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You cant pay for medical care, or youre worried about him missing work? I dont know what cardiomyopathy is but maybe call your dr and see if they can squeeze you in or what they advise. I have another heart condition (SVT) and once incident I waited too long to get care and it could have been dangerous, I ended up with enzymes in my heart like a heart attack, it isnt worth risking your life over letting your husband manage the kids and miss work. Bills are resolveable, losing your life Gd forbid is not resolveable. Also, if they check you and youre okay and stable but just 'advise you to stay just in case' you can always decline and say you prefer to just follow up with your dr. If they find something actually critical and admit you, that means you needed to go there and thankfully you did.
Can’t afford to go to the emergency room
I’m currently high risk due to a history of cardiomyopathy. I’m in my first trimester, I’ve been on a leave of absence from work due to not being able to do anything (brush my teeth, shower or even lay down) without shortness of breath and chest pain. I’ve developed new symptoms like dark spots in my eyes and headaches but I’m too scared to go to the ER and leave my fiancé with everything to take care of. All of the bills and housework has been on him and we have 3 other children. I hate to make him miss work, handle the bills and do everything else. He says it’s okay but if I’m admitted to the hospital he can’t work and bills will get outta hand. I feel useless and like such a burden. I can’t even make myself food from feeling so weak.
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My SVT started acting up not long ago and I kept trying to just push through, it resulted in a critical incident and being taken by ambulance to the hospital from my house. And then because of the heart enzymes (damage due to waiting too long) I was really wiped out and was getting frequent palpitations, and my husband had to care for the house and our 4 kids entirely for almost 3 weeks and neglected our business. It sucks, but I shouldnt have waited so long. I felt guilty putting more on him, but he cried when I came home that he thought he would never see me again and I cant let it come to that again...it really wasnt worth me trying to push through. Hopefully in your case it's just hormones and increased blood volume from pregnancy and placenta formation, but at the very least, phone your cardiologist.
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It’s more about him taking off work. We had a rough year, we lost a car to a monsoon, all our savings and had to move to a new state. We’ve been managing well but my condition has made things harder but I agree that if I wait too long it’ll get worse. I’ve been hiding my symptoms from my fiancé so he won’t worry.
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