quote Originally posted by ALLTRBO: Nope. I am hoping to get out of this ICCU tomorrow, though. A nasty virus attacked me early Monday and on Tuesday I started having severe chest pains especially while breathing which turned out to be Pericarditis and I also had some indications of Myocarditis, but today it let up a bit. I've had two sets of chest x-rays, five EKG's and an Echo. They are going to do a TEE tomorrow to figure out why my right ventricle looked partially collapsed in the Echo. (Don't worry, I don't follow all of that either, but hopefully they'll let me go soon anyway. ) Well it might not be the one you were looking for, but it is an update!

DAMN dude, that's a hell of a list! get well soon, hope things turn around.

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Thanks man. I forgot to mention that they took at least 20 vials of blood through a total of 6 different holes in my arms and hands. Some of those vials were sent out and the results won't be back for up to a couple weeks, but hopefully they'll tell me what exactly I had/have.

I'm home! The TEE showed that the ventricle was okay. I do apparently have a small hole between two of the chambers, but they say that's normal for 15-20% of the population. That wall also moves around more loosely than it's supposed to, but that's apparently okay as well.
That test sucked. They sprayed a strong numbing spray down my throat before putting me out so they could ram a tube down to get an ultrasound through my esophagus (something like that) which gives them a clearer picture, but when I woke up I couldn't talk because it felt like someone ran a hone through my throat. Gah.

I'm still sick but it's letting up, the fever is gone and I can breathe without pain now, mostly. The inflammation has subsided, thanks in part to the Prednisone that I'm now tapering off of. I'll be fine, but that was too close for comfort in my eyes!

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