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chief
29-04-09, 19:30
I have been in the hospital 3 different time in the last month and a half i have 3 completely different doctors from 3 hospitals do ECGs and tell me im fine and its anxiety but yet i still dont trust it. Im going to for a stress test this monday to make sure my heart is ok...

im just worried im going to die before then or something im constantly checking my pulse and i have pain in my chest at the top left side on my chest close to the shoulder and on my ribs under my left arm...

alot of times i feel like my pulse is weak or to slow...

i want all of this to go away and im on Diazapam now and it helps but i worry even on this stuff....

peppa pig
29-04-09, 20:07
omg i could have written this myself , i have had left sided chest apin for 2 weeks upper chest and under arm , left arm also goes numb (although have had this complaint for severeal months ? trapped nerve).
i have been to a&e and my own gp and had 2 ecgs and chest x-ray all ok , both docs saying muscular or anxiety , just can't stop worrying , anyway went to doc on monday and insisted on being refered so friday i'm now being seen in rapid access chest pain clinic were i will se cardiac specialist nurse and have echocardiogram and treadmill test ecg , had my bloods done today too so hopefully by friday i can stop this hysteria that i'm in , keep getting short of breath ? panic attacks which are scaring me now too , just got to get to friday morning now ,
when i saw the nurse at surgry today for my bloods she was surprised my doc had agreed to refer me as even she said more likely to be muscular as pain has lasted this long ???
let me know how you get on , i will post on friday after my appointment
good luck x

chief
29-04-09, 20:44
All i know is i have pain and it scares me for some reason i cant trust the ECGs i dont know why i just dont. I guess the stress test is just to give me that peace of mind or figure out if there really is something wrong...