jothenurse
01-06-10, 22:44
Went back to work today - I will be part-time for two weeks and then back to full-time. I was pretty anxious, but I did get through it.
After work, I was actually hungry (I have lost 20 pounds through all of this), so ate a more than I usually do. I always can feel my pulse get a little fast after I eat (tachycardia has had me in the ER a few times with a very fast pulse up to 160) and I thought I was dealing better with that whole thing - distracting myself, reminding myself that all my EKG's were normal, just too fast because I was panicking. All of a sudden my pulse shot up - thought I would end up in the ER again - so got in the car and drove down by the hospital and kept telling myself to take some deep breaths, that my heart was healthy and normal - took me awhile, but with the distraction of driving and doing some deep breathing, it came back down some. So came home. on one hand, I didn't sleep well last night because I was worried about work, and then the stress of work, but I tell you, when that heart kicks into high gear, I swear there must be something wrong because I don't know that I am kicking in the extra adrenaline. Kind of disappointing, but I guess I should be proud that I did get to work and I did calm myself down and brought my pulse back down.
After work, I was actually hungry (I have lost 20 pounds through all of this), so ate a more than I usually do. I always can feel my pulse get a little fast after I eat (tachycardia has had me in the ER a few times with a very fast pulse up to 160) and I thought I was dealing better with that whole thing - distracting myself, reminding myself that all my EKG's were normal, just too fast because I was panicking. All of a sudden my pulse shot up - thought I would end up in the ER again - so got in the car and drove down by the hospital and kept telling myself to take some deep breaths, that my heart was healthy and normal - took me awhile, but with the distraction of driving and doing some deep breathing, it came back down some. So came home. on one hand, I didn't sleep well last night because I was worried about work, and then the stress of work, but I tell you, when that heart kicks into high gear, I swear there must be something wrong because I don't know that I am kicking in the extra adrenaline. Kind of disappointing, but I guess I should be proud that I did get to work and I did calm myself down and brought my pulse back down.