This has been a week of sickies. Well, just me and Lucy, really. I woke up Monday with a horrible pain in my ear. I ran a low grade fever for two days with worsening pain in my ear and finally went to the dr. who confirmed a double ear infection. Apparently my sinuses were draining so much it backed up into my ears. Lovely.
Lucy has been snotty and whiny all week. Finally last night she told me her ear hurt, so off to the doctor she went today...ear infection. Well, after having an ear infection of my own I have a lot more empathy for her!
This morning I also had a routine checkup with my neurologist, only today I saw the P.A. I happened to be wearing sandals and he looked down and asked if me feet were always red/purple. I said, "Oh yeah, I get comments on that but they're usually like that, no biggie." So he pulled up all my old tests I had done two years ago...and then informs me I had some issues show up on my echocardiogram. FROM TWO YEARS AGO. Say what? Apparently I have a prolapsed valve as well as a mild to moderate leaky valve. Neither one is a huge concern on its own, but I now have to have an echocardiogram every two years for monitoring as it could develop into pulmonary hypertension.
Obviously I'm fine now, and I'm sure that's why I wasn't told about this before- to avoid worry. BUT IT EXPLAINS SO MUCH! It explains my feet color, why I'm always cold, why I get migraines when I exercise, and also...I don't have exercise induced asthma, it's all related to my heart! Kinda would have liked to have known this. All this time I thought I was just really out of shape! ;)
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