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- Mar 16, 2005
- Location
- Archer Lodge
So I just spent 18 or so hours in Rex Hospital.
I've been having some pretty nasty pain in my arms, left side most noticable.
Any of you who actually know me know I am not a small fella.
I was fearful of a possible heart attack I went to the REX ER about 3pm Friday afternoon.
was taken right in, and treated as though I may be having an attack. hooked up to the monitors and vitals taken, nothing evident from this, blood drawn for more tests.
About 6pm I finally talked to a DR. No, I do not show signs of a heart issue, but that is only with preliminary testing, to know more requires anout 8hrs at minimum, and to be definitive a stress test to rule out any blockage in the arteries.
given this choice, I opted to run with it, I went with all of it.
I'm 40 yrs old, and given my current weight a candidate for " the big one" with out knowing the facts.
GIven the treatments of the last year (cancer/radiation) the odds start piling up against me.
2 more blood draws though the night, trying to sleep on and ER gurney is next to impossible, I was moved to a room at 1AM. 3am I get another blood sample drawn.
7am I'm on the tread mill doing a stress test.
NO evidence of heart attack, NO evidence of arterial blockage ( not saying it's not there, just not bad enough to detect or treat) and I pass the stress test. ( BTW, this test SUCKS even worse when wearing heavy demim pants and the socks they give you to walk around in, added to all the wiring an monitoring they have you wearing)
Diagnosis, my potassium level was below normal, and I was dehydrated causing me to cramp up.
I've never had my arms cramp before, but leg cramps I have had. THis I know was low potassium.
I drink large glass of OJ every AM most days, and eat a lot of spinach salads for dinner during the week usually. but given the meds I am on for thyroid treatment and hypertension, my potassium level has dropped to a low level.
I was finally released at 10:30 am this morning.
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/signs-and-symptoms-of-low-potassium.html
It's the simple things that can get ya !!!
given my size, my cholestorol levels are good, though I could always improve them
And I don't think I can drink enough water.
be safe out there !
I've been having some pretty nasty pain in my arms, left side most noticable.
Any of you who actually know me know I am not a small fella.
I was fearful of a possible heart attack I went to the REX ER about 3pm Friday afternoon.
was taken right in, and treated as though I may be having an attack. hooked up to the monitors and vitals taken, nothing evident from this, blood drawn for more tests.
About 6pm I finally talked to a DR. No, I do not show signs of a heart issue, but that is only with preliminary testing, to know more requires anout 8hrs at minimum, and to be definitive a stress test to rule out any blockage in the arteries.
given this choice, I opted to run with it, I went with all of it.
I'm 40 yrs old, and given my current weight a candidate for " the big one" with out knowing the facts.
GIven the treatments of the last year (cancer/radiation) the odds start piling up against me.
2 more blood draws though the night, trying to sleep on and ER gurney is next to impossible, I was moved to a room at 1AM. 3am I get another blood sample drawn.
7am I'm on the tread mill doing a stress test.
NO evidence of heart attack, NO evidence of arterial blockage ( not saying it's not there, just not bad enough to detect or treat) and I pass the stress test. ( BTW, this test SUCKS even worse when wearing heavy demim pants and the socks they give you to walk around in, added to all the wiring an monitoring they have you wearing)
Diagnosis, my potassium level was below normal, and I was dehydrated causing me to cramp up.
I've never had my arms cramp before, but leg cramps I have had. THis I know was low potassium.
I drink large glass of OJ every AM most days, and eat a lot of spinach salads for dinner during the week usually. but given the meds I am on for thyroid treatment and hypertension, my potassium level has dropped to a low level.
I was finally released at 10:30 am this morning.
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/signs-and-symptoms-of-low-potassium.html
It's the simple things that can get ya !!!
given my size, my cholestorol levels are good, though I could always improve them
And I don't think I can drink enough water.
be safe out there !
