tn13
15-08-13, 23:29
Hi everyone,
So it's been a world of contrasts for me this week... I went away to the cottage last Thursday and enjoyed myself, only had to take Ativan once. My leg has not been hurting as much but my concern shifted to my breathing, which has been aggravated by allergies lately, and being scared I have a blood clot in my lung. I got home yesterday and felt pretty good for a few hours until I started thinking about things and realized my heart was racing. I could barely sleep last night because I could not get my heart rate down. My mum said she felt my pulse while I was asleep and it was a normal resting rate. I went to the doctor today and finally broke down and told him how bad I've really been feeling. He counted the racing heart (which at most is up around 120) to anxiety but finally sent me for an ultrasound of my leg to put my DVT fears to rest. they did it at 2:30 today and he said he'd let me know about the results as soon as he got them. I haven't heard from him yet so I assume that's good and if there was a clot they'd tell me ASAP. Of course now I'm worried that it all travelled to my lung and heart. I've noticed that now that I'm worried about my heart my breathing worries have gone away. I want to tell myself it's anxiety because I've been through this before (and my GP next to said my meds aren't working anymore but he's leaving that to my pdoc who I see on the 26th) but I'm scared this is the one time it won't be. I thought that once I knew I didn't have a blood clot I'd feel better but I don't... does anyone else have a racing heart that won't go away (or at least not while I'm thinking about it?)
So it's been a world of contrasts for me this week... I went away to the cottage last Thursday and enjoyed myself, only had to take Ativan once. My leg has not been hurting as much but my concern shifted to my breathing, which has been aggravated by allergies lately, and being scared I have a blood clot in my lung. I got home yesterday and felt pretty good for a few hours until I started thinking about things and realized my heart was racing. I could barely sleep last night because I could not get my heart rate down. My mum said she felt my pulse while I was asleep and it was a normal resting rate. I went to the doctor today and finally broke down and told him how bad I've really been feeling. He counted the racing heart (which at most is up around 120) to anxiety but finally sent me for an ultrasound of my leg to put my DVT fears to rest. they did it at 2:30 today and he said he'd let me know about the results as soon as he got them. I haven't heard from him yet so I assume that's good and if there was a clot they'd tell me ASAP. Of course now I'm worried that it all travelled to my lung and heart. I've noticed that now that I'm worried about my heart my breathing worries have gone away. I want to tell myself it's anxiety because I've been through this before (and my GP next to said my meds aren't working anymore but he's leaving that to my pdoc who I see on the 26th) but I'm scared this is the one time it won't be. I thought that once I knew I didn't have a blood clot I'd feel better but I don't... does anyone else have a racing heart that won't go away (or at least not while I'm thinking about it?)