Everytime I have a bad day, I think of this episode of Winnie the Pooh. It’s an all time favourite from when I was little!

Today was a BIG blustery day.

For the past few days I have been having weird, and uncomfortable chest pains. Like someone was squeezing my heart from the inside. This morning was the worst one yet. I have a tendency to think worst case scenario, so my mind was screaming, “Heartattack!” and was worrying about dropping dead at any second. I then flashed to all the weird and unusual cases they get on Grey’s and House and all the possible weird things that could be wrong with me. I then had my very first panic attack…..the breathe into a brown bag kind. Heart pains are scary!

So I headed to the walk-in. He listened to my heart, and checked my Blood Pressure, and listened to my symptoms. He said the good news was he has never ever EVER heard of any female my age having a heartatack so I was safe from that atleast. He then told me to calm down as my pulse was racing…bring on panic attack #2.

He then sent me to the hospital for an EKG and a full blood screen. Great. The EKG wasn’t as scary as I thought it would be and we were in and out in 15 minutes! The lab however was an hour wait, and a HUGE 3 vials of blood! I actually don’t mind having blood taken, but it always seems like so much. (I know it’s only like a tsp per vial, but still it looks like more)

From there I headed to my Chiropractors appointment I had booked a few weeks before. The highlight of my day is that he’s amazing! I was so impressed! He ran a whole series of tests that had me bending over and touching my toes, to testing the electrical output of each of my nerves. The last test he ran was one that tested how well your body handles stress. Bad news. I don’t handle it well at all. Mentally I feel like I do, but I guess physically my body is taking a HUGE negative toll when it comes to stress. Not good news.

My Mom phoned to make sure I was okay, and the news of me not handling stress well wasn’t a surprise to her. She said I have always been an “achiever”….I work harder than I should, I have a tendency to always say yes when my plate is already full, and I love to keep busy…so busy I sometimes forget to slow down.

The puzzle pieces came together a bit….these chest pains could very well be stress related. I am still waiting to hear the results of the EKG and blood work, but I am having a feeling it might be stress related.

I am so so glad I decided to take the entire month of December off to do nothing but bask in Christmas. I have just a few more sessions to edit, and I will be taking the entire month of December to just relax, forcing myself to breathe deeper, take more walks, and cuddle more than I do already. (ready or not Marco!)

ps. for everyone who left love on my facebook status you seriously rock. Honest. Made my whole day.

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