Chest Pain Scare and Why It Stinks to Be Almost Equally Left and Right Brain Dominant
So about 11p last Wednesday night I was sitting on the couch in my PJs watching TV and playing Candy Crush on my phone. My husband Adam was in the garage finishing our daughter’s field day costume and my son was on his iPad next to me. Out of nowhere I get this crushing, squeezing, pushing, vise-like pain in my chest – just below my breast bone. It was so intense and so instant. I sat there breathless and confused for a minute and then felt nauseous. I tried leaning back, standing up, laying down, walking, etc. and nothing was doing anything to relieve the pain. It wasn’t getting worse or better it was just constant. My (split) brain starts having an argument with itself that went on for 30 minutes something like this: Right Brain (RB) – OMG is this a heart attack?! Left Brain (LB) – No, don’t be silly, it CAN’T be a heart attack. RB – Are you sure because I think it is a heart attack and I’m about to freak out! LB – Nah, we are ...