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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Okay, the word was a lot longer than that but the initial diagnosis by my physician is stress.  Gee, can’t imagine why I’d have any of that! LOL He is going to talk to the other partners in the practice about putting me on some sort of a monitor "at cost".  Said monitor has a button I can click when I feel any sort of arrythmia so it will "record" the incidents over a 24-48 hour period. He also told them to give me my money back.  I gave them a $100 deposit at the desk and he said, "I’m not charging you for listening to your heart, especially since you sat here for 3 hours after sitting at the ER for 4 last night."  Sweet! He gave me samples of an anti-inflammatory to take (as well as samples of my antidepressent) and some patches for my shoulder.  He’ll call me tomorrow or the next day about the monitor which, he assured me, is just for our peace of mind. Oh, he also said it wouldn’t hurt if I could train Persia to knead my shoulder rather than my side where I’m ticklish.  He called it "making biscuits"

Your doctor is a sweetie. I’m glad it was nothing more serious.

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Okay, the word was a lot longer than that but the initial diagnosis by my physician is stress.  Gee, can’t imagine why I’d have any of that! LOL He is going to talk to the other partners in the practice about putting me on some sort of a monitor "at cost".  Said monitor has a button I can click when I feel any sort of arrythmia so it will "record" the incidents over a 24-48 hour period. He also told them to give me my money back.  I gave them a $100 deposit at the desk and he said, "I’m not charging you for listening to your heart, especially since you sat here for 3 hours after sitting at the ER for 4 last night."  Sweet! He gave me samples of an anti-inflammatory to take (as well as samples of my antidepressent) and some patches for my shoulder.  He’ll call me tomorrow or the next day about the monitor which, he assured me, is just for our peace of mind. Oh, he also said it wouldn’t hurt if I could train Persia to knead my shoulder rather than my side where I’m ticklish.  He called it "making biscuits" Jill — I used to have a handle on life…but it broke off.

I’m glad to know you’re not having a heart attack.  Your doctor sounds like a keeper for sure!  Now if we could just figure out how to alleviate that stress… Purrs and hugs, Joy

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I’m very glad that your heart is okay, but don’t think that "stress" isn’t serious too. It doesn’t sound like much – sort of a "pull yourself together" illness like some people think depression is. It isn’t.  It can cause all sorts of physical symptoms that you would never imagine it could and it lowers your immune system. I was diagnosed with it in January 04.  My mother died suddenly in Jan 03, I struggled to cope with that and at the same time I was having difficulty with my sight.  I started to get bullied at work by a manager because my performance fell.  Her sadist tendencies showed when she reduced all my help from colleagues and gave me an unachievable workload. BTW, this is what bully bosses often do, set you up to fail. Stress, in the clinical sense, is very serious.  I got through it with Prozac and ongoing counselling.  I was about to finish the counselling when all this last thing happened. I’m lucky, because the counselling is provided by the Employee Welfare Service where I work, it has cost me nothing.  Except having needed it, of course which is a big price to pay I was ambivalent at first about having a male counsellor.  Let me say right now that I should never have doubted him.  He has been more than wonderful and is very aware of feminine issues, and it does matter that you don’t get this bloke–woman thing, I could fancy you and lets.. It was Simon who told me – when I was creeping around in pain on one of his visits – that I really should see a doctor.  So I did, and the rest is history. It was Simon who came to see me in hospital the first time, when I was having tests and my prognosis was poor, who turned away so I would not see his tears.  I did see them, however, and asked him about it.  He said  "I don’t think I will *ever* advise a client of mine to go to the doctor if this is going to be the outcome." I said  "You may just have saved my life." He visited me in hospital after my operation.   He took me in his car from my aunt’s place to be in my beloved home again with my cats (10 miles out of his way)  when I was homesick for it all and couldn’t drive. He came on Wednesday this week.  We had a lot to discuss about what is going on with the cancer and stuff and we covered all that. He said  "I am so glad I brought you home, I was touched by how pleased you were to be home and see your cats again." Awww.  What a lovely man. Tweed

