Complications

So a few days after my pill regimen I'm finding that issues with my appetite and ability to hold down food, in addition to keeping myself hydrated are becoming a problem. Things are not moving very well and there is quite a bit of discomfort, but more significantly I have very little energy, hard to get out of bed energy.

After a talk with the nurse on the phone it's time to go back to emergency. The wait is minimal.

(One thing I've found in the hospital system is the dramatic differences in the priority system, wait times can be very slow, and getting a bed seem to take forever when you are not in immediate danger, or your problem is a known quantity, but when things are more in doubt the hospital moves quickly indeed. And I fully agree with the way that is done.)

So I'm in the waiting room with a stomach that is not doing me any favours, and I get something new. Chest pressure, there is apparently a large invisible dog that has decided to sit on my chest. Not super painful but a lot of pressure.

Some minutes pass, we tell the nurse, wait a bit. I get hooked up to blood pressure and a pulse monitor. A EEG in a bit. things seem to pass, pressure fades. The discussion about what is going on continues, I'm going to be given some meds and sent home, just go for a little walk.

The pressure returns and I'm exhausted after walking 20ft, they spray a shot of nitro under my tongue.

WTF, I'm having a goddam heart attack.

Boom, into the cardiac area. hooked up to some equipment, and scheduled for an Angioplasty. Within the hour I've got a line running from my arm straight into my heart and they are working hard at clearing a blood clot from my heart. Oh and I get to watch. It doesn't hurt, really.

Trivia note, heart pain and possible complications including heart attack are very rare but known complications of my Chemo pills.