I've been thru there before on some of our motorcycle rides.  Yeah you guys get that nasty wind across the plains!  At least it's supposed to be in the 40s this weekend!  Yay!

Hi all, stress test was this morning.  Initial results are good - they are not showing any problems or damage with my heart! My EKG is still showing abnormalities, so I'm not sure what that really means.  The bigger issue, I may have to learn how to deal with the stress in my life!   Anyone have any ideas?!  I never realized that stress could do soo much damage physically.  I mean, my mind hasn't been right in years lol    but this is the biggest physical problem I've ever had... and for it to be caused by stress?! 
  I think right now I'm having the hardest time dealing with the fact that I "allowed" myself to have such a reaction to stress.  Is that stupid? Shouldn't I be able to control this?
  Thanks all for your continues love and support; I truly appreciate everything you all do for me!  I do have a followup appt with my doctor on next Tuesday to go over everything and determine what happens next.
Jen

Thank you all for your words, thoughts and prayers.  It IS scary - Doug, I kinda figured that I probably had plaque built up from my cholesterol being so high and some maybe broke loose.  I ended up in the ER tonight again with chest pain up into my neck.  They didn't find anything specific causing it; at least it wasn't another heart attack!  I have to say, I was very impressed by the protocol in place in the ER for chest pain.  In under 10 minutes they had me in a room, drawing blood, running EKG, baby aspirin and hooking me up to a monitor.  I have an echocardiogram on Friday and a stress test next Tuesday.  Hopefully we can get some useful information.  Trying very hard to not let stress get worse - I have had a super high stress job up until Thanksgiving, then it starts tapering off some. Probably any combination of issues; just got to figure out what and how to take care of it.

Thanks again y'all!

Stephanie!   YAYAYAYAYAY!  Onederland!  So proud of you!

Zombiegirl - lemme know how that works!  I had tried the almond milk myself - thick pudding soup is a great description!

OK, too funny... and yet...hmmm might have to try the hot dog OMM!!  I agree on the coffee thing with ya - work has been so hectic lately I've become a caffeine whore LOL!!     I'm on coffee and diet Dew; when that stops working I'm gonna start mainlining it!

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