So THIS is new...

[captain_slinky]

Been fighting this for about 20 hours now... I think I'm sick. I'm weak and short of breath and my chest feels tight.

I know... Fat guy, lots of strenuous stuff yesterday... Heart Attack, right? But no!

No pains or numbness in any extremities, and doing an "Internal Check" i can tell that my heart is pumping just fine. No fluttering, no racing, no pounding... just the nice relaxed rhythmic beating of a relaxed heart.

Head ache. Body aches. Unable to stay focused or concentrated for more than a few moments at a time.

Oh, and I'm RAVENOUSLY hungry but unable to eat more than a few bites before i feel like I can't eat any more.

Yeah, that sums it up... it's the same feeling I get when I've gone for 24 hours or so without eating :(

Comments

[michaelbailey.livejournal.com]

Shortness of breath and a tight chest is also a sign of acid reflux.

Believe me on this. I know.

[khristle.livejournal.com]

You could be on to something here. That could also explain why he wants to eat...I know when I had reflux eating would make things feel better. (more stuff in your stomach to keep absorb the acid!)

I've recently read about lap banders getting bad reflux. I thought it was supposed to be almost a magical cure :(

[closer-to-fine.livejournal.com]

I've had episodes of reflux fairly recently due to stress tightening up my band, but it was the kind that woke me up at night coughing rather than these symptoms. It sounds like maybe your band could have gotten tighter since you can't eat more than a few bites, but I wasn't hungry AT ALL when this happened to me.

The head and body aches could be related to the shortness of breath. Do you have high blood pressure? That can make you feel foggy or unable to concentrate.

It is possible to suffer a heart attack without feeling/hearing weird heartbeats, depending on what part of the heart is suffering the attack.

If your symptoms persist to tomorrow, I would go get it checked out. The biggest mistake people make is waiting too long to go see someone, and usually the damage is already done by the time they drag themselves in.

(I am a nursing student, btw- not completely talking out of my ass here.) :)

[michaelbailey.livejournal.com]

Reflux sucks. I have had to switch to an incredibly bland diet as of late because of it. My doctor tells me that if I lose more weight it will get better but for now no spicy food, which is sad.

[dotgirl.livejournal.com]

Pretty sure you're pregnant.

[hallerlake.livejournal.com]

Start practicing your kegels!

[teegin.livejournal.com]

Lots of other people are feeling the same way. I think it is due to all the flu shots going around at the moment. They make you sic so your body can fight the flu but in turn it also spreads the bloody flu around.

[dotgirl.livejournal.com]

This is actually a common, but incorrect, theory.

The shot contains a killed virus - the flu shot cannot give you the flu, or enable you to spread the flu.

[collisions.livejournal.com]

Everyone knows that the flu shot doesn't give you flu. It is simply a low-grade radioactive dye to make it easier for the "metal detectors" at the airport to read a hash of your DNA when you go through them.

[nani-ka.livejournal.com]

And this thread is a perfect example why I keep coming back to this journal...

[zannah.livejournal.com]

dotgirl has already covered this, but you really can't get sick from a flu vaccine. It can give you some side effects that are flu-like, but isn't the flu and isn't contagious. There are a ton of articles about this, but here's one I just quickly googled up, from the CDC, who I think are fairly knowledgable in this particular regard. :)

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/misconceptions.htm

[khristle.livejournal.com]

We had our shots about 3 weeks ago, so I don't think it is any kind of side effect of the vaccine. It could be the flu though, just because he had the shot doesn't mean he won't get it :( Molly's been sick for about a week, so I guess it wouldn't shock me.

[tyleet99.livejournal.com]

Well, Dr. Me has no brilliant diagnosis, so I guess I just stopped by to say get well soon!

[melancholywings.livejournal.com]

Mold allergies? There's something going around, my whole family's suffered with it for 4 weeks each. We finally beat it then yesterday after that rain it warmed up and bam we're back to breating issues.

[lynna12000.livejournal.com]

It could also be the un-acknowledged stress of having to pack everything up for the big move. Moving is never fun.