Adventures in Chronic Illness 🥄
I got a renal ultrasound this morning and got hooked up to a heart monitor that I have to wear for the next two weeks- it’s ‘live’ so someone’s always watching and recording 😵💫 I have to press the button every time I have a symptom which is pretty often, I’m about to drive these poor people absolutely bonkers lmao
The woman who helped me get it set up this morning said that I’ll get a call if it reads anything concerning, so here’s to hoping I don’t get a suprise phone call (it’ll probably just be my monitor reader telling me ‘STOP PRESSING YOUR BUTTON SO MUCH.’)
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