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After fainting I saw a heart specialist and they put something on my chest to record heart beat for 2 weeks. I forgot what it’s called. EKG was normal. I used to have a heart murmur but that also appears to be gone. I’m only 140 pounds 5’11 so pretty skinny. While it was hot out the day I fainted, I could tell right away I was getting dizzy because when I chased the ball, my heart rate increased and my breathing became heavier. I felt I wasn’t getting enough oxygen. I have a monitor to check blood oxygen and it typically is at 99 but drops to 94-95 a lot when I felt I was struggling. Not a massive drop but might be something. The drs best guess was I had a lot of gas build up and it could be causing the feeling of not getting a good breath. It’s worse when sitting by far. Especially with seat belt. I’m able to manage things better and am hoping maybe they are right but I just have a hard time believing it’s that simple.
I initially believed I had a heart attack because I was very stressed for months leading up to the symptoms becoming very bad. I knew I wasn’t handling stress well. The drs just ordered for more
Blood work. I just gave blood 4 months ago and was told nothing looked out abnormal. I will go in and do that next week. Thanks for your response