Okay so it all starts a little over a year ago, almost 2 years. I am 345 pounds (obese). I am 5'6. I'm not even pre diabetic, my bad cholesterol is good and my good cholesterol is good too. My left breast had become really tender and I swore I had felt a hard lump. I called a lady that lived in my community who had just recently won her battle against breast cancer. I expressed my concern's and she reassured me that she doubted it was breast cancer but it was worth making an appointment with my primary physician and getting it checked out. That following day, I went and hung out with my bestfriend. I expressed my concern's to her and she was like well actually you could have a thyroid issue. Mind you I hadn't been to the doctor ever since middle school and that was to get my shot's that were required. I ask her about the thyroid and she's like if you have thyroid problem's and you don't get them treated you can die. Boom, the next day I was sicker than a dog, couldn't eat a thing. I was terrified of going to sleep, was so scared I wouldn't wake up. I made an appointment with my doctor at this point, more so focused on my left breast pain. It was a stabbing stinging pain every now and then. I was like it's either my heart or breast cancer. I go to her, she does a breast exam and assure's me I do not have breast cancer. So then I'm in tears and I'm like it has to be my heart. She does an ekg right there in the clinic and it came out good. She tells me that my heart is fine. I got home that day, looked so much stuff up and convinced myself that she probably just missed something. My left arm had been constantly tingling, I'm constantly light headed at this point. I just knew it was a heart problem. I had become so hopeless at this point that everyday was miserable for me. I started going to the doctor every day. Sometime's twice a day. Then she schedule me for an Echocardiograph of my heart because it's a more thorough test. I went and had it done, everything was fine. I was reassured for a bit but then I was right back. I noticed when I swallowed on the left side of my throat a circle would pop out. After many times of telling my doctor that it wasn't normal, she did a more thorough blood test of my thyroid and found out I am hypothyroid and I have Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. She claims that thing that pushes out of my neck at the bottom of it when I swallow is supposedly my thyroid and diagnosed me "goiter".. now that was believable until she read my ultrasound off and they said it looks bigger in my right side.... but the left side is what pops out??? I also got a ultrasound on my left arm due to the swelling, nothing was found.. no blood clot or anything. Now, almost 2 years later. My left arm is swollen, hasn't ever went down.
My left side of my face is swollen, hasn't went down. Muscle weakness in that same left arm. I started living with it. Accepting it for what it is. Now, 4 days ago, I woke up extremely light headed. Went to the ER and they hooked me up to everything, drew labs. My free T4 was fine, but the doctor still said I was hypothyroid. While I was sitting there, the monitor started beeping saying "bradycardia" my heart rate was 40 but when I picked my hand up it was back to 90 bpm. Idk if it was the machine messing up or not but I freaked out. I of course looked up bradycardia and it all clicked. What if my heart rate is really too low but when I'm at the doctor's I do have white coat syndrome so my heart races. I am so scared that there really is something wrong but they don't see it or they just don't care because they like to write me off when they see "anxiety." It's not normal at all for the left side of my body to be swollen. I'm worried that it's an artery issue, heart issue or an aneurysm in my carotid artery in my neck that pops out when I swallow. I sit slouched over so I have bad posture and that's understandable on my back pain. I also have GERD. I purchase a pulse meter and I check my pulse atleast 50 times a day just to check and see if it's dropped too low. If my pulse reaches in the 70's I start crying like crazy. I don't see how a person who is 345 pounds can have such a low heart rate. It scares me, doesn't seem normal. If I walk around the grocery store and go back to the car and sit down within 5-10 minutes my heart rate is back to 80-90's... Another thing my heart rate was 83 bpm today but my blood pressure was 150/98 HOW??? That doesn't seem normal at all! I don't know what is going on lately but hopefully some of you can shine some light on this situation for me or even tell me what you all think. So, if ANYONE know's anything about these symptoms, has advice, wants to give me their opinion. PLEASE DO. I just can't believe that all of this can just be "anxiety."
Diagnoses:
Hypothyroid
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Severe Health Anxiety (hypochondria)
Vitamin D Deficiency
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia