Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Health scare

After I had Jeff I went back to the military health care system. When I was put back in they gave me a new doctor, whom drives me crazy by the way. The crazy doctor decided that my thyroid dosage was too high and dropped me to a dose way too low for me. He also had me get an echo of my heart, since being on a large dosage of thyroid can cause your heart muscles to thicken. Well back in November I went and had my Echo. It went wonderfully, or so I thought. In December I missed a phone call and it was the cardiology department calling to schedule an echo for me. I didn't call back since I had already had my echo. Then in the first few days in January I got a phone call from cardiology asking me to come in for an echo again. I politely told the woman on the phone that I had already had an echo and that she was confused. She apologized and hung up. Not even two minutes later she called me back explaining that the doctor had seen an anomaly while reviewing my previous echo and needed me to come back to do a special test called a pin hole/bubble test. It's to check to see if I have a hole in my heart! I think my heart stopped when she told me this. My mind began racing, how could I have a hole in my heart! Didn't sister Bowman die from a hole in her heart? What will I need to do to fix it? I sat there stunned and made the closest appointment I could January 31st. After I got off the phone i realized I forgot to ask if I could continue to exercise or if I needed to make any changes until I had the test. I called back and left a message, but never heard back from them, so I continued to exercise like nothing was wrong. It was hard the first few days since it was just looming in the back of my mind, but at the same time I knew that it was most likely a cautionary check. I very used to the military doctors not getting everything correct the first time around. This morning I went in and had the bubble test done. I am happy to report that none of the bubbles crossed over into the right chamber and I do not have a hole in my heart. I am hoping that my health scares are done for awhile. I have had enough in the last few months to last me a life time. I am though training for my first 5k. It is February 25th! I am running at least three days a week. I am running 3.2 miles in 45 minutes. I would really like to run it in 30! Wish me luck iny next journey!

2 comments:

WineLover said...

I'm glad that all looks good w/the heart! very scary!! keep up the running!!!

Anonymous said...

You're amazing! Way to run girl!