Yesterday I started an all day process of pre-op.
I had a chest x-ray. Then swallowed (barium?) while they made more x-rays. Then Lab-work, and then vitals (which were unbelievably good, B/P was 126/86. Normally its somewhere around 150-160 over 96-104. I was excited !!
Spent the day in class with two other ladies, and had different people come in and talk to us about a lot of different stuff.
THEN !! I go to the hospital and meet with this nurse who gives me a ton of instructions above surgery day. A young girl does an EKG on me and hands it to a lady in Green Scrubs. She tells me she' the anesthesiologist. She then begins to question me. (How long you had an irregular heart-beat?) I don't. (Have you ever had a heart attack or heart cath ?) NEVER. She then said "You will have to see cardiologist" "You definitely have something."
I pay for the surgery and then sent to the surgeon's office.
I explained to the nurse what I was just told and she says "We have all your records, I'll send them over." "They can compare your EKG's"
I said "I've even had a nuclear stress test in 2017." So they sent for those records.
Long story !! but I'll stop here, I have an appointment with a Cardiologist Tuesday morning at 0845.
I work at a hospital so I had an EKG done today after talking to a friend who is a doctor. He said "You are in Afib." I about freaked out. He said "Its got to be treated, but millions of people have it." He told me if I felt dizzy, lightheaded or tired I'd need to check in and more than likely be admitted. But I was fine to continue working.
To say I'm fretting is an understatement. I was told to stay on my liquid diet and prepare to have the surgery next Thursday.
I been praying real hard about this whole journey and it seems every turn I make there's another roadblock.
I'm not sure I'll qualify now for the surgery but I'm staying on course till someone terminates it.
I've never had so much "Crap" come up against me. But my wife keeps saying this is a blessing in disguise, I'd never known I was having potential issues if I hadn't stayed on this journey. NOW she's the positive one and I'm ready to just throw my hands up and say "I'm Done."
I'm just frustrated, HAVE BEEN, this has been one helluva roller coaster of up and downs. I had to express myself somewhere and I decided why not here. I'm just ranting !!!.... I believe things happen for a reason, I believe in faith but also fate.
Now I'm thinking I'm going to be having a heart cath instead ,,,,,, I'm so drained !!
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