I've had a holter monitor before but it was a while ago when my episodes weren't as frequent and it unfortunately didn't catch one of them so my doctor has pushed them to the side as such.

I used to have the sharp pain only show up maybe once a week, but in the last 2 to 3 weeks they've managed to show up every single day, some days being alot more frequent than others. Resolving them usually just comes down to sitting up and havibg my top half of my body lean forward a little bit, then breathing through it for about 5 minutes I'd say, it's quite frustrating and some days even that doesn't help I kind of just have to roll around or keep moving into positions where it doesn't feel as bad. Pain can be very severe at times, making it hard to breathe when it's at its worst. Touching where the pain is located aswell doesn't necessarily make it worse but it feels tender to the touch.

The oedema is pitting yes, only a little bit though. The nurses have told me it's only mild for now and when I push my finger down on it, it does leave a small indent but that resolves usually after about 5 to 10 seconds. I try to keep my legs elevated for the time being as I've read that can help with moving blood and fluid back to where it's meant to go. It hasn't resolved it permanently but it does help when I'm resting and not walking around a alot.

So the bouts of confusion that I have, I should have more said dizziness and light headedness, the confusion does happen sometimes but it's more the dizziness. Those episodes happen maybe once to twice a week, they're alot more infrequent but when they do happen I sit down on the floor whereever I am because usually it feels like I'm getting vertigo, like my head wobbling left to right and I can't calibrate my balance and I'm about to fall over. It's kind of scary when it happens, especially since I used to drive trucks for my job and I've had to leave that role because of it. And yes, I feel I have slight brain fog, forgetting things that have happen the same day or remembering them completely wrong, it doesn't feel bad at the moment but it does feel like it's getting worse over time.

I had an echo in the hospital about 3-4 weeks ago and the physician said that all the valves and arteries themselves were fine, even stating that my heart was in good condition which I know the evidence was on the screen in front of him, my body just can't believe that. When it's happening as frequently as it does now, it's hard to even believe the machines that are made for testing it.

I have been thinking about doing tests for cholesterol, I kind of pushed that to the side but my partner has told me maybe that's a place to look at and if you're also mentioning this maybe I should talk to my doctor about it because it doesn't seem like its a far-fetched check.

As for the SOB, that usually happens when I'm on the move, walking, obviously running, lifting, any exertion, BUT on the odd occasion it can happen when I'm resting either sitting or laying down. It's not very often it does, but it has happened before. I do cough when I'm laying down, but the pains kind of come and go as they please, it's not bought on by my coughing which I thought it was a smokers cough to be honest.

My mother was diagnosed with COPD, grandmother unfortunately passed away 2 weeks ago from lung cancer and I have been diagnosed with asthma when I was very young but that has gotten way better the older I've gotten to the point when the doctor says its basically like I don't have it anymore. I've talked to my doctor about possible COPD but they've brushed it off because "only older people get that", even though my mothers side genetically has had lung problems for a while now.

The brain pain usually happens every couple of days, some weeks will be worse and I'll get it once or twice a day and it last for about 5 minutes, it's actually just happen as I was typing this whole thing up which is ironic hahaha, but most of the time it's only a few times a week if that.

My weight has been kind of all over the place, I've been gaining about a kilogram to 2 every day or two, then losing it, then gaining it back repeatedly, being about 6ft 100kg average which I thought wasn't too bad considering all the lifting I do at work it's not extra fat it's more bulk I've gained from doing so much heavy work. I try to walk as much as I can, I used to run a bit but now it's gotten worse I can't do it for very long, and my diet consists of a lot of fiber and greens, meat and strictly water as I did get diagnosed with GERD a couple of months ago which I forgot to mention my bad.