For a few weeks now I have been very sleep almost all of the time. This was true even though I thought I was getting a good night's sleep. Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday of this past week were so bad I kept falling asleep during the day (including at work!).
I woke up Wednesday morning completely out of breath and very weak. I called in sick, and went to see my Doctor. He did an EKG on me, and didn't like what he saw. He had me go to the ER, where they kept me for 24 hours while they checked out my heart (blood tests every 6 hours, 3 more EKGs, plus a "stress echo" at the end before being discharged).
I'm very glad to say that everything is fine with my heart. The Doctors at the Hospital weren't testing me for this, but they told me that everything seem to indicate that I have sleep apnea, and that was causing my breathing problems, the lack of sleep, and my irregular EKG. So now I have to go see an ENT Doctor, followed by a few nights at a sleep clinic. After that I should be a good as new.
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