i awoke yesterday morning for my 6am walk with colleen like i always do.
drew was gone by the time i got back, but that happens sometimes.
i kissed cam and hubs goodbye as they drove off for school and work.
i walked keith to school. i drove devyn to her enrichment classes.
i ate breakfast while i watched castle. i let the carter and deacon watch tv and then i went to work in the new office. the entire office needed painting so i got started on the ceiling. about 10 minutes into it i started to feel a burning in my chest, like heartburn. the burning increased into pain and i'm thinking heart attack. i know it's not my heart now, and the pain is intensifying and i'm thinking anxiety attack. by now, i am having trouble breathing so i leave the office in case i pass out because if i do, i won't be found for a long time. so i'm pacing the house now, i can't breathe, and the pain is unheard of. i'm thinking i better call someone before i can't call anyone so i call hubs. he doesn't answer. i call my friend colleen. forget words, i can barely get out syllables at this point. she says she is on her way. hubs texts me to say he is in a meeting and i respond by saying, im n trbl. so he calls me back. after he hears me, he takes off from work and rushes home. on the way he calls another friend of mine because she can get to the house faster than him. colleen gets here first. i am panting heavily and can't speak. she asked me where it hurt. i told her the pain was coming from my abdominal area but spread out to my chest and back. she asked if i felt hot, like i wanted to take off all my clothes. huh?!!! i shake my head no. even though i was in a bad state, i still thought that was a funny question. but still, she said that she thought i was having a gallstone attack. to be honest, i think fear was driving that attack. i was panicking because i didn't know what was happening to me and panic was giving it fuel. after she told me what she thought it was, i was able to start relaxing and i was able to breathe regularly and the pain subsided. my other friend taina showed up by then and i was starting to feel better. it was over and i wanted to hug them and thank them for coming and then get back to painting. but they were not letting me off the hook. i had to call my doctor before they would leave. i called and he was able to see me right away. hubs was home by now and took me to see the doctor. he sent me to the hospital to get blood work done and then to an imaging place to have an ultrasound. after the ultrasound i knew something was not right because they would not let me leave. they called my doctor and then put me on the phone. a gallstone. colleen called it! i had a gallstone attack! and now i have to have my gallbladder removed.
what a day! it went nothing like i expected, that for sure!!!
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