So yesterday I had weird heart palpitations all day. Like every so often my heart would feel like it's seizing up and it would hurt a little bit, but not bad. It was also beating pretty fast for my activity level. I was kinda hot and pretty tired. I just chalked all that up to being busy and stressed. Well, I tell FI, who is on the other side of the country for work, and he is like why don't you just go to the doctor? So I went. I go to the walk-in clinic thinking it's not a big deal, they will tell me to stress less and give me some potassium. Instead, the doctor flat out tells me, "You could be having a heart attack. I am sending you to the E.R.". When she said that I obviously got freaked out and was just trying not to cry. The super helpful nurse was telling me I should not panic and I should just calm down. OKAY YEAH JUST LET ME IMMEDIATELY CALM DOWN AFTER YOU DROP THAT BOMB ON ME. They hooked me up to an EKG and everything, and didn't see one of the palpitations. Also, the nurse didn't know what my very common brand of birth-control was, so I did not really feel as though I was in competent hands. She actually asked me to spell it for her.
So I go to the E.R. They were very calming and kind, so my heart stopped going crazy. It was seriously the best it had been all day, and of course it couldn't act up while I was hooked up to the machine. I told them all that, though, and they want me to go to my PCP and a cardiologist for more testing. They want to catch my palpitations so they can make sure my heart is ok, but they said it's probably just stress. So I have to wear one of those halter things.
So I was fighting back tears the whole time, because I was all by myself. The nearest person was my mom, who lives a few hours away, and no way in hell do I want her to know I'm in the E.R. because I was and am totally okay. FI called and told them anyway, and thankfully convinced her to not freak out and just stay at her house and wait and see if I got out soon. I was only out for like 5-6 hours, so everything is good. Freaky though! I am 23 and have like a perfect track record. I've never had any serious health problems (I count my blessings), so this was pretty intense. That's why it took me all day to go to the doctor for heart attack symptoms. They didn't mention it to me, but on my information sheet I had high blood pressure as well.
My heart is beating kind of faster today, but I know that if it goes to a certain pace I need to go back to the E.R. Ahhhh