Chest Throb @ T-giving

I got this weird symptom yesterday -- it started around the time we were eating dinner I think. My chest throbbed -- on both sides, like a band across my chest -- I would say about three big beats, every time I got up, once when I sat on the toilet, and once when I drank a glass of water! Before I went to sleep when it had still not resolved, I called the oncologist on call at my onc's practice, and he had no idea what it could be. The chemo combo I'm on now isn't known to have any cardiovascular side effects, he denied it could be the 4 days of steroids I was on last week (hmmmmm...... ) and thought it might possibly be a late side effect of the adriamycin I took over the summer.

He said not to do any biking or running over the weekend, and to try to get an echocardiogram on Monday. He said that perhaps the cardiologist would try to induce the throb.

I know it's thanksgiving weekend, but I'm pretty sure there will be no sign of this by MOnday (I've barely felt any trace of it today.) I'm worried that nothing will be found out, and I will not know how careful I have to be about exercise for the next few months, and will worry about the next chemo infusion..... and even if this has something to do with the adriamycin I took over the summer how can the steroids not be part of it......? I mean I took them for 4 days -- and barely slept for 5 nights because of them!

Anyway....... I'm bummed because I have an eye appointment on Monday I want to go to -- by bike of course. I will have to change it to Tuesday or Thursday (but not later because I need to see what all those steroids did to my eyes!) I hope this is nothing serious and that they can know that....... I did walk the dog today (a little slower at first, and 3 miles rather than 4) and had no symptoms at all. I've been walking every day for the last few (usually 4 miles w/dog) but nothing more. I had planned to swim one day this weekend, but maybe I will wait now til this is resolved ........ or something!

On the bright side I did feel better today.......... I've been sleeping a lot, and have been having these wonderful meals cooked by my husband. (This is not because of the cancer, either -- he always makes thanksgiving dinner. Am I lucky or what? He cooks every weekend, too, but not like he does at Thanksgiving.) In fact this year he made me this sugar free sweet potato pie to die for. I'm hoping no one else likes it...... I've eaten about half of it, and so far so good! :-) They've finished their pumpkin pie though.......

Yesterday we had a great thanksgiving at home. We had my mom & a wonderful guest I could not believe drove 3 hours each way to spend Thanksgiving with us in the middle of preparing to defend her PhD dissertation ...... I knew her when we were kids, and every time I've seen her since we've been grownups I am blown away....... She's gone of course-- stayed less than 24 hours -- but she was here, really, I didn't make it up!

Anyway if anyone knows anything about chest throbs after or during chemo or anything I'm listening. It was a bit disconcerting to find the onc on call so clueless about it. I was so hoping he'd say "Oh yeah that! It's because of the whatsis -- should be gone in a day or two. Yeah have an echocardiogram to make sure but don't worry." Oh well. At least I should have no trouble getting the echo.