Thanks to everyone who’s posted a comment, phoned, or emailed me these last couple of days. Y’all’re sweeties! (How’s that for a contraction?)

I ended up not going to work today, just because I’m a little anxious and nervous and what not. I don’t think I’d get much work done, being this distracted, and I was nervous about making the trip. I really am feeling much better today, just a little anxious. Now watch me not have any “episodes” with the monitor on! Sheesh. Still, though, at least they’ll have a good idea of what my heart is up to. The docs are pretty sure it’s not heart-related, but want me to wear the thing as a precautionary measure.

I hope it doesn’t rain today, because I really want to skate. 1) It’ll make me feel more normal, 2) the monitor will track my heart during it’s normal range during exertion, and 3) it’ll take my mind off worrying about stuff and get me out of the house.

The doc said the monitor was supposed to be discreet. Um, not so much. The wires and stuff under my shirt don’t show so much, but the recording device is a 3″ x 5″ x 1″ box clipped to my pocket. It has a foot and a half long cable sticking out of it that the individual wires connect to. And the face of the recorder is a big clock. It’s like I’m the medical Flava Flav or something, but you know, digital.

I’m really not worried about it being a heart thing, though having to have all the heart tests is a little disconcerting. What I’m worried about is that it’s something else that’ll elude the doctors for a while and I’ll just have to deal with spontaneous hyperventilation and dizziness. I’m trying to keep my imagination under control, and just wait patiently for the blood tests to come back. I don’t even know how long to wait for those. I suppose if I don’t hear back after several days, I’ll phone them up to ask, but for now, I just have to sit tight.

Dude. I wanted a vacation, but not like this. I think I’ll spin some wool for a bit. That’ll take my mind off things. Anyway, thanks again, everyone, for your support and good thoughts and all that! I’ll update here as soon as I know anything else. Good thing I’m not going near an airport for a couple of weeks yet They might be suspicious of all these wires dangling from my person.