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Okay, the word was a lot longer than that but the initial diagnosis by my physician is stress.  Gee, can’t imagine why I’d have any of that! LOL He is going to talk to the other partners in the practice about putting me on some sort of a monitor "at cost".  Said monitor has a button I can click when I feel any sort of arrythmia so it will "record" the incidents over a 24-48 hour period. He also told them to give me my money back.  I gave them a $100 deposit at the desk and he said, "I’m not charging you for listening to your heart, especially since you sat here for 3 hours after sitting at the ER for 4 last night."  Sweet! He gave me samples of an anti-inflammatory to take (as well as samples of my antidepressent) and some patches for my shoulder.  He’ll call me tomorrow or the next day about the monitor which, he assured me, is just for our peace of mind. Oh, he also said it wouldn’t hurt if I could train Persia to knead my shoulder rather than my side where I’m ticklish.  He called it "making biscuits" Jill — I used to have a handle on life…but it broke off.

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Okay, the word was a lot longer than that but the initial diagnosis by my physician is stress.  Gee, can’t imagine why I’d have any of that! LOL He is going to talk to the other partners in the practice about putting me on some sort of a monitor "at cost".  Said monitor has a button I can click when I feel any sort of arrythmia so it will "record" the incidents over a 24-48 hour period. He also told them to give me my money back.  I gave them a $100 deposit at the desk and he said, "I’m not charging you for listening to your heart, especially since you sat here for 3 hours after sitting at the ER for 4 last night."  Sweet! He gave me samples of an anti-inflammatory to take (as well as samples of my antidepressent) and some patches for my shoulder.  He’ll call me tomorrow or the next day about the monitor which, he assured me, is just for our peace of mind. Oh, he also said it wouldn’t hurt if I could train Persia to knead my shoulder rather than my side where I’m ticklish.  He called it "making biscuits" Sounds like you have a sensible, generous doctor who obviously likes cats too! Keep him! Sorry that its caused by stress. In one way its a good diagnosis: its not in itself life threatening. But in a way its a bad diagnosis because its not easy to fix. Purrs that life gets back on track for you soon. Yowie

Stress can manifest in so many ways and different for each person. But it is good to hear you have a great doctor. Hugs and purrs, — CATherine

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Lots of purrs and best wishes for Persia to help you with stress, — Polonca & Soncek

Okay, the word was a lot longer than that but the initial diagnosis by my physician is stress.  Gee, can’t imagine why I’d have any of that! LOL He is going to talk to the other partners in the practice about putting me on some sort of a monitor "at cost".  Said monitor has a button I can click when I feel any sort of arrythmia so it will "record" the incidents over a 24-48 hour period.

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Okay, the word was a lot longer than that but the initial diagnosis by my physician is stress.  Gee, can’t imagine why I’d have any of that! LOL He is going to talk to the other partners in the practice about putting me on some sort of a monitor "at cost".  Said monitor has a button I can click when I feel any sort of arrythmia so it will "record" the incidents over a 24-48 hour period. He also told them to give me my money back.  I gave them a $100 deposit at the desk and he said, "I’m not charging you for listening to your heart, especially since you sat here for 3 hours after sitting at the ER for 4 last night."  Sweet! He gave me samples of an anti-inflammatory to take (as well as samples of my antidepressent) and some patches for my shoulder.  He’ll call me tomorrow or the next day about the monitor which, he assured me, is just for our peace of mind. Oh, he also said it wouldn’t hurt if I could train Persia to knead my shoulder rather than my side where I’m ticklish.  He called it "making biscuits"

He sounds like an excellent doctor (and also a cat person?) — Steve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and the Evil Spot with loving memories of Rocky (RB) Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Okay, the word was a lot longer than that but the initial diagnosis by my physician is stress.  Gee, can’t imagine why I’d have any of that! LOL He is going to talk to the other partners in the practice about putting me on some sort of a monitor "at cost".  Said monitor has a button I can click when I feel any sort of arrythmia so it will "record" the incidents over a 24-48 hour period. He also told them to give me my money back.  I gave them a $100 deposit at the desk and he said, "I’m not charging you for listening to your heart, especially since you sat here for 3 hours after sitting at the ER for 4 last night."  Sweet! He gave me samples of an anti-inflammatory to take (as well as samples of my antidepressent) and some patches for my shoulder. He’ll call me tomorrow or the next day about the monitor which, he assured me, is just for our peace of mind. Oh, he also said it wouldn’t hurt if I could train Persia to knead my shoulder rather than my side where I’m ticklish.  He called it "making biscuits" Jill

He sounds like a very good physician, it sounds like he may be owned by a cat. Purrs your pain can be solved easily. — Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat.

