what doesn't kill you, just makes you stronger. i hope.

i really don't know why, but lately, i feel like my body is getting to stressed too much (or is getting too old, too fast).

a few days ago, i was feeling some tightness in my chest. it continued to the rest of that night and then again in the morning the day after. and because the feeling just became very much uncomfortable, i decided to go to the nearest hospital from the office (which is the Medical City Hospital in Ortigas. that was my first time there, and although i really don't like being in hospitals, i was really amazed on how great the facilities are and how their systems works).

the doctors did their tests and diagnosis, and found that there is nothing wrong with my heart. the heartbeats are normal, BP is normal, my ECG was normal. so the tightness is probably caused by something else aside from the heart. the doctor said it could be GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease). he gave me meds and said that observe what happens in a week.

good thing the tightness in my chest subsided over the afternoon.

since i was already in the hospital that day, i decided to also have my right eye checked coz i have been feeling a bit of pressure (and pain) on the top side of my eyeball whenever i turn my eye to the right. i had 2 eye doctors checked up on me and they both couldn't find out what's causing the pain. my eyesight is normal, i was not having double visions, i have no swelling in my eyeballs, the orbital x-rays show that there are no fractures on my eye sockets.

they say everything is normal, but i was feeling the pain in my eye until the next day.

and then earlier tonight, just after finishing up at work, i suddenly felt some muscle pain on my right shoulder. i could not remember what i did to cause the pain. at first, it was very much tolerable, the pain was there, but i could handle it. then after just about 20 minutes, the pain just fucking escalated. whenever i take a deep breath, the muscles on my shoulder pulses with pain.

and i was planning on playing bowling tonight. talk about wrong timing.

so, i decided to go home instead. i could only do shallow breathing coz the pain is just crazy whenever i take a deep breath. i bought myself some medicated plaster (mentopas) and had it put on my shoulder and took some pain killer pills to shake off the pain.

good thing i am having my Annual Physical Exam tomorrow morning, i would have this checked up. hopefully i could have an idea on why this happened. or maybe its just repetitive strain injury because of my job description (of typing lots and lots of lines of codes in front of the computer).

hope the medicated plaster and pain pills get me thru the night.