Hi. Looking for a bit of advice and a hand hold.
I have had a rough time recently. I’m not sure if I’m stressed or generally unwell. I started back to work after maternity leave a few months ago, and that same week i had a side impact car crash (not my fault) where I injured my back, just a minor muscle tear which has healed nicely.
Then a few weeks after that, my sister had a stillborn baby girl, so I’ve been trying to support her through everything. This hard been very hard for us all but especially my dear sister.
I had a double ear infection and lost most of my hearing temporarily around the same time.
Then a few weeks after that, my youngest Son caught hand, foot and mouth and I caught something flu like from him, didn’t have the spots everywhere but did have a few ulcers in my mouth and a fever, head cold type/ flu thing so perhaps it was HFM! It wiped me out.
I literally went back to work for a few days last week, and then Monday at work I started to get a tight chest and I felt a bit dizzy, with a headache across my forehead. I am asthmatic but inhaler didn’t help, and it didn’t feel like asthma. Mine is usually very well controlled as well. My eyes also feel dry and sore, and light was making it worse.
Monday night, I had a real funny turn, chest pain, pain radiating down my left arm which felt heavy, dizzy, confused, body shakes like arms and legs shaking and I just couldn’t get my words out. Ended up in an ambulance and in A+E, but heart problems and stroke was ruled out, ecg was fine. The ecg did say Nonspecific T wave abnormality but they said it was fine and normal. Was seen in urgent care and same day emergency care yesterday and had another ecg and bloods, which were fine. T wave the same, and the doctor said something about electrical connection was poor but he thought that was because I was shaking so bad.
Now today, I still have the shakes, headache, dizzy, a tight chest in the middle where my sternum is and under breast area by my ribs, and my throat feels constricted and sore. I do have a underactive thyroid which I wondered if that was the issue. I have looked at my past blood tests from I was diagnosed in 2022 after having my first Son, and I tested positive for the antibodies which the result was 1264 with the reference being 0-24! Does this mean it’s likely to be an autoimmune disease causing my underactive thyroid? They never said anything about the antibodies to me. I’ve been on 50mcg since I was diagnosed. My TSH is always up and down and my T4 has always been on the high end of the scale. When I was diagnosed both were high, and the antibodies high, which now seems odd.
I just don’t know whether I’m stressed because of everything that has happened recently, or whether I’m unwell with something viral (my young kids pick up everything from nursery and one currently has a cold again, so could be possible) or whether my thyroid is out of whack.
I have a GP appointment tomorrow as I couldn’t get one today, but the receptionist said the triage doctor said that he can test my bloods to put my mind at rest that it’s not thyroid and it’s probably viral, he reviewed my hospital tests and wasn’t concerned.
My sick record at work is awful and I’ve only just come back, and it’s a struggle feeling so awful when looking after my small kids, who haven’t been well themselves bless them.
Sorry for the long post. I’m at my wits end.
Thanks in advance!