It's been a LONG couple of weeks!
Hey y'all! 
The ER Doctor consulted with my doctor and it was decided that we would take some blood, perform an EKG and do an X-Ray of my chest... I was not a very happy camper at this point! Anyone that knows me knows I absolutely HATE needles.. It's a HUGE reason I avoid doctors and the ER at all costs! Well my biggest fear happened this visit when I got stuck once and it wasn't a good vein... So I had to be stuck AGAIN in the other arm! They performed the EKG and the X-Ray and then I waited...and waited! The wonderful nurse Alaina came in and took my blood pressure again and to give me some Tylenol (In case I was having a hear attack... I wasn't but it's protocol she said!) and of course it was still high... But not as high as when I came so I thought "I should get to go home now!"... That's when the doctor came back in and told me we were going to do another EKG AND a CT Scan... My happy bubble burst hearing that one!
We did another EKG and I was taken down to do the CT scan. While I was getting my CT Scan something happened that made me smile. The technician notice my shirt(It was my 5K shirt from the Noah's Gift 5K back in October) and said "Did you run in the 5K?"... I said "No but a friend and I walked in it.". He then went on to talk to me about his wife running it every year and how awesome he thought it was that I would get out there and do it! Definitely made me feel a lot better and took my mind off the CT Scan. After the test was done I was wheeled back to the room and once again waited... And waited... Finally the doctor came in and that's when my day came crumbling down... He told me that while all my heart and lungs look GREAT they still couldn't explain the high blood pressure. He said that even though he was sending me home he was advising me to take it easy till I could be seen again on Monday... Which meant no 5K! Y'all I cried the whole way to back the house that night! My goal of conquering three 5K's in five weeks had just been completely crushed. I was so mad at God that night! Why would he let this happen?! I woke up the next morning and read my devotional as I always do and that's when it hit me... Sometimes God will wreck your plans so they don't wreck you! I have been pushing and pushing my body so hard these past couple weeks that if he hadn't made this happen I would have probably pushed myself to death!
To say the last couple weeks has been a struggle would be an understatement! It has been filled with aches,pains, stress and me pushing myself to the extreme.... And last Friday that all finally caught up to me in the worst way! On Friday I headed to Memphis for the biggest 5K I have ever done! I noticed on the way down that I was t feeling well at all but I just decided to push it aside like I had the last couple weeks because I committed to this 5K and dang it I was going to do it! I picked up my race bib and shirt and headed to have lunch with a friend. As we were eating she noted SEVERAL times that I sounded completely out of breath and I told her my heart definitely felt like it was racing all day. So after quite a bit of pushing from her I decided to go ahead and call my doctor and he told me to come on in. Well when I got there and the nurse took my blood pressure I was told to go immediately to the ER because my blood pressure was thru the roof! So that's what I did. When I got there my blood pressure was still thru the roof!
The ER Doctor consulted with my doctor and it was decided that we would take some blood, perform an EKG and do an X-Ray of my chest... I was not a very happy camper at this point! Anyone that knows me knows I absolutely HATE needles.. It's a HUGE reason I avoid doctors and the ER at all costs! Well my biggest fear happened this visit when I got stuck once and it wasn't a good vein... So I had to be stuck AGAIN in the other arm! They performed the EKG and the X-Ray and then I waited...and waited! The wonderful nurse Alaina came in and took my blood pressure again and to give me some Tylenol (In case I was having a hear attack... I wasn't but it's protocol she said!) and of course it was still high... But not as high as when I came so I thought "I should get to go home now!"... That's when the doctor came back in and told me we were going to do another EKG AND a CT Scan... My happy bubble burst hearing that one!
We did another EKG and I was taken down to do the CT scan. While I was getting my CT Scan something happened that made me smile. The technician notice my shirt(It was my 5K shirt from the Noah's Gift 5K back in October) and said "Did you run in the 5K?"... I said "No but a friend and I walked in it.". He then went on to talk to me about his wife running it every year and how awesome he thought it was that I would get out there and do it! Definitely made me feel a lot better and took my mind off the CT Scan. After the test was done I was wheeled back to the room and once again waited... And waited... Finally the doctor came in and that's when my day came crumbling down... He told me that while all my heart and lungs look GREAT they still couldn't explain the high blood pressure. He said that even though he was sending me home he was advising me to take it easy till I could be seen again on Monday... Which meant no 5K! Y'all I cried the whole way to back the house that night! My goal of conquering three 5K's in five weeks had just been completely crushed. I was so mad at God that night! Why would he let this happen?! I woke up the next morning and read my devotional as I always do and that's when it hit me... Sometimes God will wreck your plans so they don't wreck you! I have been pushing and pushing my body so hard these past couple weeks that if he hadn't made this happen I would have probably pushed myself to death!
After realizing that I followed the doctors orders and relaxed until my appointment on Monday. When I got to my appointment the nurse took my blood pressure and while it was still SLIGHTLY high.. It was no where near the numbers I hit Friday! The doctor came in and informed me that after looking at all my tests and scans he could without a doubt say that I had a major anxiety attack on Friday. Now I have struggled with anxiety for YEARS but I was the girl that has always said "I can control this on my own!" And "I don't need meds!".... Well folks it turns out I was dead wrong! You see sometimes you do need a little help... And that's ok! It doesn't make you weak or a bad person... It makes you human!
The doctor prescribed a med for me and told me to continue to monitor my blood pressure and we would follow up in a week or so. He told me before I left that my walking is probably how I have kept my anxiety in check.. But to back off and give my body breaks every once in a while! He also said that yoga would be good for me as well.. Which I use to do every day but have stopped this last year. I guess the moral of this blog is that it's OK to ask for help! And it's ok to give your body a rest once in a while! It doesn't make you weak or a bad person. It's part of life! No one can go full throttle 24-7... Our bodies just weren't built for that! The next couple of weeks my goal is to just slow down and enjoy my walking! But I will be back better and stronger than ever in 2019! Slowing down and enjoying life is something I think we could all benefit from!
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Kelley
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