u/OldNewSwiftie

Last night my oxygen was in the 80s and my heart rate was a bit faster than usual. This morning I wake up and check it and for a few minutes it was back in the 80s, down to 85 at the lowest.

I felt like I had breathing problems the last few months so they did an EKG and that was fine. And X-ray and aside from coarsening at the bottom of my lungs from smoking, it was fine. They didn't seem worried at all about that, is that weird?
They did labs and my d dimer was elevated so they did a chest CT to make sure I didn't have a blood clot and that turned out fine too.
They didn't seem concerned about anything and sent me home.
I had a stress test last year and that was mostly fine, I didn't go as long as I did in the years before. They always do an echo and that was fine.

What the fuck?

If everything is fine, why do I feel this way, why is my oxygen lower than usual and about 6 minutes later it goes back into the 90s, which is my usual.

I don't get it.

They've got an MRI set up for December because I haven't had one in a few years, maybe that'll show something.

Am I crazy?

Does anyone else's oxygen drop (or even stay) in the 80s?

Am I crazy??

I'm 36, was born with hypoplastic right heart, had 5 open heart surgeries starting at 9 days old and ending just becore I turned 6. I've been bombarded with "how much longer do I have to live?" For a few weeks now. I have stage 4 endometriosis and permanent nerve damage so my body is pretty fucked. My mental health is not great and hasn't been for over 20 years, I feel so alone, and I'm starting to feel really scared. I've got no one to turn to for comfort.

Edit: If I didn't reply to your comment, please do not take it as me not caring what you have to say, I'm reading them all, it's A LOT to take in.

Now I'm down bad meowing at the gym!

Last October I had surgery for DIE (deeply infiltrated endometriosis) and it was horrible. I was in so much pain afterwards I was crying, I couldn't move, I bloated so much that none of my pants fit me anymore, I had to buy new pants, 4 sizes larger than what I normally am.
They removed lesions, cysts, a fuck ton of scar tissue, my appendix (apparently it was covered in lesions), and a uterine polyp.

The pain of endo has impacted my life significantly, and recovering from surgery was pure hell. I don't want to go through that again.

The heavy bleeding never went away, but hey, at least I'm not in pain so I'll deal with it.

The other day when I went to the bathroom, there was blood after a bm. Before surgery this was nearly every bm, there would be blood on the toilet paper and blood IN the toilet.

So that's back.
It's only happened once so far, but there's no way that that'll be the last time.

I've been getting my period earlier and earlier, my last cycle was 5 days early!! Today I feel like I have to have a bm and it's painful, and I'm bedridden with cramps, but no blood yet.

TLDR; My surgeon was adamant that my d.i.e wouldn't come back, that they got everything.

I think it's coming back.

Last October I had surgery for DIE (deeply infiltrated endometriosis) and it was horrible. I was in so much pain afterwards I was crying, I couldn't move, I bloated so much that none of my pants fit me anymore, I had to buy new pants, 4 sizes larger than what I normally am.
They removed lesions, cysts, a fuck ton of scar tissue, my appendix (apparently it was covered in lesions), and a uterine polyp.

The pain of endo has impacted my life significantly, and recovering from surgery was pure hell. I don't want to go through that again.

The heavy bleeding never went away, but hey, at least I'm not in pain so I'll deal with it.

The other day when I went to the bathroom, there was blood after a bm. Before surgery this was nearly every bm, there would be blood on the toilet paper and blood IN the toilet.

So that's back.
It's only happened once so far, but there's no way that that'll be the last time.

I've been getting my period earlier and earlier, my last cycle was 5 days early!! Today I feel like I have to have a bm and it's painful, and I'm bedridden with cramps, but no blood yet.

TLDR; My surgeon was adamant that my d.i.e wouldn't come back, that they got everything.

I think it's coming back.

Which season/s had you glued to the edge of your seat, a season you were so deeply invested in that you dreaded waiting A WHOLE WEEK without knowing what happens next?

I've been thinking about Carbon a lot, lately.

Who else but VNV Nation can so impeccably describe what humans as a species has done to the planet?

We kill everything.