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07-03-15, 19:11
Hi, a freaky thing happened to me Thursday night, before I fell asleep my left hand felt slightly swollen, I thought nothing of it and went to sleep, woke up at 4am and my left arm felt like it and my face!!!!
I looked at my hands in the light and the left looked slightly puffier than the right, my arm didn't look but definitely felt different than the right, and the left side of my face felt puffer as well.
Then with horror I looked at my feet: the left one was slightly puffer and redder!!,
I freaked out so much that I thought it was either a heart attack or a stroke, why else would the left side only be affected?
I ended up having a panic attack (first one in my life) because of this.
Luckily I managed the panic attack quite well, I sat down and breathed deeply and asked my husband for some water.
I didn't go back to sleep but still managed to get up, make the beds, prepare the kids for school etc... So my strength wasn't affected, but the entire left side still felt weird although the puffiness disappeared (I guess with not being as hot as when in bed).
It's almost like someone drew a line in the middle of my body and the right side feels normal and the left feels heavy and swollen. Also when I put my jeans on it felt like someone put an ice pack on my thigh and buttock.
I saw a doctor that morning who at first didn't appear to believe me but did some tests (checked my pupils, my reflexes, my strength, my face muscles, my oxygen intake, blood pressure, temperature, listened to my chest and even did an ECG) and everything was perfectly fine.
The feeling remained all day but I tried not to focus on it, and last night I fell asleep and AGAIN woke up with a slightly puffy left hand, left foot etc....
And the worse thing: I had massive chest pains around the area of my heart and again I thought "heart attack" but I'm still alive this morning.
While the chest pains were happening I also had massive bloating and wind and the pain stopped when I turned to lie on my right or left side.
I have no idea what this could be, but it's worrying me beyond belief, can anyone find it in their heart to give me their thoughts please? (Not worrying ones!)
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I don't know if this information adds to anything but when my left side feels really puffy (mainly at night or when I'm hot) my left nostril is fully blocked and my left ear can also hurt slightly, this sounds very surreal but it's true I assure you.
I asked the GP if it could be related to some sort of virus as on Tuesday night I felt really fluey with chills and stuff, headache and sneezing and she said possibly, but I don't know if she was saying that to reassure me.
---------- Post added at 19:11 ---------- Previous post was at 15:50 ----------
Anyone?
I looked at my hands in the light and the left looked slightly puffier than the right, my arm didn't look but definitely felt different than the right, and the left side of my face felt puffer as well.
Then with horror I looked at my feet: the left one was slightly puffer and redder!!,
I freaked out so much that I thought it was either a heart attack or a stroke, why else would the left side only be affected?
I ended up having a panic attack (first one in my life) because of this.
Luckily I managed the panic attack quite well, I sat down and breathed deeply and asked my husband for some water.
I didn't go back to sleep but still managed to get up, make the beds, prepare the kids for school etc... So my strength wasn't affected, but the entire left side still felt weird although the puffiness disappeared (I guess with not being as hot as when in bed).
It's almost like someone drew a line in the middle of my body and the right side feels normal and the left feels heavy and swollen. Also when I put my jeans on it felt like someone put an ice pack on my thigh and buttock.
I saw a doctor that morning who at first didn't appear to believe me but did some tests (checked my pupils, my reflexes, my strength, my face muscles, my oxygen intake, blood pressure, temperature, listened to my chest and even did an ECG) and everything was perfectly fine.
The feeling remained all day but I tried not to focus on it, and last night I fell asleep and AGAIN woke up with a slightly puffy left hand, left foot etc....
And the worse thing: I had massive chest pains around the area of my heart and again I thought "heart attack" but I'm still alive this morning.
While the chest pains were happening I also had massive bloating and wind and the pain stopped when I turned to lie on my right or left side.
I have no idea what this could be, but it's worrying me beyond belief, can anyone find it in their heart to give me their thoughts please? (Not worrying ones!)
---------- Post added at 15:50 ---------- Previous post was at 15:12 ----------
I don't know if this information adds to anything but when my left side feels really puffy (mainly at night or when I'm hot) my left nostril is fully blocked and my left ear can also hurt slightly, this sounds very surreal but it's true I assure you.
I asked the GP if it could be related to some sort of virus as on Tuesday night I felt really fluey with chills and stuff, headache and sneezing and she said possibly, but I don't know if she was saying that to reassure me.
---------- Post added at 19:11 ---------- Previous post was at 15:50 ----------
Anyone?