So yeah...nothing like feeling really old when your body relies on medication to function properly. I have high blood pressure. It did not come as a surprise since it is prominent in my family but still. I knew I have had elevated blood pressure for a while but it never occurred to me that it was high until I started having issues and not feeling myself. And it was really high. Scary high. 150s over 110s.
No wonder I was feeling so off. Ever since January, my heart has been pounding hard when I lay on my left side. I couldn't even sleep on my left side it was so bothersome. I had this constant on-edge feeling. Like my body was loaded up with caffeine but I don't even consume caffeine. I was starting to think I was having anxiety problems because my mind would race and I couldn't settle my body down. I couldn't sleep. It would take hours to fall asleep and then I would wake up every hour and have a hard time going back to sleep. I was getting 3-4 hours of sleep per night. I dreaded nighttime.
I finally googled some information about my pounding heart and it said it could be from high blood pressure. The next day I went to CVS and took my blood pressure. I made an appointment that day to see a doctor.
I got to have blood work done, a urinalysis, an EKG, a renal ultrasound, and an echocardiogram. All was normal but I do know now that I have a heart defect called an atrial-septal aneurysm )which has no clinical significance and is just one of those odd things). So I feel really healthy now! And I feel a million times better now that I am on medication. The pounding heart has stopped. The on-edge feeling is gone. I can sleep!
So there you have it. My body is officially deteriorating.
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