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[anamomda]

Serious chest pains + dizziness scare Thursday night. Entered St. Francis emergency room at 11:30, finally sent Karl and Anna home around 4:00 a.m, then hung-out and endured multiple tests until early Friday afternoon -- blood tests, urinalysis, chest x-rays, EKG, nuclear cardiac imaging, treadmill stress test -- the works!

Good news - I now have

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[delphizyx]

oh, that's scary. I just went through a bunch of those tests myself and got a lucky proclamation of no serious diagnosis. I hope it's "nothing" for you too.

[anamomda]

You too? Glad for you, I think, but what happened?

[delphizyx]

I had a neck spasm (apparently?) but I'd never felt anything like it and it freaked me out so I rubbed my neck and inadvertantly gave myself a carotid massage - That effectively slowed my heart rate to the point where I made myself see stars and pass out. I went to the doctor to make sure everything was in working order and she ordered every test under the sky, only to conclude that I did it to myself.

I wrote about it a few entries back. Now I feel kind of silly about the whole episode, but I guess I'm glad it wasn't anything symptomatic.