Tuesday afternoon I get a call on my cell phone from AM, clearly highly distressed with chest pain, not really able to talk during intermittent waves of pain. Thankfully, our friend TE was able to drive her into the emergency room. A quick ECG ruled out a heart attack, and by then the pain had subsided. An eventual ultrasound showed a gall stone, although not necessarily in a position that would 100% confirm that this was the source of her pain. (Apparently up to 10% of people have gall stones, most without any symptoms.) Nevertheless, given the history of having a similar attack about 9 months ago, the most likely diagnosis is the gall stone with the recommendation to surgically remove the gall bladder.
So AM is going in thursday to schedule her surgery. She is generally feeling okay now, although very nervous about the surgery.
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