great, there is something wrong with me

[lightdarkness]

well... a few people know that a few weeks ago my dad had heart surgery to replace a valve in his heart that was malfunctioning. He is recovering great, but slowly. About 2 weeks ago i went to my doctor for a routine physical so i could participate in school sports. My doctor found a heart murmur, which is what my dad originally had, so that got me worried, who wouldnt be. But my doctor told me that it was very common for childeren to have heart murmur's. Well, today i am surfing the net during study hall *right now* and i search for heart murmurs. I find out that the heart murmur's are common in 2 - 4 year olds! and last time i checked, im 15. so now im freaked. i am schedualed for a EKG on november 20th and i found this out...

Some heart murmurs may indicate a problem with the heart. If your child's doctor suspects something other than an innocent heart murmur, he or she will refer your child to a pediatric cardiologist, who will order or perform additional tests such as a chest X-ray, an EKG (an electrocardiogram), or an echocardiogram.

oh yeah, thats great to know
and today, my chest has been hurting and i feel like crap
is this cause for alarm?

HELP!

[Doctor]

jeeze that doesnt sound good at all. Who knows maybe it's not a heart murmor (hopefully).

[lightdarkness]

jeeze that doesnt sound good at all. Who knows maybe it's not a heart murmor (hopefully).

its deffinatly a heart murmur, i dont know if its a bad one or an ok one. GRRRR i hate this...

[Doctor]

you mean theres a dif. in heart murmors? and hey i like your sig.

[lightdarkness]

you mean theres a dif. in heart murmors? and hey i like your sig.

yes, there is a difference
80% of KIDS meaning 10 and under have heart murmurs that pose no threat what so ever
mine? i dont know yet, but after my reserch it aint lookin good
and thx for the sig compliment, moogy made it!

[Doctor]

he makes everyones sigs. lol

[lightdarkness]

he makes everyones sigs. lol

yeah
well... i am going home early cause i dont feel good, i will give yall an update later, nice talking to ya doctor. Ironic isnt it?

[Doctor]

yeah c yah.

[hund]

hmmm damn thats some scary sh** LD. I thought I had heart murmurs, but the docs keep saying it was acid refluxs, so I changed my diet, no more worries now. (wow, bad grammar) But if the doc says that you have hear murmurs and he says your ok, then I wouldnt worry too much. He did go to college for 8+ years, so hopefully he knows whats hes talking about. You could get a second opinion from another doc. Hope that EKG comes back saying your fine.

6 more days till HELL, I mean boot camp

[QreepyBORIS]

Re: great, there is something wrong with me

and today, my chest has been hurting and i feel like crap
is this cause for alarm?

HELP!

Probably not. You think it hurts. Its actually in your mind, probably. You can convince yourdelf of alot of bodily ailments...that doesnt make them true. I had cancer throughout the last half of 5th grade....in my fucking MIND. Trust me, you are almost certain to be okay.


So...it could be bad in the end, but its no sucking chest wound.

[dontcareaboutmyid]

good luck man

[RobbyZero]

my mom had one of those,i asked her what it meant and stuff and what would happen and she walked away yelling at me because i ifailed biology

[eldiabo3005]

Wow that doesn't sound very good. Good luck with everything.

[lightdarkness]

thanks a lot everybody
i took a few advil and slept for about 2 hrs and feel ok
i guess it was just in my mind, my mom is gonna try and get the ECHO (not ekg, my fault) moved closer so i dont have to worry, just because of what my dad went though

[aleco]

it probably is some mind stuff
but good luck