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To my dear friends........

A part of me just hates sharing medical news about myself,
BUT....... IF ANY one of you had medical stuff going on, I would
want to know. !!!!      So...... with that in mind, I am sharing.

If you could say a few prayers.   ;)

XO XO
Deb   

Yesterday I had attempted to donate blood at a local Red Cross
drive. 

I've been a donor since I was 17 and have never
been turned away before.   

BUT........ the nurse detected an irregular
heartbeat.   

She did it twice and called another person over to

confirm it.    They said my pulse was 66 and I had 16
irregular

beats in a minute.   You can donate if the number is 10 in a
minutes time.

They did the finger prick to test for iron and my iron is good. 

It could be caffeine or even the meds I take for an

under active thyroid.   I am hopeful that it's these EASY type
things.   
Trying to take this in stride without getting too stressed about it.

I had an appointment with my family doc
today............

I am home and wearing a heart monitor for the next 24 hours.   

The family doctor did about 5 EKG's.    Sometimes it would show
irregular

and sometimes not.    Her first instinct was to call an ambulance
and have

me transported to the hospital.    She then consulted with an
internist who said.....

IF you send her to the hospital I would just sit there all
weekend.   Since I was

not experiencing any chest pains, it was the internist
recommendation to run

the monitor.

 

On Monday I am to return the monitor to the doctors's office and
after

reading it, further determination will be made about what to
do.

Apparently my blood pressure was pretty low too.   The internist
said,

if we were to put her on meds, she might just pass out.   

They took about 3 vials of blood too.   Guess I would know by now
IF I had

a heart attack from the blood work.

I am just way tired from being fussed with and I was at the
office

about 3 hours.