I’ve been out of work for a couple of days. What I thought was a stomach bug (causing nausea) has turned out to be something else. Not sure what. But the nausea went away pretty quickly, but the dizziness, (minor) hyperventilation (not the TV kind), palpitations, etc, have lingered. I had an EKG today, which looked normal, but just in case, I’ll be wearing a heart monitor. I pick it up tomorrow, wear it for 24 hours, then when I get it taken off, I have to get an  Echo Cardiogram done, just to make extra sure.

I also had some blood drawn to test for thyroid, electrolyte, and whatever else they can think of.

So, deep breaths. I’m supposed to go about my day as I normally would, so I’m going to work tomorrow, after getting the monitor put on, and I’m going to practice in the evening. I won’t do contact, as I’m sure the monitor is pretty expensive, and I don’t think I’m covered for derby-related breakage. But if my heart is doing wonky things, then I need to know if I can skate. The “attacks” or “episodes” or whatever you want to call them, don’t happen when I’m working out or skating, but they’ve come when I’m doing other normal things, like sitting watching TV, or driving a car (that one was scary), or riding the T, or sitting at my desk.

We’ll figure it out. I just hope it’s something simple like “you need more iron, veggie head” or “have a banana, your potassium’s low” and not “never skate again because if you do you will fall over and explode.”

Fingers crossed, please.