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This Was Not Supposed to Happen!
When life goes nowhere near as planned!
Most people who know me will tell you I am a pretty healthy person. I do indulge in my share of chocolate chip cookies and some Diet Coke now and then but for the most part, I have always been in great health.
Shortly after New Year’s this year, I realized it was much harder trying to get back to what I could do in the gym on cardio equipment or even with weight training. Thinking that week off over the holidays sabotaged my efforts, I promised myself not to skip those three-time weekly gym sessions again.
Then came a rather nasty headache, nasal congestion, and some chills. Called my Primary Care who informed me, I could be seen 5 (yes, that’s right!) 5 DAYS LATER! Urgent care gave me some antibiotics and while the sinus infection cleared my breathing did not improve.
A week later, I was struggling to go upstairs and even walk across a parking lot. The appointment was made with a cardiologist but was several months out. (Hey, good people are booked I told myself!)
But, I never got to that cardiologist. Several days later I ended up in the local E.R. with extreme shortness of breath and feelings of tightness and heaviness in my chest. EKG was fine. Blood tests showed no heart attack and chest Xray clear. Told to schedule…
