Being A Nurse

Sometimes being a nurse is not always the most exciting thing in the world. I have seen it all from terrible accidents to things I wish I didn't have to see. I love my job and I would not change it for anything, but it does have its ups and downs. As you can see, I am posting late at night....Yes I am working! I hate night shift more than anything and I can't wait until I can get working day shift. I keep getting told time after time that next month I will be on day shift but once again, next months schedule is out and I am still on nights! I guess thats enough of my soap box.
Being a nurse also causes me to think about things more than I need to sometimes. My husband will tell you how bad I hate driving in the snow because of past experiences from being in the ER. He will also tell you that I over diagnose a runny nose or a little pain. Well, I started to have a very high heart rate about two weeks ago and I thought it would go away. It kept getting higher and higher until I was around 150-160 beats per minute. I decided to go to work anyway and sure enough, I got hooked up to the cardiac monitor in the ER and it was not two seconds later a doctor was into evaluate me. To make a long story short after an EKG and Labs, I was diagnosed with Hyperthyroidism and had to go see a specialist at the University of Utah. I also have to have a nuclear medicine test done on Monday and Tuesday in Payson. I know you are all thinking "You have What?" But I was just as in shock as anyone else! Now I am sitting here looking up everything there is to know about my problems. I guess I should have went in earlier but I thought I would feel better. Sometimes life changes so fast! I just hope this is all this will be! At least I was not in a car accident or anything terrible happened to my loved ones! What a blessing!