Bad mistake.
Here I am, in the morning, shaking in my bed as I type this on a laptop. The pain has returned, and the only reason why I'm not on the brink of tears is because I've been controlling my breathing. I don't know how to describe it, it's the stomach, behind my chest (lungs?), and my chest itself is rather sore from all of this. Someone I know says I may be coming down hard with the flu, does this make sense?
I don't tolerate pain well, so this is just a pure nightmare for me. I wonder if this is God's way of saying "Melissa, get the fuck to a hospital now." And just put up with the 2-5 hour ER wait, or something. 
I'm just mainly venting here, so don't mind me. Nothing else to do right now except complain about the pain.
God I hope the medicine kicks in soon. ;_; This is the type of pain where you wish someone could just knock you out *right now*, although I bet the pain would wake me up from that, even.
Any short term tips for dealing with this sort of pain before I make time to get to the hospital? Probably like, early afternoon or so. ;_;
Sorry for this sort of post, I know these aren't fun to read.
EDIT: Pains have been going on for about an hour now, sometimes they let up for a short bit. Also, for the short time I did get checked out (mainly to see if they needed to help me omgnow or could throw me in the waiting room of doom), my temperature was just a little above 95. My normal is, I think, between 97.7-98.3 Addy fucked around with this message on 02-19-2005 at 05:44 AM.
Yeah, this does sound like the sort of thing you should go to the hospital for.
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Nobody really understood why Mr. Parcelan wrote:
Control your breathing and don't panic.Yeah, this does sound like the sort of thing you should go to the hospital for.
Yeah, yesterday I ended up panicking and it made the whole ordeal worse, haha.
The pain's let up for now, I still feel a little pressure in my chest but I can at least sleep now. Definitely heading to the hospital later.
I just went to a flu website for "shits and giggles" and sounds like I *might* have it, but I don't want to start labeling what I have yet. Anyway, I don't think I have a fever. 
Save the labeling for the doctor. The last thing I need is to see that "chest pains are common for urdeadilicus" and start freaking out. 
feel better damnit!
Could be acid reflux.
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nem-x wrote this stupid crap:
Does it hurt more when you lie down?Could be acid reflux.
Actually it does hurt a bit more when I do (especially lying on the stomach, most comfortable is on side). I've noticed the most "comfortable" position for me is sitting hunched over, just enough to ease some pain but not enough to distort any breathing. Standing hunched over a counter produces similar results.
I'm gonna see if any of the non-ER clinics are open later today, as I don't want to deal with ER unless if it's absolutely necessary. Addy fucked around with this message on 02-19-2005 at 06:31 AM.
Honestly it sounds like a heart attack, kinda. Given that you aren't dead, though, maybe plurassy? (I know I misspelled that)
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*sticks a key in addy's armpit and her maintainence panel flips open*
*bangs around inside with a spanner*
Heart attack is also a possibility, though I haven't had one myself, just read about how to recognize them in Reader's Digest recently (Jan or Feb '05 issue). Dunno if you have any risk factors of that, though.
[EDIT] The temperature drop sounds like a flu strain that I caught in January. That caused vision problems, nausea, trouble breathing, and exhaustion. It lasted about a day. `Doc fucked around with this message on 02-19-2005 at 10:00 AM.
but go get checked out and feel better soon. 
I hope my Addy is gonna be okay.
Feel better Ms. Addy.Hopefully the hospital doesn't suck like yesterday.
I had something like that happen to me once before. The ER determined it was a panic attack. It felt like a heart attack to me. It came out of nowhere. I had never before experienced that, and at the time I wasn't really under any undue stress. I had experienced pleurisy before, which feels like a sharp pain in my chest, but nothing like the other thing.
I hope you feel better, whatever it is! Nae fucked around with this message on 02-19-2005 at 01:18 PM.
It's silly to go to the ER when I'm not even experiencing the pain ATM, so I have an appointment Monday. It'll give me time to figure out if it's the flu, acid reflux, or stress. I wouldn't be surprised if it's a combination of a cold and stress, really (losing energy ).
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Hehe I'm far too young to have a heart attack, plus I've dealt with this pain twice so far.It's silly to go to the ER when I'm not even experiencing the pain ATM, so I have an appointment Monday. It'll give me time to figure out if it's the flu, acid reflux, or stress. I wouldn't be surprised if it's a combination of a cold and stress, really (losing energy
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Nooo it's not silly. Recently I herniated a disc in my back and it hurt really bad when I woke up, but was semi-bearable at times after I had been moving around for a while. I thought my back was just sore, turns out it was a shitload more serious.
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Hehe I'm far too young to have a heart attack,
False. A guy I went to school with Died of a Heart attack about 2 years ago. He was only 24.
Anyway. Get your arse to the ER now.
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sounds like heart palpatations. When the heart beats irregularly. I think the symptoms are shortness of breath and pain in the chest. Not sure.
Why was this bumped?
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Why was this bumped?
I dunno, but do you feel better now?
*feels the Addy*
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From the book of /dev/null, chapter 3, verse 16:
I dunno, but do you feel better now?*feels the Addy*
Yeah, it was just caused by stress.
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DrPaintThinner obviously shouldn't have said:
sounds like heart palpatations. When the heart beats irregularly. I think the symptoms are shortness of breath and pain in the chest. Not sure.
I have heart palpitations, and I've never had any pain as a result.
Go now. And tell the ER you have severe pain in your chest. They'll take you on the assumption it's a heart attack..
Happend with my dad when he had his heart attack.. Nearly lost him.
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My BF's 22 year old friend died of a heart attack.Go now. And tell the ER you have severe pain in your chest. They'll take you on the assumption it's a heart attack..
Happend with my dad when he had his heart attack.. Nearly lost him.
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This thread is a month old. >.>
The noob rezzed it.
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java the thoughts aquire speed, the teeth acquire stains, the stains become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.
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pokes AresThis thread is a month old. >.>
The noob rezzed it.
.... And here I was all worried about Addy. I guess she's ok? I've been lurking hte past month cause of school
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A sleep deprived Ares stammered:
.... And here I was all worried about Addy.
Seems like it, though she seems more evil than I remember.
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java the thoughts aquire speed, the teeth acquire stains, the stains become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.
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.... And here I was all worried about Addy.
Yeah, I'm fine, don't worry.
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Addy was naked while typing this:
Yeah, I'm fine, don't worry.
Yay!
