Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Carotid Bruit...

So today I was at my place of work & feeling fine but grouchy due to the weather, I was not there for not close to an hour and a half and all of the sudden I knew I was going to faint! So I excused myself and ran to the breakroom, I never fainted but I felt odd for a good hour, so my mom graciously came and got me and took me to an urgent care to see what the hell was wrong with her baby. We have heart problems in our family so the irregular heartbeat is no big thang, but ever since I fainted HARD in the fall in an empty elevator, I've been extremely scared of fainting. The doc examined me for a long long time, ears are clean, no fever, no issues with breathing HOWEVER, the right side of my neck and it's artery isn't creating the correct noise of blood flow. He said he heard clicking in the valve, as if the blood was having a hard time getting to my brain ( Insert stereotypical girl jokes here) thus creating the dizziness & fainting. So... expect more news on this in the future.

I haven't been sick in a while, a cold here and there, but not like what I had last year, and with the cancer and heart stuff that runs in my family... I get freaked out people!