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Okay, the word was a lot longer than that but the initial diagnosis by my physician is stress.  Gee, can’t imagine why I’d have any of that! LOL He is going to talk to the other partners in the practice about putting me on some sort of a monitor "at cost".  Said monitor has a button I can click when I feel any sort of arrythmia so it will "record" the incidents over a 24-48 hour period. He also told them to give me my money back.  I gave them a $100 deposit at the desk and he said, "I’m not charging you for listening to your heart, especially since you sat here for 3 hours after sitting at the ER for 4 last night."  Sweet! He gave me samples of an anti-inflammatory to take (as well as samples of my antidepressent) and some patches for my shoulder. He’ll call me tomorrow or the next day about the monitor which, he assured me, is just for our peace of mind. Oh, he also said it wouldn’t hurt if I could train Persia to knead my shoulder rather than my side where I’m ticklish.  He called it "making biscuits" Jill Just curious — do you ever hold your telephone  on your shoulder and bend your neck  over to hold it in place? I had a friend who got intense neck and shoulder/arm pain by doing this.  MLB

Actually I despise talking on the telephone but if I have hold it when I write it’s the opposite shoulder.  When I worked I always had a headset. Jill

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Okay, the word was a lot longer than that but the initial diagnosis by my physician is stress.  Gee, can’t imagine why I’d have any of that! LOL He is going to talk to the other partners in the practice about putting me on some sort of a monitor "at cost".  Said monitor has a button I can click when I feel any sort of arrythmia so it will "record" the incidents over a 24-48 hour period. He also told them to give me my money back.  I gave them a $100 deposit at the desk and he said, "I’m not charging you for listening to your heart, especially since you sat here for 3 hours after sitting at the ER for 4 last night."  Sweet! He gave me samples of an anti-inflammatory to take (as well as samples of my antidepressent) and some patches for my shoulder.  He’ll call me tomorrow or the next day about the monitor which, he assured me, is just for our peace of mind. Oh, he also said it wouldn’t hurt if I could train Persia to knead my shoulder rather than my side where I’m ticklish.  He called it "making biscuits" Jill

Just curious — do you ever hold your telephone  on your shoulder and bend your neck  over to hold it in place? I had a friend who got intense neck and shoulder/arm pain by doing this.  MLB

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Okay, the word was a lot longer than that but the initial diagnosis by my physician is stress.  Gee, can’t imagine why I’d have any of that! LOL He is going to talk to the other partners in the practice about putting me on some sort of a monitor "at cost".  Said monitor has a button I can click when I feel any sort of arrythmia so it will "record" the incidents over a 24-48 hour period. He also told them to give me my money back.  I gave them a $100 deposit at the desk and he said, "I’m not charging you for listening to your heart, especially since you sat here for 3 hours after sitting at the ER for 4 last night."  Sweet! He gave me samples of an anti-inflammatory to take (as well as samples of my antidepressent) and some patches for my shoulder.  He’ll call me tomorrow or the next day about the monitor which, he assured me, is just for our peace of mind. Oh, he also said it wouldn’t hurt if I could train Persia to knead my shoulder rather than my side where I’m ticklish.  He called it "making biscuits" Jill Just curious — do you ever hold your telephone  on your shoulder and bend your neck  over to hold it in place? I had a friend who got intense neck and shoulder/arm pain by doing this.  MLB

My current shoulder problems were attributed to poor postures and long hours in front of the computer. At least I don’t hold the phone on my shoulder. Winnie

