9:30 am - chest pains, difficulty breathing, feels like a kid sitting on my chest. It doesn't get better but not worse either. 3pm I finally get in to see a doc. Likely pericarditis. Go home, take massive doses of ibuprofen for 24hrs and see if that helps. If not, back to hospital for full ekg/echo/etc. Possibly caused by heart attack, but certainly not definite.

"Pericarditis is an inflammation (-itis) of the pericardium (the fibrous sac surrounding the heart)."

I still feel like I have a sack of potatoes on my chest.

I am thinking about going on leave from work.

AP

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