I went into the ER last year for the very same worries, Strix. I was already out and about and I drove very carefully. They were very respectful about my worries. As time passed in there and no one was bustling around prepping me for things, I figured it was some sort of panic and calmed down. I decided to actually get some anti-anxiety drugs, and life is much better. It's hard to feel both brave and foolish, for biting the bullet and confronting it head on and for feeling like you've wasted a lot of effort and resources.
Everyone's getting spanked but me.
Willow ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Feb 22, 2018 7:16:52 am PST #22424 of 30002
brillig
Jesse - Feb 22, 2018 7:21:39 am PST #22425 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh jeez, Strix! Glad you called and are OK.
Strix - Feb 22, 2018 7:31:30 am PST #22426 of 30002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I generally tough things out, but women's heart attacks are so weird and sneaky, and worrying about it just made the symptoms that correlate to women's heart attacks worse. I'm glad I called, even though I hate the "nervous woman overreacting" appearance.
I figure it balances out all the times I underreacted to gall bladder attacks and broken bones.
I feel much better...but I switched from finishing my single cup of joe per day to water, and ate some cereal.
Steph L. - Feb 22, 2018 7:36:48 am PST #22427 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Strix, I'm glad everything is okay! And it's not foolish to check when symptoms like that happen. I went to the ER 8 or 9 years ago when something similar happened. The attending physician happened to be a friend of mine from high school, so I didn't even need to explain my dad's history of heart attacks. He just said "Oh, yeah. You don't look like someone having an MI, but I want to run the tests to be sure." And he reassured me that I did the right thing by coming in.
You definitely did the right thing, too.
Laura - Feb 22, 2018 7:38:37 am PST #22428 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
It is good that you called, Strix. Grateful that they found you in good health, as I am sure the EMS folks were.
Gudanov - Feb 22, 2018 7:58:38 am PST #22429 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping
Glad it turned out okay, Strix!
Gudanov - Feb 22, 2018 7:59:08 am PST #22430 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping
Personally, I think I'd pretty much have to be dead before going to the ER. It's just too damn expensive with my current insurance.
Gudanov - Feb 22, 2018 8:06:46 am PST #22431 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping
I think I'm reaching that awkward spot in my job when there are times I want to ask a higher up how to handle a particular problem and there aren't any higher ups.
Atropa - Feb 22, 2018 8:10:17 am PST #22432 of 30002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Strix, I'm so glad you're okay AND you went and got things checked out.
Atropa - Feb 22, 2018 9:19:22 am PST #22433 of 30002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
ION, the more I learn about my company's data collection services to our customers, the more creeped out I am.