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Okay, the word was a lot longer than that but the initial diagnosis by my physician is stress.  Gee, can’t imagine why I’d have any of that! LOL He is going to talk to the other partners in the practice about putting me on some sort of a monitor "at cost".  Said monitor has a button I can click when I feel any sort of arrythmia so it will "record" the incidents over a 24-48 hour period. He also told them to give me my money back.  I gave them a $100 deposit at the desk and he said, "I’m not charging you for listening to your heart, especially since you sat here for 3 hours after sitting at the ER for 4 last night."  Sweet! He gave me samples of an anti-inflammatory to take (as well as samples of my antidepressent) and some patches for my shoulder.  He’ll call me tomorrow or the next day about the monitor which, he assured me, is just for our peace of mind. Oh, he also said it wouldn’t hurt if I could train Persia to knead my shoulder rather than my side where I’m ticklish.  He called it "making biscuits" Jill

Mucho soothing, stress-relieving purrs.  Good Lord, girl. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com

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Okay, the word was a lot longer than that but the initial diagnosis by my physician is stress.  Gee, can’t imagine why I’d have any of that! LOL He is going to talk to the other partners in the practice about putting me on some sort of a monitor "at cost".  Said monitor has a button I can click when I feel any sort of arrythmia so it will "record" the incidents over a 24-48 hour period.

This sounds like a good idea just to be safe.  I understand it’s not uncommon for people to have episodes of a racing heartrate, mild chest pains, etc and by the time they have an EKG done in the office their symptoms are gone and nothing shows up on the EKG. Lots of times symptoms like that aren’t indicative of anything serious (my sister had a couple of episodes of a racing heartrate and it turned out to be nothing to worry about), but it’s always better to get it checked out and if necessary wear one of those Holter monitors for a day or two to catch one of the events so the doctors can have a better idea of what’s going on. He also told them to give me my money back.  I gave them a $100 deposit at the desk and he said, "I’m not charging you for listening to your heart, especially since you sat here for 3 hours after sitting at the ER for 4 last night."  Sweet! He gave me samples of an anti-inflammatory to take (as well as samples of my antidepressent) and some patches for my shoulder.  He’ll call me tomorrow or the next day about the monitor which, he assured me, is just for our peace of mind. Oh, he also said it wouldn’t hurt if I could train Persia to knead my shoulder rather than my side where I’m ticklish.  He called it "making biscuits"

They use that term at my vet as well.  One of the cats who was up for adoption there a while back used to like to knead on people and it made him so happy he would drool a little while he was doing it.  They called that "making biscuits and gravy".  I haven’t seen him recently; I’m sure he was adopted.  He was a sweetie. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Jill — I used to have a handle on life…but it broke off.

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Okay, the word was a lot longer than that but the initial diagnosis by my physician is stress.  Gee, can’t imagine why I’d have any of that! LOL He is going to talk to the other partners in the practice about putting me on some sort of a monitor "at cost".  Said monitor has a button I can click when I feel any sort of arrythmia so it will "record" the incidents over a 24-48 hour period. He also told them to give me my money back.  I gave them a $100 deposit at the desk and he said, "I’m not charging you for listening to your heart, especially since you sat here for 3 hours after sitting at the ER for 4 last night."  Sweet! He gave me samples of an anti-inflammatory to take (as well as samples of my antidepressent) and some patches for my shoulder.  He’ll call me tomorrow or the next day about the monitor which, he assured me, is just for our peace of mind. Oh, he also said it wouldn’t hurt if I could train Persia to knead my shoulder rather than my side where I’m ticklish.  He called it "making biscuits" Jill — I used to have a handle on life…but it broke off.

Oh Jill, it sounds like you have a great doctor!  I feel much better about you being in good hands!  Purrs coming that you’re feeling better quickly! Hugs, CatNipped

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Okay, the word was a lot longer than that but the initial diagnosis by my physician is stress.  Gee, can’t imagine why I’d have any of that! LOL

Jill, I’m so relieved to hear this!  I am really impressed that your doctor didn’t charge you and thought the hospital was out of line.  I’m also glad they are going to try to continue to monitor you, to make sure it isn’t something else. Diane

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Okay, the word was a lot longer than that but the initial diagnosis by my physician is stress.  Gee, can’t imagine why I’d have any of that! LOL He is going to talk to the other partners in the practice about putting me on some sort of a monitor "at cost".  Said monitor has a button I can click when I feel any sort of arrythmia so it will "record" the incidents over a 24-48 hour period. He also told them to give me my money back.  I gave them a $100 deposit at the desk and he said, "I’m not charging you for listening to your heart, especially since you sat here for 3 hours after sitting at the ER for 4 last night."  Sweet! He gave me samples of an anti-inflammatory to take (as well as samples of my antidepressent) and some patches for my shoulder.  He’ll call me tomorrow or the next day about the monitor which, he assured me, is just for our peace of mind. Oh, he also said it wouldn’t hurt if I could train Persia to knead my shoulder rather than my side where I’m ticklish.  He called it "making biscuits"

