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Because of circumstances mostly beyond my control (neighbor selling house to move to east coast to be closer to elderly parents) and from me no longer begging family in the U.S. for some form of communication (email, text message, even a FB message) I have become very isolated. I can't talk to Wing and Alan about it, because that leads to them hovering and giving me no peace.
Am I lonely? Crushingly so, but outwardly you can't tell. I put on the socially correct face and attitude. I've actually gotten really good at it.
No scarring, not signs of any growths or other abnormalities. But the I had one helluva surprise a few weeks later.
I started having chest pains. Just a little, then it got worse and worse. I ended up taking an ambulance ride to the hospital emergency.
After many blood tests, ECG tracings, some really painful poking seriously painful prodding, a sublingual Nitro-glycerine spray and a crashing headache afterward, and 7 hours later, with blood draws showing no troponin, the diagnosis was GERD,aka Gastro-esophageal reflux disease, and it mimics a heart attack perfectly.
I have new medication to take (generic Aussie version of Prilosec) One a day. And a bottle of Gaviscon, but they didn't have any Mylanta. At least the Gaviscon liquid is an 'as needed'.
On a funny note: While I was in the corridor, on the ambulance stretcher. I kept seeing a doctor come in, look around, and leave. She did this 4 times. Then she asked Dean, the ambulance attendant, where is "Mrs Chung?" He pointed at me. She had been looking for a woman of Asian descent. I chuckled, because it never gets old.
I'm going to be ok. But that is how 2023 ended, and one of the many reason I saw 2023 sucked big time.
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And I went to my counseling session dressed as Queen Victoria, the widow years. And yes, they let me go home. I kind of staggered off to bed, and I was so wrung out, I didn't hear the purr kids' morning antics, and slept through. Wing said I was deeply asleep.
Getting some light chores done, including clean sheets on the bed. I can't wait to be the first person in bed, to feel those lusciously sensuous sheets. Mmmmmm.
Tomorrow, I go to the hospital to have an endoscopic exam. It's more of an exploration to see why I have painful esophageal spasm (feels like a heart attack) that lasts for anywhere from 10 to 30 seconds. When it's over I get the hiccups. Dr H thinks it might be scarring, but have to be sur
I'm still getting so tired after doing the simplest of tasks. Even taking a shower and getting dressed makes me feel as if I am in need of a good nights' sleep, starting before noon. Nagging cough hasn't quite gone away.
In better news, Isis has settled right in. She makes the boy's lives a bit more.. umm active, they being the dignified 3 yr olds. She trills at them, rolls over, and tries to get them to interact. And when they ignore her overtures, she waits, and then elegantly drapes herself on their back as they walk by. She's a black cat, so she goes with all varieties of cats. :D
I found a great use for all the excess hand sanitizer. Get a small microfiber cloth, squirt some on it, make sure the cloth is damp with it.
If your computer is on, open notepad and close everything else. Maximize note pad, and start cleaning. It's easier if your computer is off, but with notepad on you can actually see which keys get used the most.
