Health update

Hi everyone!!

So A LOT has happened since Monday lol... 

To make a very long & stressful story short, I was hospitalized for a suspected pulmonary embolism. After lots of tests I actually do not have one (great news!!) but we don't really know how long it will take me to recover from the health issues I'm still currently dealing with. Luckily, we have ruled out anything involving my heart or additional clotting, so whatever it is is no longer immediately life-threatening.

That being said, one of my most prominent symptoms is extreme accelerated heart rate when moving, standing, or even sitting, so working is a little difficult at the moment. On Tuesday I was getting up to 150+BPM when walking and 120BPM when sitting (the nurse over our provincial health-line paused when I told her this then asked me to seek help within 24 hours lol. Thanks Julie!!). Luckily, it's not as bad as that now, but it's still pretty accelerated and I have to take breaks often to keep it low.

I kindly ask for your patience during this time. I've always been a pretty healthy individual with a great immune system so I'm really just praying everything will be ok and I can get back to my normal life and work schedule soon. I am still working, but like I said, it just takes a lot longer and I've been advised to take long periods of rest, lots of naps, and keep stress levels very low.

Both the polls this month will be a little late (hoping to get them done for early Oct!) and I'm honestly unsure if I'll even have October polls & commit to work I'm unsure if I can finish. More on that in the upcoming week or so as I see how my condition progresses.

Thank you all so much for your support and patience. I hope you can all stick around during this period of low activity from me, but either way, I appreciate any amount of support- whether it be past, present or future!

Thank you!