Hi All,

Ok so for the last 7 or 8 years ive been having a sharp pain in the left side of my chest, it started off being very irregular only happening once every couple of weeks, but it always made me concerned. It would disappear for a few months and then return.

Over the last 3 years it has been with me almost everyday mostly as im about to go to sleep though i feel that i focus on on it at this time of the day.

I went to the emergency room last year after i was sure i was having a full blown heart attack but the doctor took an ecg and a chest x-ray and said everything was fine and that it was probably the muscle in my chest wall cavity.

As i recall the symptoms became less frequent for a while, but a month ago i had a full bloen panic attack and went to my local Doctor for another ecg, the result was the doctor was ''unable to give an opinion'' and i wnet back the next week for another ecg, I did ask originally for an exercise test to be sure anyway after the 2nd ecg the doctor said fine and i left, this morning he called me and said that he wanted me to go ahead with the excercise test because my Uncle died following a heart attack although he said that my 2nd ecg showed ''nothing acute''

I know that i asked for the exercise test and it makes sense with my family history but i am being treated for anxiety and i get the feeling the doctor may be lying to me so it doesnt result in another panic attack, I have to wait 3 weeks or so for the exercise test and im just feeling scared,

I am going to become a father in November for the first time and i the thought of dying before she is born or being ''fragile'' when she is young is just a horrible horrible feeling