Today was my echocardiogram appointment. All went okay and the monitor tests were normal, which is a big relief. They will be doing another scan to determine whether there is a hole in the heart though as I think they couldn't see it on the screen well enough.
What's worrying me though is my legs...specifically my left at the moment. Each attack has happened on a day when I have tried to be more active than normal and using ..well.. my legs. At the moment I have a lot of pain just above my knee and feel quite short of breath (as usual) - as in, somethings kind of pushing it out. On standing up, it hurts even more and I'm still having some wierd circulation thing going on with cold hands and feet. I wake up in the night sometimes and can't feel a few fingers. I don't really know what to do about it but I guess there is nothing I can do at the moment and worrying won't help!
Welcome to my health blog. I am a 29 year old living with a range of strange and confusing medical symptoms and conditions including various functional/neurological disorders, Endometriosis, PCOS, Raynaud's Disease and seronegative Hughes Syndrome. This blog is to document my struggle with doctors and the impact these illnesses have on my life. I hope that in some small way, my experiences will give others who are in similar situations some sort of strength or some form of comfort. Thanks for visiting!
Some may question my choice of title but if you are ill constantly and seem to always have your brain on pain and discomfort that's making your life very difficult, you begin to feel that perhaps you are a hypochondriac or what's worse, that other people see you as one. Whether you are or not, you still feel pain, sadness, and dispair which brings me to this quote from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling:
"Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?" - Albus Dumbledore
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