I missed our church picnic today which was so diasappointing to me.  I missed all the great food and fellowship and watching my grandsons playing.  It was such a perfect day for a picnic. 

I was having some chest pain this morning and took a nitroglycerin tablet which seemed to help.  So, I headed for the picnic, stopped to pick up two buckets of KFC and felt some more pain.  As I headed toward the park, the pain became pretty intense.  Another nitro pill helped but I was hurting pretty bad by the time I got to the Medac near Landfall.  I decided I better stop and make sure I was OK.  Since I came in the door holding my chest, crying and looking pitiful....the doctor immediately called EMS while the nurses started an IV and EKG.   By the time I arrived at the hospital, the pain was gone.  Thank God!

I have had too many of these episodes which my cardiologist has diagnosed as Printz Metals.  This is a spasm of the arteries in my heart.  Ususally, it just hurts for a while but sometimes it get very intense.

So, I hope this was the last episode and I really hope I don't miss any more picnics.....ribs, spots, fried chicken, chocolate chip pies, banana pudding....!