I'm just looking for advice, support or maybe to be told to just get on with it.
I have a few related chronic health conditions that makes daily life a struggle. 2 weeks ago I fainted twice at work and then suffered a GI bleed. Admitted to hospital and had lots of tests. They weren't able to pinpoint the cause of the bleed but I am having upper and lower endoscopy as an outpatient.
Whilst in it was noted that my oxygen and bp were very low and so they did a vq scan to rule out a PE and also an echocardiogram. This has shown a possible heart problem but I need to be seen by a cardiologist to find out exactly what is wrong. They seem to be considering that the faints were caused by a cardiac event. Blood gases were normal though pulse ox only 90% (rising to 95% on oxygen) but they don't know why gases are normal while pulse ox is low.
My issue is that I am now home and terrified really. I feel very dizzy when standing and breathless when walking or talking.
What should I do? I can't go back to work while feeling like this but I can't stay off until I'm see again. I feel too scared to go out in case something happens but have more questions than answers.
What do I do?
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LittleChristmasMouse · 31/03/2019 16:15
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