67. Have my heart health assessed

This post makes me nervous, because regardless of the fact I have an entire blog where I write about myself, I'm actually a pretty private person.  But let me expose a little bit of my heart (pun intended)...

The June before last (2011) I was having constant heart pain, low fever, difficulty taking deep breaths, and pain in my left arm.  I remember telling the teacher across the hall that if I collapse, they should tell the paramedics my symptoms, haha!  I didn't think I was having a heart attack but I read all the time about how women ignore the signs.  So I went in to the urgent care clinic, explained what was going on, and they checked me out.  They referred me to a cardiologist who checked me out even more, and I've been visiting them ever since.

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Turns out, it was stress.  My blood pressure was crazy high.  The fever was left over from a cold that I caught because stress lowered my immune system.  The pain in my left arm was due to a massive knot in my shoulder...also caused by stress.  I was promptly scolded by all the doctors that I was too young to be having these types of symptoms, and for the the third (and then fourth) time a health professional told me I should quit my job.

I've been trying to do better ever since but this is my main demon in my life.  I have been a "worry wart" ever since I was a little girl, but that somewhat-cute descriptor morphed into something not-so-cute at all.  I'm not planning on quitting my job so I have to find a way to not let the stress get to me.  So much easier said than done.

By chARiTyelise

That little goal #99 is a lot more loaded than it appears just hiding amongst the list.  This is going to be my resolution for the next year and I'm going to keep trying to get things in check.