Ok guys (and gals), Medical question here...

[Tilar]

Lately i've been having chest pains, shortness of breath, temporary pains going into my left shoulder and up the left side of my neck and even some through my shoulder blade. I cant walk 50 yards without stopping and sitting down to rest.

My regular doctor sent me to cardiologist that ran a stress test, I got about halfway through the stress test and had to stop, so they put me on the table and injected something to get my heart rate up to finish the test, and they told me the results came back good.     I have another appointment next week to try another test of some sort.

Has anyone had, anything like this happen before and it NOT be your heart?

[ACUDANUT]

Get a 2nd or 3rd opinion. Doctors are not always right the 1st time and it's your life they are playing with, not theirs.
Hope you feel better. 

[areibel]

I have asthma, and while I've never had a bad "attack" that required a hospital visit I've got some things that drive me crazy.  The worst, I get chest pains all the time, in my sides, high up in the back under the shoulder blades, along the bottom of the ribs- everywhere except the classic center of the chest.  It feels either like I'm getting stabbed or getting a charly horse in the rib cage.  I've has stress tests and EKG's, it's annoying as hell to wonder if it is the heart this time but nothing has ever shown up in the tests.  If it gets bad enough the lung doc will put me on prednisone for 10 daays and I can jump buildings in a single bound, but the say it has side effects so they don't do it too often...

[stripedelete]

Sounds like you should be looking for a good pulmonary guy.

[b5blue]

How is your blood pressure? If your Hypertensive (High Blood pressure.) many things can bring on such "attacks". (Too much salt, lack of potassium?)  Have you or have you been tested for Diabetic condition? These are all connected.     

[Mytur Binsdirti]

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Honestly, get to a doctor ASAP!!! Don't be a hero & ignore it; chest pains are nothing to brush off.

[XH29N0G]

See another doctor.  Even if you pay out of pocket.  I had some similar symptoms that do not appear to have been cardio related, but mimicked them.  They may have come from a pretty hard fall I had a few years ago.  So it is possible it could be something else, but you need to know what it is and this is not something to mess around with because of the consequences.

[moparstuart]

 i agree  get a second opinion as that all the signs i had just before my heart attack two years ago

[burnout.dawg]

I agree with everyone else. Get another opinion. If the symptoms get worse... don't wait for an appointment...go to the emergency room. Let us know how you are doing.

[twodko]

DO NOT DICK AROUD WITH THIS. You are experiencing precursory indications of a stroke or heart attack. Your peeps need you and the posse here needs you. Get on the stick!

[Fred]

You obviously have symptoms showing that something is not right. So whoever is saying every thing is right........is wrong! Your body is sending off warning bells. Heed them now, before it's to late.

[Tilar]

The guy I work with convinced me to give his heart doctor a call Monday.   Thanks for all the input guys, I appreciate it.

[Old Moparz]

Does that mean you won't be at Carlisle?

You might want to consider offering up your room to someone else since they're tough to come by.

[Fred]

A mate of mine went to the doctors for a standard physical and the doctor told him that everything was fine and he was fit as an ox........2 weeks later, he was dead!
Go figure.

And another mate (still with us today.......against all odds) went to see the doc complaining of really severe abdominal  pain and was told he's fine and when he gets the pain he should drink apple juice. So the next day the pain was so severe his yelling at his wife to give him some apple juice but after about a half hour she raced him to the hospital and he had to have an appendectomy. His appendix had burst and he is lucky to be alive.

[Dino]

Get your butt to an ER now.  You may have a blood clot in the artery. Don't wait to see the cardiologist, you need to go in now and tell the ER staff you are having chest pains.

[hawkeye]

 

[burnout.dawg]

I agree with Dino! Go now.

[flyinlow]

I have felt that way at times since the Anointed One was re elected.

Seriously, get an other opinion. I 'll drive you to the Doctor.

Sent P.M.

Craig

[squeakfinder]

     My wife had similar symptoms. She also thought it was signs of a heart attack. It was actually caused from back spasms below her right shoulder blade. Evan had numbness going up her neck to the left jaw. And yes shortness of breath. Went to a chiropractor and he pounded on a trigger point below the right shoulder blade and the symptoms went away.

[A383Wing]

not that I'm spying on him, he was last online 6 hours ago..he better be going to ER...now

I have had same basic symptoms here since last November....have had 2 seizures & 1 mild stroke....not fun

Bryan

[JB400]

I hope it's on his agenda to go see someone tomorrow


Different people have their own way of thinking about matters of this sort though.

[A383Wing]

agree, but he should have gone today

Bryan

[twodko]

Do any of you live close to him? Sometimes an outside influence can overcome ignoring family "better do this, better do that".  

[Todd Wilson]

Have a smoke and a big cheese burger.............it will be ok!

Todd

[JB400]

    That might be what put him in this condition in the first place.   How about a banana and some fresh air instead?