So i went to the er yesterday.

[Neostarwcc]

So yesterday I had some pretty bad chest pain on the way to get our errands done I wasn't sure what to do about the chest pain because it kept coming back I immediately called my mother who was a nurse and told her I was coming over and having her check me out and see I'd I needed to go to the hospital and she said "ok do you have a blood pressure cuff?" And I said "no mom I don't have one that will fit my arm." So she said "ok. Are you sweaty?" And my wife looked me over and said "not really" and mom said "ok describe the pain." And I said "it's like a squeezing pain and now my left arm hurts" and mom said "go to the emergency room don't come here keep me updated." So my wife drove me to the hospital luckily we weren't that far in town yet and got there within like 3 minutes.

When we got to the hospital they got me in immediately hooked me up to an ekg and the doctor asked me a whole bunch of questions, the ekg came back normal and the doctor asked me why I was on a blood thinner and I told her it my clot history and I told her about how a dentist had recently on Wednesday done dental surgery and held back my eliquis for a day with my doctors permission and she said "well that was risky you might have a clot we will check your blood and check for one." So they ran a blood test and long story short my dtimer test was 236 and normal is 230 so they attempt to put am iv in me for the CT scan to check for a clot and they can't get an iv in and they send for another doctor the other doctor comes in and asks me if I want to get the CT scan because if I do have a blood clot it's a very small one. Eventually as the doctor was talking to me they decided for me not to get the test because even if I had the small clot they would treat it with my eliquis anyway so they sent me home.

Anyway I tell you all of this because on my way back home from the hospital the chest pain came back and I was telling myself "okay so this is definitely a clot. But she just told me that if it's a clot the eliquis would treat it and to take it easy for a few days but if the chest pain gets worse to go back this is the same level of pain."

Anyway, I'm saying all of this because I want prayers. There's a chance that this clot could travel through my pfo to my brain I forgot to tell the er doctors about that yesterday. I don't want to go back to the er just to tell them that one detail so I'm not going back unless . Besides it's only a really small risk because I'm on my blood thinners again and have been since Wednesday night I'm just on edge and cautious. Plus I kind of wanted prayers that this clot would just naturally dissolve and pass through like the last three did. I'm a little scared and almost wish I had pushed for that CT scan last night but my wife had to go to bed for work and I trusted the doctor. I... cant believe that one detail had slipped my mind it was a very important detail to tell them... especially when 3 years ago aside from God's miraculous interference I would have needed open heart surgery because of that detail and it almost killed me.

 

[Richard T]

So yesterday I had some pretty bad chest pain on the way to get our errands done I wasn't sure what to do about the chest pain because it kept coming back I immediately called my mother who was a nurse and told her I was coming over and having her check me out and see I'd I needed to go to the hospital and she said "ok do you have a blood pressure cuff?" And I said "no mom I don't have one that will fit my arm." So she said "ok. Are you sweaty?" And my wife looked me over and said "not really" and mom said "ok describe the pain." And I said "it's like a squeezing pain and now my left arm hurts" and mom said "go to the emergency room don't come here keep me updated." So my wife drove me to the hospital luckily we weren't that far in town yet and got there within like 3 minutes.

When we got to the hospital they got me in immediately hooked me up to an ekg and the doctor asked me a whole bunch of questions, the ekg came back normal and the doctor asked me why I was on a blood thinner and I told her it my clot history and I told her about how a dentist had recently on Wednesday done dental surgery and held back my eliquis for a day with my doctors permission and she said "well that was risky you might have a clot we will check your blood and check for one." So they ran a blood test and long story short my dtimer test was 236 and normal is 230 so they attempt to put am iv in me for the CT scan to check for a clot and they can't get an iv in and they send for another doctor the other doctor comes in and asks me if I want to get the CT scan because if I do have a blood clot it's a very small one. Eventually as the doctor was talking to me they decided for me not to get the test because even if I had the small clot they would treat it with my eliquis anyway so they sent me home.

Anyway I tell you all of this because on my way back home from the hospital the chest pain came back and I was telling myself "okay so this is definitely a clot. But she just told me that if it's a clot the eliquis would treat it and to take it easy for a few days but if the chest pain gets worse to go back this is the same level of pain."

Anyway, I'm saying all of this because I want prayers. There's a chance that this clot could travel through my pfo to my brain I forgot to tell the er doctors about that yesterday. I don't want to go back to the er just to tell them that one detail so I'm not going back unless . Besides it's only a really small risk because I'm on my blood thinners again and have been since Wednesday night I'm just on edge and cautious. Plus I kind of wanted prayers that this clot would just naturally dissolve and pass through like the last three did. I'm a little scared and almost wish I had pushed for that CT scan last night but my wife had to go to bed for work and I trusted the doctor. I... cant believe that one detail had slipped my mind it was a very important detail to tell them... especially when 3 years ago aside from God's miraculous interference I would have needed open heart surgery because of that detail and it almost killed me.

Praying for you brother. That your doctors have wisdom, that the root cause of the chest pain is healed and that you can shake off any anxiety that tries to surface in your mind. That no abnormal or harfmul clot would ever for in your body. In Jesus name. God bless.

 

[linux.poet]

Gracious Heavenly Father and Lord Jesus,
Please guard Neostar's health from further harm.
In Christ's Name,
Amen

 

[Neostarwcc]

Just a small update. I went with my wife to finish the errands yesterday that we were going to do the other day (I just went into the car but that's all I was going to do the day I went to the er too) and I got chest pain again but it was very mild. In fact, you could barely notice it and my wife had to ask me if I was feeling any chest pain and I had to really focus on it to notice it so that tells me the clot is disolving just like the doctor figured it would. So yeah the clot must have been very small especially when my dtimer was just barely above normal.

Anyway, thanks for your prayers guys I think this clot is going to pass safely, I think I was worried for nothing.