[GreyGoose]

Hi and ((((hugs)))) to all of you!

I found this really intreresting article that describes me to a TEE and thought I'd post the link here. If this is not allowed, please accepy my apology and feel free to delete it and I will totally understand and respect that:-). Maybe it will be helpful to someone else here like it was to me (I hope)...

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/e...5.htm#Symptoms

Well, I've been back to my rabies/OCD/hypochondria/freaking-out mode since a few days ago. I made the mistake of looking up symptoms since I have some mild-moderate lower neck pain from the nerve block the anesthesiologist gave me so I was kind of thinking "yeah sure, it's probably just from the shot but what if...?".

All because a bat (I think it was a bat) flew about 25 feet over my head about two weeks ago. It was very cold outside at the time, I had a thick jacket on, my hands were in my pockets (just like they always are when I take my walks), I saw the bat the whole time (it flew from a tree, over my head and went off into the field) and I did'nt see or feel a bite. What's more is that when I arrived home and the "what if's" started, the only mark on my whole body I could find was a papercut (bat bites are puncture-type wounds) and after my friend got cut in the exact same place, I was able to locate the source ( a broken piece of glass caught in the sink drain). Anyway, my mind still wants to think "rabies" and I seem powerless to stop it. Maybe it is rabies. Maybe I'm going to die or something. I'm so sick of this.

My throat has felt kind of tight/thickened lately. Sometimes it feels like there's a knot or bump in my throat. Sometimes my throat feels a bit coated (or it clicks) and when I swallow, it feels like I have to swallow extra hard to "squeeze" the food down. That's part of the reason I'm thinking "rabies" because I heard it could affect your throat muscles.

I just took a Percoset and it's better than being drunk. I'm feeling so totally euphoric right now that I feel like I'm floating on a beautiful cloud or something. Of course I never use drugs recreationally (this is for surgical pain) but it definately does feel good:-).

Hope I'm not rambling here but I just felt like sharing for whatever it's worth. Once I "sober up" and then come back here and read this again, I'll probably feel really silly.

[jmo531]

((((GG))))