SCARED OUTTA MY GORD?!?!?!?!!!?
So I have had a hell of a time the past couple of days.... The night before last I woke up in the middle of the night around 1:30 with this horrible pain in my shoulder. I thought I had slept wrong on it or something so I jumped up and walked around for a while and I was fine. It felt like I had popped my shoulder out of joint so I rolled my arm around trying to "pop" it back in, I never heard or felt a pop but the pain subsided. I laid back down to try to go back to sleep and the pain intensified by like 10 fold... I thought I was having a heart attack.
The pain stretched across my entire left upper quadrant all the way down my chest and my arm to my elbow. I got up again and I remembered that if you think you are having a heart attack that you should make yourself cough violently to prevent your heart from stopping and take some aspirin. So I start coughing and I was okay as long as I wasn't lying down. I didn't have any aspirin so I didn't take any. I got a heating pad still thinking that maybe this was just my shoulder shooting pain all down my chest and arm and put it on my shoulder and it made it worse!
I thought I was dying... really I did. I was alone and scared to death! My husband being the man he is was out playing poker and didn't answer his phone... of course what else should I expect from him at 2:00 in the morning!! So I was so traumatized that I got up and took a shower hoping that whatever was happening would subside, and if I needed to go to the hospital or wherever I was at least clean! Everything was okay finally and I went to lie back down at 4:00. I sat in my bed with a bunch of pillows behind me so I didn't lay flat (cause that is when I was hurting before).
Then yesterday morning I called my doctor's office and told the nurse what happened and to get my doctor to call me back to see if I needed to come in and see him. She told me that he was leaving at 1:00 so she would get him to call me. It wasn't 30 minutes later that he called me and told me, "You better bring your ass in here!" So I went and saw his PA. She was very thorough and nice (which definitely helps when you have a crazy person in your office.) She asked me a bunch of questions like if my jaw had been hurting, if I have been getting any unusual headaches, if I am under a lot of stress, if anything unusual has happened to me lately with an injury or anything. I told her that actually yes my jaw had been hurting, I have been getting some weird headaches and I wasn't under any more stress than usual, but it was probably on the higher end of a stress level. She poked around my neck and told me to go get an x-ray of my neck. She said that she thinks I have a herniated disk in my neck that is pinching a nerve and causing me to have pains and spasms in all of the areas that I had mentioned the night before. She also said that this disk would cause pains in my jaw and headaches. I asked her what that means.. she said that it could probably be taken care of with some Physical Therapy. So I asked her if I could just go to my spa and she said "NO", they could go and massage the wrong area and shift something and cause me to be paralyzed. So then I said so this isn't my heart? She said no my heart is fine but this needs to be taken care of immediately. She gave me a prescription for a muscle relaxer and a pain med. I asked her about the malabsorbtion issues with my WLS and she said to take a half of a muscle relaxer first and if it wasn't enough then to take the other half. She also said that I would probably experience this again. So I am glad she gave me something to take for it. Then she sent me on my way to get an x-ray. So now I am sitting here waiting to hear from them as to what I need to do....
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Laura,
I am so incredibly sorry to hear this. Knock that husband over the head...When your wife calls you at 2am... it is IMPORTANT! I am glad that you were able to see your MD though. Sounds like she knows what she is talking about. Wouldn't it be great if a nice massage would work out the pain... Mmmmm....Has your pain gotten any better? Keep us apprised as things progress...and let me know if you need anything!
Thinking about you today...
Candice
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Laura dear,
I am so sorry you are having problems! If this is stress related, I agree with Candice about your husband. Honey, don't let that man cause you your good health! God knows you have come this far and still have a road ahead of you.
Lord knows, it's none of my business. So forgive me in advance if I hurt your feelings... but if your husband is staying out all night long and not answering his cell phone, you don't need him! It's wrong, plain and simple.
That said, I want you to know that I am praying long and hard for you and your family today. God will reach down with His loving healing hands and make you well and comfort you. He can stop your husband's wild behavior. You only need to believe it and to expect it! Trust in the Lord. He will never let you down.
Please let us know how you are.
Love and big hugs,
Diane
Laura -
I'm so very sorry to hear of your scary night. I'm glad to hear that it's managable and isn't your heart.
Please take care of yourself and let us know if there is anything at all that we can do. I'm a stay-at-home mom and would be glad run any errands you might need.
All the best,
Barb
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I will be praying for you and hope all this will go away with the therapy..I had a sciatic nerve pinched in my hip and every now and again it feels like it wants to pop out of place.. do the physical therapy they recommend.. I wanted to see someone on my own and was told something like the doctor told you..
I truly hope you get better soon.. and will be praying for you..
Tell hubby to get in pocket!
Blessings
Laura, I have problems with my c-3 disk in my neck( I think that's what they called it) I went to physical therapy and they will tell you exercises that will be beneficial that you can do yourself. I've also learned that if you put one of those heat stick on pads on your shoulder/neck area, it really helps! Hope you get to feeling better soon!
Nancy
Hey Laura,
I'm thankful it wasn't your heart and you were able to get a fast diagnosis. Not knowing and thinking the worst is the worst!
Just for future reference. That coughing if you think you having a heart attack is in no way true. It's a myth.
And just a suggestion, if you ever get into trouble like this again and are alone. 9-1-1 !!!
I hope you feel better real soon and don't have to suffer anymore of that excrutiating pain.
Karen
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