Well, That was Interesting

[komatos]

On 8/13/08, Niall Munnelly <aleph at aleph-null.net> wrote:
>
> I was on the beach, idly throwing a stick around for the
> dogs, when the dizziness hit.  There was a sudden pressure
> in my chest and my left arm went numb {but it also hurt, if
> that makes sense}.  I thought, "Well, this is a pretty good
> place for it," and waited for the inevitable to come, but it
> didn't.  I just felt like shit.  Shivering and sweating, I
> drove to my aunt's house.  She's a nurse, so she took my
> pulse and blood pressure, which were both really high, and
> she took me to the doctor.
>
> The doctor has this prosumer ECG thing {they don't say EKG
> here} with attendant software that spits out probable
> results.  I looked at the screen while he was away.
> Possible myocardial infarction.  Atrial fibrillation,
> something something ischemia.  Visions of cheeseburgers
> danced in my head.  When he returned, he took great pains to
> assure me that the program is very conservative, that is to
> say liberal in its diagnosis.  It's best to err on the side
> of caution when an overweight guy's talking chest pains.
>
> I spent the night and most of the following day sitting
> around between batteries of tests, including three or four
> more ECG readings.  Clean slate.  Blood tests indicate
> /slightly/ elevated cholesterol, but no damaged tissue in
> the heart.  ECGs show a perfectly happy, healthy heart,
> ticking transient after transient in better time than a 909
> ever did.  I even did that treadmill test and just about hit
> my target heart rate, but I'd been fasting and ran out of
> steam.  All this bog-trotting out here's done me some good -
> I'm healthier than I look.
>
> So, they sent me home, citing a plethora of probable causes
> - a strained muscle in the thorax.  Pleurisy.  Anxiety.  My
> chest and arm still feel like a great dane is sitting on
> them.
>
> --
> Yours,
> Niall.
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Kinda sounds to me like a stroke or minor heart attack.  I hope not, for
your sake.  FWIW, try to start an exercise regimen if you have the
time/money.  I don't have much free time, but my wife got me to sign up last
year on my birthday to our local Powerhouse gym (where she'd been going for
the last 5-7 years) and I can tell you within a few weeks I was feeling
stronger and healthier than before.  Unfortunately the annual membership fee
ran out on my birthday a couple weeks ago and I'm gonna have to wait until I
get paid in a week or so to have enough money to re-up for the next year.

A little cardio and weight training isn't such a bad hobby to have,
especially as you get older (37).  Keeps you fit, flexible, and hopefully
out of the doc's office.

--komatos
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