My ER Visit

The Hethdor Podcast

Wednesday was a bit scary as I had to go to the ER. ⁣
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I had been feeling chest tightness Tuesday and I was sitting at work this morning when I began to feel it again. I became worried so I called a nurse who informed to go to the ER. She had asked me a bunch of questions all related to the heart but even though it didn’t appear to be classic symptom of a heart attached she told me to go in anyway. ⁣
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I was definitely worried and feeling very anxious on my way to the hospital as you might guess. The thought that something could be wrong with my heart was daunting enough, but also being stuck in LA traffic just to get there was making it worse.⁣
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They got me in to see a doctor quickly, did a EKG, took two chest X-rays and ran some blood tests. Thankfully everything looked fine and the doctor wanted me to monitor my diet and if I started to feel the same thing while exercising to come back immediately. ⁣
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I’m just super grateful that it wasn’t the worst and everything came back okay. I felt embarrassed that it could have been diet related and something I ate, but the other part of me has solace in the fact that there’s nothing wrong. It would have been a lot worse if I hadn’t gone and something was legitimately wrong with me heart.⁣
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All in all, today was eye opening and gave me a lot of perspective on my life.