The results are in....

So, here's what has happened.
I've gone to the cardiologist and he says,
1. I'm too young to see him (he mostly only sees 70 and 80 year olds)
2. The actual thing you all want to know.
I'm fine sort of. So to try and sum it up, the electrical connection between my heart and my brain doesn't work quite right. To explain, when your blood pressure drops (due to rest or sitting or anything) your rate/pulse is suppose to increase to compensate, mine doesn't do that. Both are already low and my pulse refuses to compensate most of the time, thus, I pass out. According to the cardiologist it's something I was born with and there's nothing I can do to make it go away.

He says that I should drink more water....(really I already drink a ton of it...what am I suppose to become a fish?) AND I'm suppose to increase my sodium intake. He literally told me that I should eat more chips and pretzels. It boils down to diet induced high blood pressure. I think it's funny. I'm suppose to consume these things when i feel really dizzy. Silly. But yah, I'm pretty much ok. Nothing is wrong really. I don't have an deformities in my heart and I don't have a brain tumor. So cool.

It's a simple thing to deal with. It won't ever be fixed but at least I can manage it.
So everyone, stop freaking out and worrying, I'm fine. I can handle this. I have taken care of myself in the past. Cool. Great.

Alright then, feel informed. YAY! :)

update number n

So I'm going to the cardiologist in April. maybe s/he can tell me why my heart is lazy. Anyway, I'm skipping my assistant position that day to have a doctor tell me they don't know why my heart hates me. However, I am fulfilling the wishes of my family and my grandparents {ps four of you are on my shit list right now. ;) }

It's been getting slightly worse I would say. It hovers around 50ish during most of the day and I've come to realize that some of the lab smells make it worse. Granted, organic solvents will make anyone light headed but I don't think it helps the situation.

weird.

To clarify, I'm overly careful in lab. I've made it a goal that while I apparently can't control how fast my heart beats, nor can I control how dizzy or light headed I get I can control not passing out in the lab. I'm constantly monitoring myself to make sure that none of my senses are fuzzy. I'd rather not spill chemicals on me....plus there's the whole being embarrassed about fainting. I'd also like to not lose any of my products in Advanced lab.
(you know forget the whole there's something physically wrong with me God forbid I lose my reaction.)

AND Dr. Reeve knows about it. She actually might be the only professor in the department that knows. I figure I spend two out of the four days from lab with her she should probably know. (and as she's the organic prof I figure her labs are the ones that I'll be more likely to faint in. It's science don't question it.) I find it funny that Schaeffer doesn't know. I don't want him to worry. I don't want anyone to worry. there's no point in worrying about something no one can control. yah, there's something wrong but it's out of everyone's control. Don't lose sleep over it.

So there you go. I'm going to the cardiologist. be happy that I'm not ignoring it as my nature would have me do. Maybe I'll get to wear a cool heart monitor.