Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Chest Attack!
Okay, so, the most terrifying moment of my life thus far....it would DEFINITELY be the time that I thought I was having a heart attack. About a year and a half ago I was moving into a new house. I was so excited about it that I decided to move my things in ahead of time before the rest of the family. It was a boring summer day and I figured, what the heck, I can load my truck and move in some stuff. So, that was just what I did. Later that night, back at the old place, I was surfing the net and began to feel sharp pains in my chest. I tried to ignore it, until it continued. I was so afraid that I began to panic and had a panic attack. I couldn't breathe for a hot second so I just knew I was a goner. I rushed down to my parents room shaking and yelling, "my chest is hurting and I can't breathe!" Of course, I woke the whole house up. The pain subsided after I laid in my mom's arms (yes I still sleep with her when I'm not feeling well). Finally daylight. I awoke to no pain at all. Until evening. I'm in bed, comfy, and there's that pain again....had me up all night. I finally decided to go get checked out. As I lay in the hospital bed awaiting x-ray results for my heart, all I remember is my insides shaking all up and having cold feet and hands. My mouth was very jittery because I didn't know what was gonna happen. Here the doctor comes, with a big smile on his face, saying, "you are fine." Come to find out, Ihad pulled a chest muscle in the process of lifting those heavy boxes that I was so anxious to move!:/ Yeah, I felt very stupid. If only I had waited. That horrible pulled muscle took months to heal and even now I still have to be careful of strenuous work. Lesson learned: Be patient....and let the men do all the work;)
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This is a very good post. It held my attention the whole time because i was curious to see what the diagnosis would end up being. It was also very humorous. Personally, i enjoy funny blogs more than any other kind. The colors work and the length of the post is perfect. It isn't too long but it captures the whole story without leaving anything out. It definitely has a universal appeal because everyone has to move and almost everyone HATES moving. Hope your chest completely heals so the men in your life don't have to do ALL the work. jk. Overall, i give your post 5 stars although maybe a pic or two of your new place or a copy of your xray would be cool just to give some visual stimulation.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Brian! And I agree, it needs some visual stimulation. I really wanted some pics but I couldn't find any to upload off the internet. I'm still learning:)
ReplyDeleteLet me start by saying I'm in love with your layout. I'm a girl, granted, but the pinks really work for me and none of the text is hard to read. The pixel arrows are subtle and really work for me. If anything, though, I think the blog would benefit from the content space being a little wider. It's kind of like a newspaper column right now, a bit squished and narrow.
ReplyDeleteAs far as your entry goes, you use some very powerful and illustrative words. That does sound like a terrifying experience, and I'm both glad you went to the hospital as well as glad that it turned out to be nothing. It's always better to be safe than sorry, because even young people can have heart attacks and waiting for something like that to resolve itself could be deadly.
Try to add paragraph breaks in your post, so you allow readers to linger over some of the action and images. Also, try not to get wrapped up in the telling of the story - add sensory and a sense of place, so that we create an image of what happen in our own way. Side note: glad you were okay!!!
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