I'm not feeling bad

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Hi everyone, it has been a litle while since I posted. The last two

times I did I talked about my concern when it came to taking my

children on vacation due to driving and the fact that I was having

palpitations. I would like to thank everyone who sent me notes and

gave me encouragement.

The vacation is over, but right before the vacation I did end up

driving to North Carolinia from land for my little sister's

weddings. Which I most say was beautiful, and my feet hurt from

having to wear 3 1/2 inch heals, I was the maid of honor. But I

digress, I ended up driving the 4.5 hours and I never want to do

that again. I started out fine just having little twinges, but by

the end I was in so much pain that I was popping pain pills. I had

pain shooting up my right leg and my arms and hands. I couldn't sit

comfortably to save my life and let's not mention my neck or the

headache. By the time I was done my hands were shaking and I could

not make them stop, it took for ever for my body to get " to normal. "

For the vacation, I was able to get a good friend to come with me

with her kids and she drove so that I could relax, though I stayed

exhausted the whole trip. I had some days of insomnia and the

tingling just followed me around. But all in all it felt good to be

able to give my kids the vacation they deserved and see the smile on

their faces.

As for the palpitations, I took everyone's advice and contacted my

doctor. When I went in they noticed that my heart beat was skipping

a beat and that it was irregular. They decided to do a stress test,

echo, and put me a on a monitor for 24 hours. After the monitor and

before anthing could happen I ended up in the emergency room with

chest pains and my blood pressure had shot up. (I do have high

blood pressure) During the wait, for tests to come back, they were

making sure I was not having a heart attack, I tried to doze.

Everytime I would go to sleep the monitor would go off. The nurse

stated that the machine thought that I was holding my breath, apnea,

I hoped that is spelled right. Anyway that finally let me go and I

finished all the tests, before I went on vacation. From what I have

heard so far my heart looks good, but they still have not allowed me

to exercise again. I hate that the most.

Honestly, this summer really has not been that bad, painwise, but I

also am not working. I am still in pain or numb but I feel like

without me working I am able to breathe a little bit in between

everything. I am a special educator and starting back to work in a

couple of weeks so I know that my reprieve is about over and plus I

am scheduled for TCI at the beginning of September. But because of

the break I do feel better able to handle things or I could be just

talking my hat and dreaming. Either way let me dream. (LOL)

Hope everyone is having a painfree day.

Nesey