Late Friday evening just after eating our usual takeaway curry I developed pain in my ribcage, collarbone which went right through to my back, I thought it was indigestion so took some Andrews, didn't help so went off to bed.
Saturday woke up pain was still there, quite bad by this time and it had also started to radiate up the sides of my neck and into my ears giving me earache. It was also agony to bend down or lay down. I carried on with gaviscone, paracetamol and ibuprofen.
Woke up Sunday morning and it had got worse! My ears and chest were throbbing and my little finger on my left hand was going numb
Hubby made me phone 111, next thing there was an ambulance here and was being taken to hospital as they wanted me to have blood tests to check my heart hadn't been in any kind of distress
even though my ecg, chest, pulse and blood pressure were all ok. I kept telling them all this really isn't necessary and I don't actually feel that bad that I need to go to hospital, especially not in an ambulance!
We got into hospital and I said to the paramedic " I feel like such a fraud"! They had me straight into a cubicle, canula in, hospital Id band on and sticky pads all over me
They did more tests (all were fine) and took blood, I was told the results would be approx 4hrs.
A couple of hours later I was called back in to the cubicle and told all bloods were fine except my white blood cells which were slightly raised (mine always are for some reason)??
The result - acid reflux/indigestion!!
and I was sent on my merry way home with a prescription for omeprozone.
So embarrised!
