Hi there
Everything was going well for me until the last month or so when I started to get chest pains especially when i lie on my sides - it feels like my ribcage is crushing in on itself - if I'm honest it's not massively painful or anything - more discomfort than anything. I was worried so went to docs and they said heart was fine. My chest also feels tight (so much so i undo my bra strap) and I also get a lot of heartburn recently.
On top of this I've also been having a mostly stiff but slightly achey jaw over the last week or so since it got stuck half way open the other day - i googled stiff jaw and BANG found jaw pain another symptom of a heart attack.
I'm so terrified something is wrong with my heart. I so desperately need some peace of mind but it's Friday night and I can't get in to the doctors but really don't feel bad enough to call an ambulance. I'm not really in any severe pain right now - just aching jaw really and general high anxiety feelings/ sensations.
Everywhere I look at the mo are the posters for chest pain (chap with belt around his chest) and although I have been reading Claire Weekes and it has really helped me I can't shake this heart attack stuff off and accept it as anxiety until I know 100 per cent that these symptoms I'm getting are not a sign of heart disease.
I'm scared I'm now labelled as a "hyperchondriac" at the doctors and that they will get sick of me - I must have been 5 times in 6 months! Also I'm scared that they won't take me seriously as I worry they will put everything down to anxiety... and although I know it probably is that... I still need to know that they have REALLY checked me out in order to have some peace of mind.
Can anyone help me?
I really don't want to be scared like this all weekend!
Claire