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As you all know, I’ve started walking to up my fitness level and loose weight. It’s been going really well, and I’ve learned a lot about my body. For instance I can’t walk in heat. It’s got to be below 72 degrees or I’ll feel yucky from walking in the sun. I also need to drink water and eat a proper meal before I go out and walk. Well, yesterday in ideal walking conditions right when I hit mile 1, I started to feel like a vertigo dizzy feeling. I slowed my pace waaaay down for the rest until I got home. Then I felt crappy the rest of the day. I made an appointment for the doctor so I could go get it checked out. (I go to that appointment today at 1:00.) Well right before Jeremy got home from work I started to get this pain on my breast bone. Not sharp, but almost like when you need to pop your ribs at the chiropractor. I got a little concerned when it would come and go for a while. We decided around 7:30 to go ahead to the Urgentcare/ER. Better safe than sorry.
We walked in and right when I told the desk clerk why we were there she called and got us in right away. No wait time. They hooked me up to the EKG($$$$) machine and everything was clear and normal. (Whew!) After what seemed a million hours I had to go for an ultrasound ($$$) of my gall bladder. Apparently it can mimic the type of pain I was having. This part was actually really hard for me, because I wanted an ultrasound, but not for this reason. I had imagined my first ultrasound seeing a baby…..not looking for gall stones. After that we went back to our room, which was a “sitting” room, meaning that I was in a chair that someone who would need something removed from an eye or ear would sit in. I later found out that it can recline, but I’ll get to that in a minute. Now it was time to give some blood for more tests. ($$$$) I also had to drink a concoction of Maalox and a numbing solution that would numb my esophagus and chest. Weirdest. Feeling. Ever! About 5 minutes after I drank this solution, I started to feel really nauseous and light headed. I started sweating and getting really hot. The whole room was spinning, and Jeremy said I turned pale white. I threw up into the trash can, and then all I heard was the air conditioner in my ears. All of a sudden about 5 people were in my room talking and planning. Two people came around the chair and laid down the back of the chair. Thank goodness they did, because I sure felt better! That was so scary! Apparently my heart rate went down to 20!!! But right after I laid down all of my vitals shot right back up to where they needed to be. (Again, whew!) One of the Doc’s said that I was sitting on the nerve that usually affects elderly people when you hear about them passing out on the toilet. Same thing here. They ran another EKG ($$$$) and again, all clear. And they hooked up an I.V. ($$$$) 2 bags to be exact!
After everyone cleared out, Jeremy leaned over me and said, “Um. Honey….I think you wet yourself”. Oh great! I pissed myself in the ER. Just what I needed! So I had to put on these paper pants and thread underwear.
Fun times. All of my other tests came back normal, so they are pretty sure the symptoms were from my gall bladder, which in turn did have stones in it. While we were waiting to be released, Jeremy was sweet and read aloud to me from the book he was reading on his iPad called Wild At Heart. Finally around 12:30 A.M. we were released. Today I have to call the surgeon to schedule a consult. I’ve never had any sort of surgery or anything where I’ve had to be put under anesthesia so I’m nervous! I’ll let you all know what the plan is. Until then, I’m taking it easy.
On the way home, I told Jeremy the whole “almost passing out incident” felt like this scene from A Knight’s Tale with all of the people standing above me.
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