Pleurisy Schmeurisy
February 27, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Well... this week has been, let's just say tribulating! Monday I was in the ER with horrible chest pains, couldn't breathe literally felt like I was having a heart attack or dying. So after chest x-rays and cat scans and blood tests and hours in the ER... they came in and told me they thought I had a pulmonary embolism which is basically a blood clot in your lungs... that's when I looked at my boyfriend and said... oh shit! We waited for the cat scans results and the doc said they looked okay, but to still be warned and look out for any new symptoms. In the mean time, they diagnosed me with something called Pleurisy which is basically an infection in your lungs. It's definitely not life threatening, although it felt that way. I have to say it was the worst pain i've ever felt in my entire life and it made child birth pain look like cake. Every time I breathed it felt like a knife was stabbing into my chest then radiated out towards my left shoulder. They gave me vicodin, told me to go home and sleep it off, there was nothing they could do. After waiting at CVS for a fucking hour for my pain meds I came home only to realize I was allergic to the Vicodin. I will spare the gruesome details, but let's just say I couldn't keep anything down for days... So i was bed ridden and miserable... No Halo... no GOW... no XBL... fuck my life at that point! They have me some Percocet, which saved my life :D
Today is the first day I am able to cope with the pain and sit up normally. I am so thankful that i've made it this far, and I think there's hope for the future. In less than a month I am supposed to go to Utah to go snowboarding, so I am hoping I can heal by then. All in all, this experience has definitely changed my life... it made me realize to not take things for granted... so much shit had happened in the weeks prior to my diagnosis, I lost my job, had family issues, and I was hating life. I know i'm better than that, and i know that with a little faith things will look up. :D
