November ended on a low note

(This picture always makes me smile

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November was going along quite well.  I was looking forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas (being that Christmas is my favorite holiday).  However, life had a different plan for me.  B and I went to get our annual Covid vaccines fully expecting to have sore arms for a couple of days like last year. We got the vaccines on a Friday and were surprised that Saturday and Sunday we had no soreness.  We were considering ourselves lucky this year.  I was feeling a bit tired and had a mild headache but I assumed that was my covid side effect instead of the sore arm.  Within 4 days, I had developed a terrible migraine that wouldn't go away, pain in my left lower jaw, pain in my lower back and between my shoulder blades.  I got scared and called my doctor.  When she heard the symptoms, she told me to have B take me to the emergency room immediately.  Which I did. We arrived at 10:30am and I began to go through a battery of tests.  Not only were my symptoms concerning but my blood pressure had skyrocketed to 230 over 90.  On top of all that, there is a history of heart disease in my family.  I went thru every test and scan and xray they came up with.  I saw three doctors, all of who told me something different.  Two told me it was Afib while one said it was a side effect from Covid.  Then they told us I would have to stay in the hospital until they could get the blood pressure down and run more tests.  By the time they put me in a room on the cardiac floor, it was 11pm.  I had made B go home at 7pm because I didn't want him on the roads in the dark.  We live an hour from the hospital.  I called him when I finally got a room and he said he had called the boys and let them know what was happening.The next day there were more tests.  I was scared, irritable (hospital beds are not comfortable) plus I hadn't eaten for two days as they said eating was not good for the tests.  Finally they concluded it was a bad reaction to the Covid vaccine and let me go home.

I slept for almost two days in my own bed (so comfy) and enjoyed some light meals.  I had to start taking my blood pressure every day at home and try to alleviate stress as much as possible (ha ha fat chance that happening).  I have a followup appointment with my doctor next week.

So this long winded explanation has been to let you know why I haven't been on here much in the last few weeks.  I hope to do better in the future.

God bless all of you.