About 8:00 last night, I started having severe chest pains. I mean, crazy painful. It made my arm and back hurt. So naturally, I started freaking out. I had Matthew go buy me Prilosec, in case it was a bad case of heart burn. But by about 10, it wasn't working and I was crying from the pain.
So we went to the ER. I was scared, but I wanted to be safe, rather than sorry. So we went and I ended up like this -
Not exactly the way I wanted to spend my Thursday night. They did an EKG and ruled out a heart attack or anything related to my heart. Then they took quite a bit of blood, and a urine sample. They also gave me this pink medicine that was disgusting. But it numbed my mouth, throat, and chest. I had to take that twice. It helped a bit, but not much. It basically just made me feel like I couldn't swallow.
A while later, they hooked me up to the IV and gave me some heavy medicine for my stomach. It helped stop the acid from being produced. It got my pain down, but didn't completely get rid of it. They told me that they thought I either have an ulcer or an eroded esophagus. So now I have to take Prilosec twice a day and also change my diet. Which I'm not looking forward to. I mean, most of the foods that help create acid reflux I absolutely love. For example, my tea.
We got home after one in the morning. Both Matthew & I were exhausted, so we passed right out. Our experience was actually pretty nice - the staff was quick & efficient and very nice. As sucky as it was to be there, they made it very easy. But I'm hoping I can stay out of the hospital for a while. This may be weird, but it was kind of cool, so I took a picture of this -
It looks like a heart! (& mine is perfect and still pumping)
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