kimmiepie
16-06-07, 02:49
Hi. I have a question about chest pains. :blush:
I've looked at some other posts and done a search but can't find anything that explains exactly what I'm talking about.
I used to have chest pains that were under my left breast, for a while. I went to a dr about it and had a chest x ray, ekg both normal. That was about 3 years ago.
Then when I was pregnant about less than 2 years ago I was having BAD ectopics, shortness of breath, rapid heart rate etc. Still occasionally with the chest pains under left breast. This time they did an ultrasound, another ekg, halter monitor, event monitor and another chest xray. All normal.
Fastforward to September of last year. At this time I began having "different" chest pains. It was like a pain in the upper left portion of my chest, above the left breast. Exactly where a dr once told me it would hurt if it was indeed angina. It wasn't really painful but was more achy painful. This began happening in my neck as well as my left arm...shooting pains. One day it was SOOO bad I was sure I was having a heart attack. It lasted all day and my dr said she could hear my heart missing a beat (ectopic) but that my pulse was normal, so that was good. To this day I am convinced that I had a very minor heart attack that day (which I've read can happen).
Now I never got any of these pains upon exertion. It was just anytime, anywhere, mostly upon resting or sitting etc. Well, as of about 6 months ago I began having a really short squeezing "pain" (doesn't really hurt) in that same upper left portion. It only lasts a second...just squeeze, and it's gone. It sounds just like angina!!! It now happens when I'm exerting myself...not usually when exercising but when cleaning the house, moving furniture, walking with the stroller etc. Ocassionally it will go down my arm as well. It feels deep and not like costochondritis. I've had that before and can tell the difference. It doesn't hurt when I push on it.
Now, if this was really "muscle tension" and anxiety related"
Why does it happen on exertion and at rest?
Why does it only last a second, and squeeze or push?
There are usually no anxiety symptoms present when this happens, sometimes it actually brings them on.
Could all the things I've read in the past about where the pain would be located, how it would feel and when it would happen be making my body produce those symptoms? For example, I used to get the squeeze pain but only on resting...then when I told myself it would be upon exertion if it was my heart it eventually became that?
I'm really freaked out. I'm only 26 but I've had a TON of stress in my life. Like an unbelieveable amount and I know that can have a bad effect on your heart.
I can't go back to the dr as I'm in the US and have no health insurance. I can't afford it and my husband already thinks I'm nuts for spending so much money on tests in the past.
Could something like heart disease pop up after having a test less than 2 years ago? I guess it could huh.
:weep: Any thoughts on this?
Thank you.
I've looked at some other posts and done a search but can't find anything that explains exactly what I'm talking about.
I used to have chest pains that were under my left breast, for a while. I went to a dr about it and had a chest x ray, ekg both normal. That was about 3 years ago.
Then when I was pregnant about less than 2 years ago I was having BAD ectopics, shortness of breath, rapid heart rate etc. Still occasionally with the chest pains under left breast. This time they did an ultrasound, another ekg, halter monitor, event monitor and another chest xray. All normal.
Fastforward to September of last year. At this time I began having "different" chest pains. It was like a pain in the upper left portion of my chest, above the left breast. Exactly where a dr once told me it would hurt if it was indeed angina. It wasn't really painful but was more achy painful. This began happening in my neck as well as my left arm...shooting pains. One day it was SOOO bad I was sure I was having a heart attack. It lasted all day and my dr said she could hear my heart missing a beat (ectopic) but that my pulse was normal, so that was good. To this day I am convinced that I had a very minor heart attack that day (which I've read can happen).
Now I never got any of these pains upon exertion. It was just anytime, anywhere, mostly upon resting or sitting etc. Well, as of about 6 months ago I began having a really short squeezing "pain" (doesn't really hurt) in that same upper left portion. It only lasts a second...just squeeze, and it's gone. It sounds just like angina!!! It now happens when I'm exerting myself...not usually when exercising but when cleaning the house, moving furniture, walking with the stroller etc. Ocassionally it will go down my arm as well. It feels deep and not like costochondritis. I've had that before and can tell the difference. It doesn't hurt when I push on it.
Now, if this was really "muscle tension" and anxiety related"
Why does it happen on exertion and at rest?
Why does it only last a second, and squeeze or push?
There are usually no anxiety symptoms present when this happens, sometimes it actually brings them on.
Could all the things I've read in the past about where the pain would be located, how it would feel and when it would happen be making my body produce those symptoms? For example, I used to get the squeeze pain but only on resting...then when I told myself it would be upon exertion if it was my heart it eventually became that?
I'm really freaked out. I'm only 26 but I've had a TON of stress in my life. Like an unbelieveable amount and I know that can have a bad effect on your heart.
I can't go back to the dr as I'm in the US and have no health insurance. I can't afford it and my husband already thinks I'm nuts for spending so much money on tests in the past.
Could something like heart disease pop up after having a test less than 2 years ago? I guess it could huh.
:weep: Any thoughts on this?
Thank you.