Got Me Shook

Since Thursday, my chest wouldn't feel good at night time. I had this sharp pain on my chest, especially the left side of where my heart is. It was a very uncomfortable feeling and it started to scare me. It was a pain that felt like a knife stabbing through my heart or someone pinching my heart. The pain would come out of nowhere and I would be just holding the left side of my chest, hoping for the pain to go away. It would eventually go away, but come back minutes later.

The few nights before Sunday, I was kind of nervous to go to sleep. The pain in my left chest area felt like it was getting worse and I started thinking that what if I went to sleep and didn't wake up the next day. I started thinking that maybe an artery in my heart was clogged or my heart was just wanting to give up or a heart attack was bound to happen. Thankfully, I would wake up the next few days with no pain at all, but the pain would return at night again. I've never had any kind of pain around my heart area that was really painful so I decided to tell my mom about it on Saturday night because it really started to give me a scare. She decided that we would go to the doctor the next day. Amazingly, I haven't had an appointment with a doctor since middle school, so I've been pretty healthy since then, but now the pain in my heart area was more of a concern.

I visited the doctor on Sunday, got evaluated, blood drawn, blood pressure checked, and an EKG. They found everything such as my kidney, liver, and especially my heart being fine. The doctor said that I wasn't going to have any sort of heart attack, so I was glad to hear that. One thing that did surprise the doctor and my family once the news was broken was that, I have high blood pressure. My bad diet and stress caused me to have a blood pressure of 169/57, which is really bad and unhealthy, which caused me to have the pain in my heart. The doctor was surprised that for a person my age, I would have that high of a blood pressure. After finding that out, I am more nervous for myself. The normal stage for regular blood pressure is 120/80 so my blood pressure is way above that, which is kind of scaring me in a way.

It's crazy how a few years back, I was active and had athletic ability but now, I've pretty much been inactive and lazy. I haven't had the sufficient amount of excercise or have a well-balanced diet so some things are going to have to change for me to have a healthy lifestyle again. Just having that blood pressure test has given me a reality check. I don't want to end up with heart disease or a heart attack at an early age so I really have to put an effort to be healthy again and I want to be healthy again. In a sense, having the pain in my heart was a sign that I need to make the right decisions and maintain a healthy lifestyle. This coming winter break, I really have to put in the effort and excercise more and watch the foods I eat. I really can't afford to lose my life that way. I thank God for not letting anything major-like happen to me like a heart attack and thanks to my mom for making me go to the doctor even though I was nervous and didn't want to know any results. It really gave me a better outlook for myself. Now all I have to do is put in the effort.