to stand up with my arms above me and they want me to take a deep breath... the two things I'm having real hard time doing. But I got through it because it was very quick.
It was probably around 2am and they gave me a couple blankets and we waited in the reception area for... whatever I guess. I'm still in a lot of pain... I'm just focusing on breathing... keep breathing. Probably waited for an hour with only taking a bathroom break.
Then I get called back and they take me farther back into the hospital where I get my own cubby room. At this point I get to wear the infamous hospital gown which I can't figure out how to put on so I just wrap around myself like a robe. So I lay down carefully on the bed and wait... The pain at this point is shifting around... sometimes it's only in my abdomen, other times it's radiating throughout my upper chest but it goes back and forth.
A nurse comes by, checks up on me, tells me a doctor is on the way. And we wait...
It's probably around 3:30 am now and my pain is finally starting to subside some. I can relax a bit as long as I don't move or take a deep breath.
Eventually the doctor fellow shows up and asks me lots of questions, checks me out with the... thingy(forgot what it's called) and poked into my abdomen to find any tender spots. It only hurt square in the chest right below my sternum bone. So he told me that my tests appeared normal, nothing unusual came up on the x-ray. He thinks it might be a gastrointestinal issue so he going to give me a GI cocktail.
So a bit later the nurse comes back and gives the me the cocktail. I guess it's like a mixture of mylanta and novocaine to numb out my digestive system. So I drink that and wait...
Well the stuff didn't change anything except numb my mouth so when the doctor came back later he checked me again and we talked some. It's at this point we start to think it could be injured chest muscles. I wondered if my diaphragm was sprained but we discounted that idea. Appendicitis was also ruled out since I wasn't tender in the abdomen. About now I feeling generally better so he gave some prescriptions for ant-acids and Vicodin. If I was to suffer another attack I would have to come back so they can compare it to the last time and hopefully find a more conclusive answer.
So I get to leave the hospital at around 5:30am. I can manage to walk now, carefully. We get back home at 6am. Called work to let them I wasn't going in today.
Tried to sleep, but couldn't really. Ate something and waited til around 9 and tried calling my girl to let know what was going on.

So after getting the Vicodin I just slept off and on throughout the day. Called my friend about what happened and he visited for a bit. Talked to my girl a bit later in the day about it.
I did break down by nightfall once I could be myself for a bit. I was holding it back all day and justed to release...

But I can't say I'm not worried anymore. I still got to go to work tomorrow. I think at this rate I'll be okay going to work. However... I think there's still a good chance this could happen again. If my exercise trigger this... then what am I supposed to do? I didn't even do much. Not exercise? Avoid any strenuous work? I still don't understand why it happens just all of sudden out of nowhere. It went away completely after a minute on Wednesday night but I'm still feeling the pain of this one nearly 40 hours later.
I've kind of wondered if this might be something like Fibromyalgia or some kind of nerve inflammation.
Fact is, still don't know what really triggered it so that means it could happen again. s**t, if it's any worse the next time I don't know what I'm going to do. I was pretty much at my limit this time.