Sounds like you have a sensible, generous doctor who obviously likes cats too! Keep him! Sorry that its caused by stress. In one way its a good diagnosis: its not in itself life threatening. But in a way its a bad diagnosis because its not easy to fix. Purrs that life gets back on track for you soon. Yowie

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Okay, the word was a lot longer than that but the initial diagnosis by my physician is stress.  Gee, can’t imagine why I’d have any of that! LOL He also told them to give me my money back.  I gave them a $100 deposit at the desk and he said, "I’m not charging you for listening to your heart, especially since you sat here for 3 hours after sitting at the ER for 4 last night."  Sweet! Is your Doc single????  Maybe he’s sweet on you?!?!?!?

Heheh… he’s married.  Thing is, I knew him before he ever decided to go to medical school.  He used to hang out with my brothers and me.  I was teasing him about the old blue van he used to drive.  Shag carpet inside and we will *not* discuss what I know used to go on in said blue van other than to ask if anyone remembers Boone’s Farm Strawberry wine. LOL   He gave me samples of an anti-inflammatory to take (as well as samples of my antidepressent) and some patches for my shoulder. He’ll call me tomorrow or the next day about the monitor which, he assured me, is just for our peace of mind. Hope all goes well, and you’re not hitting that ‘panic button’ very often.

I hope not, too, but it will be reassuring to have some verification one way or the other.  BTW, they tried to call the ER for the results of my EKG from yesterday and they had no better luck getting that info than I did. Oh, he also said it wouldn’t hurt if I could train Persia to knead my shoulder rather than my side where I’m ticklish.  He called it "making biscuits" I got a chuckle out of this part.

Yeah, that made me laugh.  I never figured him for a cat person

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Okay, the word was a lot longer than that but the initial diagnosis by my physician is stress.  Gee, can’t imagine why I’d have any of that! LOL He is going to talk to the other partners in the practice about putting me on some sort of a monitor "at cost".  Said monitor has a button I can click when I feel any sort of arrythmia so it will "record" the incidents over a 24-48 hour period. He also told them to give me my money back.  I gave them a $100 deposit at the desk and he said, "I’m not charging you for listening to your heart, especially since you sat here for 3 hours after sitting at the ER for 4 last night."  Sweet! He gave me samples of an anti-inflammatory to take (as well as samples of my antidepressent) and some patches for my shoulder.  He’ll call me tomorrow or the next day about the monitor which, he assured me, is just for our peace of mind. Oh, he also said it wouldn’t hurt if I could train Persia to knead my shoulder rather than my side where I’m ticklish.  He called it "making biscuits" Jill — I used to have a handle on life…but it broke off.

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You seem to have good medical-financial karma, at least!

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Okay, the word was a lot longer than that but the initial diagnosis by my physician is stress.  Gee, can’t imagine why I’d have any of that! LOL He is going to talk to the other partners in the practice about putting me on some sort of a monitor "at cost".  Said monitor has a button I can click when I feel any sort of arrythmia so it will "record" the incidents over a 24-48 hour period. He also told them to give me my money back.  I gave them a $100 deposit at the desk and he said, "I’m not charging you for listening to your heart, especially since you sat here for 3 hours after sitting at the ER for 4 last night."  Sweet!

Is your Doc single????  Maybe he’s sweet on you?!?!?!? He gave me samples of an anti-inflammatory to take (as well as samples of my antidepressent) and some patches for my shoulder. He’ll call me tomorrow or the next day about the monitor which, he assured me, is just for our peace of mind.

Hope all goes well, and you’re not hitting that ‘panic button’ very often. Oh, he also said it wouldn’t hurt if I could train Persia to knead my shoulder rather than my side where I’m ticklish.  He called it "making biscuits"

I got a chuckle out of this part. — The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)