Poll of the Day > Can you guys please pray for my best friend?

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She is having constant really bad chest pains. Her blood pressure is like 180/120 sometimes. 210 Heart Rate. She's 30 and only 115 pounds. She has been in and out of the E.R. like 15 times, but they kick her out as fast as they can because she doesn't have insurance. I used some of my settlement money to help pay for her to see a cardiologist. She's had two heart monitors and now she's on medication, but it doesn't seem to be doing much. She's weak, just got medically relieved from her job and is banned from driving until further notice. I've slept with her a couple nights (SLEEP not sex... SLEEP, she is 100% lesbian, not that it matters) just to make sure she... was still... breathing.

This girl has been here for me since I came back from Texas and the wreck that killed my wife, and has been a huge support for me in so many ways as I grieve. God damnit, I can't lose anyone else. God DAMNIT!!!
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They literally can't kick you out of the hospital for not having insurance. That's not a thing. Also,if her B/P and heart rate were that high for an extended period of time she'd have either died or had a heart attack.

I'm sorry to hear this. Hope her condition improves and stabilizes.

ASlaveObeys posted...

They literally can't kick you out of the hospital for not having insurance. That's not a thing. Also,if her B/P and heart rate were that high for an extended period of time she'd have either died or had a heart attack.

https://imgur.com/OhZF9ww and https://imgur.com/hC256l6 that was a recent reading at the house, and isn't even the highest I've seen it. Her heart rate is monitored by her Apple smart watch or whatever (I don't know what it's called, I use Android), and was confirmed accurate multiple times in the hospital. She goes from 90 to 210 randomly in the day, even just sitting down talking. And yes, obviously a heart attack or stroke or death is what I'm freaking out about. I just lost my God damn wife. This is somebody who has helped me stay remotely fucking sane this past year.
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WastelandCowboy posted...

I'm sorry to hear this. Hope her condition improves and stabilizes.

Thank you, brother. I hope so, too. I'm hoping the medication does something, it's the same medication her mother is on (adoptive mother, so we don't know hereditary stuff for her), but she hasn't shown any improvement.
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I'll keep her in my prayers. Please wish her well for me.
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90 BPM isn't life threatening. 210 is impossible to maintain for the human body. The BP is horrible. Is she incredibly out of shape? It makes no sense that a hospital wouldn't treat her. They literally can't turn you away if you want treatment.

At worse they'll sue you later for not paying. That's what I'm confused about.

ASlaveObeys posted...

90 BPM isn't life threatening. 210 is impossible to maintain for the human body. The BP is horrible. Is she incredibly out of shape? It makes no sense that a hospital wouldn't treat her. They literally can't turn you away if you want treatment.

At worse they'll sue you later for not paying. That's what I'm confused about.

https://imgur.com/hC256l6 Sorry I just added this picture after I uploaded it and edited it the reply post with it, that was a screenshot she texted me last month.

What treatment would they give her, though? They monitored her for like 1-2 days and then said "well, you seem stable" and sent her home. Rinse and repeat. She's going to try a different cardiologist and is waiting on results from the heart monitor... but yeah.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to snap. Just......... you know. Agh.
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LinkPizza posted...

I'll keep her in my prayers. Please wish her well for me.

I will... thank you, brother.
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Well thing is her average HR is 59, that's actually not bad at all. The weird flares don't make sense and it honestly looks like she's just working out or something or stressed about something.

The BP would be more concerning to me if I was treating her. But I haven't been in that field for years.
I have a female friend who has a resting heart rate of 80 BPM and that seems crazy high to me, and when she goes to work her heart rate is in the 100s from just walking around.
She's in great shape, she works out regularly she just has a high heart rate she needs to keep an eye on.

ASlaveObeys posted...

Well thing is her average HR is 59, that's actually not bad at all. The weird flares don't make sense and it honestly looks like she's just working out or something or stressed about something.

The BP would be more concerning to me if I was treating her. But I haven't been in that field for years.
I have a female friend who has a resting heart rate of 80 BPM and that seems crazy high to me, and when she goes to work her heart rate is in the 100s from just walking around.
She's in great shape, she works out regularly she just has a high heart rate she needs to keep an eye on.

That's a little bit relieving, thank you. But the weakness, and high blood pressure and chest pain of course worry me. When she called one time to ask if I could stay the night and walk her dog and stuff, I thought she had gotten in a car wreck just by how shaky her voice was.
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