I'm Still Standing

Hello everyone. I'd like to update you all on my medical condition. I was released from the Samsung Hospital yesterday at my own request. They ran numerous tests on me but were unable to find any problems or abnormalities. They wanted to keep me overnight to administer pain medications and to monitor my situation further but I asked to go home.

Besides, if I'm going to be lying around in pain, I can do that just as easily at home as I can in the hospital. I was released to my Primary Care Physician and he prescribed some strong pain killers and allowed me to go home. They were unable to find any problems other than my blood pressure was a little high (most likely from the pain).

I had originally told Rose that I thought I might be having a heart attack because of the immense pain in my chest and my inability to breathe. My EKG readings were normal but my BP was high. I have my own theories as to what may have happened and the doctor told me that either could be possible. I feel I either pinched a nerve in my spine that affected my diaphragm and produced a lot of pain or when I was washing the car, I could have inhaled some of the chemical I was using to remove the bugs and tar from the front of the car which could have affected my breathing and caused the pain. Again, the hospital was unable to locate the cause of any problems.

My doctor told me that he was concerned that a bigger problem may be in the earliest stages of development and just aren't showing up on the tests. God only knows. I will be going back for a follow-up and some more tests this week.

I will be having a check up tomorrow and hopefully, they will be able to tell me what caused my inability to breath that day.

Thanks be to God, I am still standing!