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27-10-12, 15:19
I’m having problems at the moment with heart worries! Here is a bit of background.
Sorry to go on about my problems
At the beginning of February 2011 I was rush into hospital with chest pains and other symptoms related to a heart attack and I was told it was a major panic attack.
I was ill in the morning on that day with chest and shoulder pains and also sweating and just feeling very unwell but just brush it off as sleeping heavy on one side had caused a problem (sounds stupid). But then at midday the symptoms came back from nowhere and my wife phoned my doctor who in turn called the ambulance and so on I ended up on A&E.
They did all the normal tests ecg’s, Bloods and chest x-ray and said I was in no damage and discharged me.
All my doctors said it was a major panic attack.
I have ended up in A&E once more after that with the same symptoms but the test came back clear again.
Before my first trip to A&E I had, Had a ecg and a treadmill stress ecg done to rule out angina due to chest pain and that was put down to costochondritis and I let it at that until the February of 2011 then after that I have suffered from panic attack.
Right here is the Doctor problem I like all of us have had many trips to the doctor and hospital for tests.
1, seem a neurologist due to muscle twitching in calve muscle’s that was put down to a benign condition.
2 Have had a head MRI that was all clear.
3, A MRI of the neck (showed some slight problems).
4, Emg of left arm (showed a slight trapped nerve).
5, 2 Treadmill stesstests came back OK.
6, upper endoscope (showed no damage) due to years of heart burn
All of the above I have NEVER asked for all have been the doctor’s idea except for the 2nd one that was the dentist.
The 1st one put my mind at ease that it was not MND/ALS have never looked back my muscle still twitch like mad looks like snakes under the skin but I understand I just have to live with it.
All the others have been at the request of the doctor.
But I have never got over the 1st trip to A&E and have always thought that the costochondritis condition was a bit of a cope out on the doctor’s behalf.
But I have been asking to see a cardiologist to maybe have an echo done of my heart to check it over once and for all. BUT my doctor is adamant that that will not happen.
As she has said after that test I will want one for something else and then another and so on.
But I have told her that is not the case as I DON’T think I have cancer, Skin cancer, brain tumour or anything like that.
But my mine concern is my heart and I think once I have found out for sure my panic attacks will vanish from my life and I can continue.
But also my wife’s work friend is a Physiotherapist and he told her today that his father was told he had costochondritis but it later turned out to be heart related they did not find that out until he had a massive heart attack and then a triple bypass. That has now raised my concerns.
But my doctor thinks it is my mind doing this to me as she has told me my stress treadmill tests would have ruled out heart trouble. But after looking on the net they are not the best test they are very hit and miss and also my wife’s work friend said his dad had also had 2 stresstests and they showed nothing wrong.
So please how I go about getting the tests I need done to put my mind at ease or get the help I need.
Because also my doctor has told me all this stress will end up putting strain on my heart and could lead to heart trouble.
Any advice Please
Sorry to go on about my problems
At the beginning of February 2011 I was rush into hospital with chest pains and other symptoms related to a heart attack and I was told it was a major panic attack.
I was ill in the morning on that day with chest and shoulder pains and also sweating and just feeling very unwell but just brush it off as sleeping heavy on one side had caused a problem (sounds stupid). But then at midday the symptoms came back from nowhere and my wife phoned my doctor who in turn called the ambulance and so on I ended up on A&E.
They did all the normal tests ecg’s, Bloods and chest x-ray and said I was in no damage and discharged me.
All my doctors said it was a major panic attack.
I have ended up in A&E once more after that with the same symptoms but the test came back clear again.
Before my first trip to A&E I had, Had a ecg and a treadmill stress ecg done to rule out angina due to chest pain and that was put down to costochondritis and I let it at that until the February of 2011 then after that I have suffered from panic attack.
Right here is the Doctor problem I like all of us have had many trips to the doctor and hospital for tests.
1, seem a neurologist due to muscle twitching in calve muscle’s that was put down to a benign condition.
2 Have had a head MRI that was all clear.
3, A MRI of the neck (showed some slight problems).
4, Emg of left arm (showed a slight trapped nerve).
5, 2 Treadmill stesstests came back OK.
6, upper endoscope (showed no damage) due to years of heart burn
All of the above I have NEVER asked for all have been the doctor’s idea except for the 2nd one that was the dentist.
The 1st one put my mind at ease that it was not MND/ALS have never looked back my muscle still twitch like mad looks like snakes under the skin but I understand I just have to live with it.
All the others have been at the request of the doctor.
But I have never got over the 1st trip to A&E and have always thought that the costochondritis condition was a bit of a cope out on the doctor’s behalf.
But I have been asking to see a cardiologist to maybe have an echo done of my heart to check it over once and for all. BUT my doctor is adamant that that will not happen.
As she has said after that test I will want one for something else and then another and so on.
But I have told her that is not the case as I DON’T think I have cancer, Skin cancer, brain tumour or anything like that.
But my mine concern is my heart and I think once I have found out for sure my panic attacks will vanish from my life and I can continue.
But also my wife’s work friend is a Physiotherapist and he told her today that his father was told he had costochondritis but it later turned out to be heart related they did not find that out until he had a massive heart attack and then a triple bypass. That has now raised my concerns.
But my doctor thinks it is my mind doing this to me as she has told me my stress treadmill tests would have ruled out heart trouble. But after looking on the net they are not the best test they are very hit and miss and also my wife’s work friend said his dad had also had 2 stresstests and they showed nothing wrong.
So please how I go about getting the tests I need done to put my mind at ease or get the help I need.
Because also my doctor has told me all this stress will end up putting strain on my heart and could lead to heart trouble.
Any advice Please