I thought pneumonia was bad....
but I was wrong. Here's how my last 2 days went.
My son was diagnosed with pneumonia and is recovering now. It was awful seeing him that sick, but he got better. Well he ended up giving it to me as well. Wasn't long before I felt terrible and my regular doc couldnt see me right away so I went to the ER.
When I got there they took my vitals, my blood pressure was high (151/100) I had a fever of 101 and my heart was racing at 130 bpm. They diagnosed me and put me on an antibiotic, which is all I wanted anyway. But they couldnt get my heart rate down and I was having chest pains (most likely from the crap in my lungs). Anyway one doctor thinks I might be having some heart problems so he orders an EKG. And of course it comes back slightly abnormal so he admits me overnight so they can test me and monitor me for heart problems. That was the start of all the fun.
He then proceeds to give me a long lecture about AAS and how they fuk up your cholesterol levels and can ruin your heart etc etc. He told me about a few patients he saw with heart failure from AAS & thyroid hormones. I am 35 yrs old and its been 14 yrs now so it really got me thinking.
The doctor had me believing this was it. The end of the road. Or like Fred Sanford used to say as he clutched at his heart :" THIS IS THE BIG ONE ELIZABETH!!" (you older guys will remember that haha).
Anyway all night they took blood from me and ran tests. My heart rate never dropped below 120 and its usually 70, so it had me really concerned.
The next day they injected some metallic like fluids into my IV so they could see my heart on their imaging machines(sorta like an MRI) and gave me a stress test where I walked uphill on their treadmill at a fast pace for about 10 mins. I was the only one of the 3 guys down there that actually finished the test without stopping heh. They ran more blood tests to check my heart enzymes too.
After all the tests I had to sit in my room and wait for all the results. Talk about nerve wracking. I was thinking the worst and scared that I would have clogged arteries etc. I was sweating bullets to say the least.
Anyway all the tests came back great, everything was normal (except my HDL cholesterol was a little low). So being smart and playing it safe all these years has paid off, it was the most indepth testing Ive ever had on my heart/arteries and I passed with flying colors.
In the end they attributed the racing heartrate and high blood pressure to the fever from pneumonia.
Moral of the story, use responsibly and take care of yourselves guys.
Oh and I now have to start going to church , while I was sweating those bullets in my room for hours while awaiting the test results, I kinda made a deal with God. :D
