I was really motivated yesterday to get going with the cleaning out of closets, dressers, etc. I got started in my bedroom and made great progress in my closet. I removed clothing that’s been hanging there for years and hasn’t been worn for just as long. I also found some clothing I had completely forgotten about! So I made a huge stack of clothes to be donated and piled them up in the back bedroom. I planned to bag up everything on Sunday and haul it off to Goodwill on Monday. But, you know what they say about the best laid plans…

I decided to take a break Saturday night and play a little Animal Crossing. That’s when the pain started in my chest. It felt like someone had punched me as hard as possible in the middle of my chest about 3″ above my breasts. I didn’t know what was causing the pain so I decided to soak in a hot tub which usually helps with any pain related to my muscles. That didn’t help. I was a bit scared so took some aspirin ‘just in case.’ I laid around watching tv for a few hours and then went to bed with the pain still there. As I laid in bed in pain I decided I wasn’t ready to go just yet and needed to have someone check this out. I was scared of what this paint might be.

I called Patrick at 11:30 pm and he and Veronica came over and took me to the hospital. Thankfully it wasn’t crowded at Glendale Adventist so we got right in. After 2 EKG’s, some blood work and a chest x-ray, it was determined that I was NOT having a heart attack. Whew! They gave me an injection of morphine (which has totally wiped me out today), a couple of Rx’s for motrin and vicodin and told me to follow up with my GP. The diagnosis was a problem related to the lining of my chest. It can come from a viral infection and/or stress. I vote for stress. I’ll call my doctor tomorrow and see what he says.

Meanwhile, today has been a total loss. I’ve had no energy whatsoever and have spent a good portion of the day sleeping. The only meds I’ve taken have been Tylenol and my regular bp meds and tegretol. The pain is letting up so I’m hopeful some rest will do the trick without my having to load up my body with vicodin. I don’t like to take that stuff unless I really have to. Thankfully I don’t have to go to work tomorrow, but what a waste of a day off. At least the news was good all the way around. Maybe this will convince the people at work that I can’t continue at the crazy pace I’ve been working over the past year.