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Went to the E.R. - severe chest pain. A nurse thought it was anxiety induced. Anyway, severe pain for about three hours, sharp pains. And so as I realized I was stressed today as I had nowhere to go and no one to be with on the holiday as my family all does their own things, I was probably stressed from that. To make a long story short, the lab and ECG and all that and chest X-ray was all normal. I am going back on Atkins this week, and will slowly get myself back into it in the next week. I will take micro nutrients that are low carb - in pill supplement form to get the proper nutrition that one needs to ward off illnesses, that one often lacks from not eating enough fruit and other antioxidant foods. Anyway, 4 1/2 hours there - an hour after a nurse told me my lab work was fine, still no doctor and no pain meds of any sort, maybe an extra dose of nitro might have helped??? I left without seeing the doctor as the nurse asked me if I wanted to leave without seeing an MD. I said yes, as I needed to get home to take some pain meds for my aching chest - to boil it down 1. There may have been no medical reason to admit me. 2. The doctor didn't want me to be responsible for discharging me either in my condition with chest pain, so just was biding his time for me to leave on my own, to cover himself in case after I was discharged and something happened. afterward. The complained they were busy. No. No patients in the hall, I've seen many in the hallways in the past with chest pain and was treated quickly. No one was waiting to get admitted out front. The health care in this country can really suck if you're not a person of means - I do have low-income insurance so am covered, but the doctor would rather not get paid than risk sending me home and possibly getting sued if something happened to me. Anyway, if I do move it will be to a city as health centers are better in those places. I took pain meds when I got home and feel better now, just tired. And so it is back to low-carb dieting to get my weight down and cholesterol back to a decent level. I have no other choice. Sometimes low carb is a necessity no matter how many MDs deny it. I'm not looking forward to the muscle cramping. I will buy foods to begin low-carbing in the upcoming days...
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feeling better - one of the nurses in the ER asked if any family would come in to be with me after I told them they were in the area. I realized I have no 'family' that cares - never have they ever gone to the ER if I was in there - chest pain or not. They'd rather go to bed. I am last on the list of people anyone in my family cares about. It sounds so negative but the truth is sometimes not what we 'think' it is, and on the 4th and tonight I saw things for the way they truly are...
05 Jul 11 by member: GlennM
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Glenn, why don't you reach out to them instead of waiting for them to reach out to you. Sometimes all it takes is a phone call to say, "Just wanted to call and let you know I was thinking of you and to say Hi". This is something that obviously bothers you to a great extent enough to cause such anxiety.
05 Jul 11 by member: HealthyBabs
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It's not that easy Babs - my mom I talk to, my twin sister complained a few weeks ago I called too much - like twice in one week -she is very busy with her daycare. My dad made it clear a year and a half ago he wanted me not to call and my younger sister changed her phone number 4 years ago so I wouldn't call. My cousin Cindy I call every few months. She understands - she is single as her husband died young at 55 suddenly at work about three years ago - it was December. She told me her family told her she pesters them too much as she is childless, but she has a car and many friends. She lives in Becket up in the Berkshires way up there -her own house. (You know New England so that is why I mentioned it). In the past I had more friends - four moved away in the past five years out of state. Also, in the past I was more mentally unstable so could have cared less about having nowhere to go. I do have two good friends now - Luanne and Bruce but they have many other friends to do things with and Bruce has a girlfriend too. That is what is going on...
05 Jul 11 by member: GlennM
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Hi Glenn - sorry to hear you spent so much time in the ER! It is hard to find community at our age - hang in there and improve your health since that can only help you improve your life in other ways too.
05 Jul 11 by member: abbadabba
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Hi Glenn, so sorry you had to go through all that by yourself...It had
to be scary having chest pains..But at least they found out what it was. Yeah you need to take care of you..When you get published you will
have all kinds of family wanting to be with you.. Thats when you need to tell them to kiss your grits..Hahhaha.. Take buddy.....Bren
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Hi abba - there is community - but I don't belong to any groups really. The funny thing is yesterday was July 4 but there are more foreign and gay flags hanging from balconies in my place than there are American flags. Bren - you got it exactly. I'm moving away but will keep close contact with Bruce and Luanne, but no one else here. There are some nutty people in my family who think murderers should all basically be sent free too; another reason not to have anything to do with my family that is more insane than I ever was...
05 Jul 11 by member: GlennM
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Hi all - started Atkins again today. It has to be permanent due to health, especially sky-high cholesterol. Next week I will go on-line and order antioxidant products that contain fruit extract as I will not be getting enough in my diet. Peanuts and mushrooms are very high in antioxidants so will become regular staples in my diet as will onions, greens, etc. Wish me luck! I figured out how to dump spam instantly so it never appears on my email and will never show up! YAY!
05 Jul 11 by member: GlennM
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