I’ve always been willing to share the happenings in my life section of our blog. Opening up and being real is never easy. If it helps others, I need to overcome my own fears and do it. So here goes….
Last Thursday I woke at 2 am in a pool of sweat, intense left chest pain, and pain into my left arm. After waking Suzy, and speaking directly with my primary care doctor, we decided I needed to go to the ER in case of a heart attack. Thankfully, everything checked out normal. Normal EKG, normal blood work, nothing to indicate a heart attack had happened. While at the ER, I was anxious and concerned. But my process prevailed. I spent time writing out affirmations on my phone, praying and giving thanks to God for all that has been provided me. I felt a sense of overwhelming peace through this process.
Once everything was checked out and I spoke again with my primary care doctor, we were baffled as to what had happened. The next steps are to take a stress test and other pulmonary blood work to see where it leads us. As this was an emergency situation at the moment, I trusted the medical process and the doctors and nurses at St. Francis Hospital were exceptional. And I am certain the cardiologist I am scheduled with will be also.
That’s not the end of the story. I don’t typically utilize medicine, I prefer more natural means. Sometime on Friday or Saturday I spoke with my naturopath and she asked different questions. Knowing my history, she asked if I had encountered any tick bites lately. Right after my son came home from college for winter break, he and I went disc golfing and I woke the next morning with a tick embedded near my belly button. I had completely forgotten about this until that moment. Then she asked if I had an other “weird” symptoms. And yes, I had experienced “floaters” in my right eye. Turns out that spirochetes, the bacteria that causes Lyme disease will do that. Long story short, I have a Lyme infection. After beginning my normal Lyme protocol, I woke the next morning completely different. It was a night and day change. Even now, Monday morning as I write this, I feel better than yesterday.
Some take-aways from my experience are:
- If you’re having chest pain go to the hospital, that’s what they are there for
- Lyme Disease can give some weird and funky symptoms, re-read the above paragraph and put it in your memory banks
- Its good to have members of your health care team who know you and your common presentations because what’s normal for you may not fit the “norms” and vice-versa.
We look forward to seeing you all in the office this week.
Yours in Health,
Dr. B
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