Fun Day today

Yesterday I went to my yearly cardiology appointment. I go every year because I have MVP (Mitral Valve Prolapse) where my mitral valve doesn't work properly so it leaks. I take meds daily for it so that my heart doesn't work harder than it has to work. I seem to be doing fine. Apparently, from my moniter last year that I never got results for, I had just normal palpitations. That's good. It means the meds are working and my heart is fine. I had mentioned to her that I get these night terrors of spiders in the bed every once in a while. It doesn't really bother me, but it scares the heck out of Randy when it happens. Normally I get the sensation that a spider has fallen on me from the ceiling, so I scream, do a combat roll in the bed, and begin beating the "spider" to death. Needless to say, it wakes me up (and Randy too). I usually go right back to sleep after it. So the doctor tells me yesterday that the meds I am on has been known to cause these types of things. Wow. Didn't know that. So she suggested that once I get my health back on track, we might try to switch me to another medication. I think we may try that.

I did mention the symptoms I have been having lately to her and she her first response was the same as Randy's doctor. Have you seen an Infectious Disease Specialist? I told her no. She recommended one to me and told me if I needed her to she would write me the referral. I am a little overwhelmed at the moment so I may do it on Monday. Today I have an appointment with the doctor for a surgery consult. My PCP said that I should have the lymph node biopsied. Woo hoo this should be fun. I go today at 2:30 for the consult. I guess I will know more after that.

Went to the Cardiologist today

So many of you know, and some of you don't, I have a heart condition called Mitral Valve Prolapse. I am sure I have had it all my life, but was diagnosed after Nathan was born. I guess the stress of the pregnancy made it more pronounced. I had palpitations, racing heart rate (actually 90 was my resting rate at the time), I was hot all the time, and barely slept. Not only that but I was losing so much weight that it was scary! When I couldn't fit into a size zero, because it was too BIG, I knew something was awry. I take medicine to slow the heart down and normalize the heart beating. The valve just doesn't close completely sometimes and causes the heart to want to work harder is what I figure to be the case. Anyway, lately I have been having a few more episodes than usual with a racing heart rate so my cardiologist has put me on a 24-hour monitor to see what all is happening. If nothing happens then she wants to put me on 30-day monitor instead. Keeping fingers crossed that they see something in the next 24 hours that gives indication as to what is going on. It could just be the stress of having been sick all these weeks with the Fifths disease, or it could be the stress from the death in the family, or maybe even the stress of moving to a new work building. Who knows? Any or all of it could do it I suppose. Right now I feel like a spy or something with all the leads everywhere and the main box in my pocket. Pretty weird. Later I might have Randy take a picture of it to put on the blog.