Health Crisis #3 for 2008

by midlifecrisisqueen on June 26, 2008

There’s so much out there about miracle ways to keep us from aging or special ways to lose weight. I found an amazing diet yesterday, but I’m not recommending it to ANYONE!!!

I’ve been feeling completely energy-less lately. Any kind of movement (say a five minute walk!) took all my breath away, and I just couldn’t figure out WHAT was the matter with my lungs. I felt like I was slowly drowning, and come to find out, I was!

After a chest x-ray yesterday, they rushed me to the hospital for an emergency thoracentesis, which means they stick a tiny tube into the base of your lung to drain out excess fluids. In my case they got almost a quart!

It seems my fractured ribs from my bike wreck slowly collected fluids around my left lung, and it was pressing on my lung and making it almost impossible to breath correctly.

I’m so relieved! I knew something was really wrong and now I can breathe a lot easier! Plus I lost a few pounds of fluids just like that. See why I can’t recommend this as a weight loss plan?

See why I call myself the “crisis queen?”

Life is absolutely unpredictable…go with the flow!

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BearNaked June 28, 2008 at 11:29 am

My goodness you certainly have had a string of bad luck.
Hope you are feeling better.
And no I wouldn’t want to try that diet.

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