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

[Fred]

And plenty of apple juice.   

[JB400]

And plenty of apple juice.   

Milk and water is better

[Fred]

And plenty of apple juice.  

Milk and water is better

Just quoting the doctor.     Of course, it only doesn't work..........if you have appendicitis.

[Tilar]

I didn't do much but lay around all day yesterday, I feel pretty good this morning. I'm going to call another doctor this morning and see if I can get something going. The main reason I'm hesitant to go to the ER is that if it stops giving me the symptoms when I get there, what are they going to test for? Another stress test that shows nothing? Anyway the guy I work with said his doctor knows a stress test can miss things and won't put me on hold for a week or two waiting for another test.

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.

I should know by this weekend if I'm going to make it to Carlisle or not. I really want to go because I have parts to bring and some to pick up, plus I want to see this 68 Hemi that Mark has been working on (if it's going to be there) but obviously if something is wrong I won't be going.

[Ram07]

You need to go to ER, they would take you right away...probably give you blood work, ECG, chest x-ray, echo-cardiogram and such, no need for a stress test, you'll be stressed out enough with the junk hooked up to you..

Don't be stubborn, just go. My sisters b/f (52) was having pains, they would come and go...one night they got really bad...he dropped dead behind the wheel on his way to the hospital..

Do yourself and your loved ones a favor and get your ass up there...

[stripedelete]

You need to go to ER, they would take you right away...

No kidding.   Walked into an er a few years ago and I think said chest and I had a bed before I could say pains.
Turned out to be indegestion, but, the nurse was smoking hot and very attentive.  Of course, "results may vary" and I will accept no responsility for you getting Nurse Ratchet.

Fwiw, my money is on an issue with your lungs.

[Ram07]

Better safe than sorry..

[Old Moparz]

I didn't do much but lay around all day yesterday, I feel pretty good this morning. I'm going to call another doctor this morning and see if I can get something going. The main reason I'm hesitant to go to the ER is that if it stops giving me the symptoms when I get there, what are they going to test for? Another stress test that shows nothing? Anyway the guy I work with said his doctor knows a stress test can miss things and won't put me on hold for a week or two waiting for another test.

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.

I should know by this weekend if I'm going to make it to Carlisle or not. I really want to go because I have parts to bring and some to pick up, plus I want to see this 68 Hemi that Mark has been working on (if it's going to be there) but obviously if something is wrong I won't be going.

Go anyway, I'll bring my portable jump starter & keep it in the DC.com tent in case you need it.   

[twodko]

Better safe than sorry..

X 1000

[Ram07]

Forget the car, and the Carlisle thing....it's just stuff! You go get a tune up to make sure you're running right!

Sorry, not my place, can be concerned tho....lost 3 buddies because they were pig headed..no offence!

[Tilar]

I didn't do much but lay around all day yesterday, I feel pretty good this morning. I'm going to call another doctor this morning and see if I can get something going. The main reason I'm hesitant to go to the ER is that if it stops giving me the symptoms when I get there, what are they going to test for? Another stress test that shows nothing? Anyway the guy I work with said his doctor knows a stress test can miss things and won't put me on hold for a week or two waiting for another test.

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.

I should know by this weekend if I'm going to make it to Carlisle or not. I really want to go because I have parts to bring and some to pick up, plus I want to see this 68 Hemi that Mark has been working on (if it's going to be there) but obviously if something is wrong I won't be going.

Go anyway, I'll bring my portable jump starter & keep it in the DC.com tent in case you need it.   

Thanks Bob, I appreciate you going above and beyond!   

Actually I've felt good all day long. I called the doctor of the guy I work with and he told me to just stay on the path that I was headed down and do the test Wednesday because he was 3 weeks out for an appointment... but just like y'all have been saying he also said if it started up again to go to the ER. So that is my plan.

[tan top]

Better safe than sorry..

X 1000

yep X 2000    
i would go to the hospital , don't take chances  ,  remember my dad having pains in arms chest , short ness of breath , went to doctors in the morning or was it the  day before , i forget , any way  the following afternoon  or that afternoon , had  heartattack  ,  don't mess about !!

[Tilar]

Thought I'd give y'all an update on whats been happening here. Went for an echo-cardiogram and it came back inconclusive? The doctor said everything looked fairly good but that there are certain parts of the heart that you cant see even with the tests. She put me on a timed release nitro pill. I'm to take that for 3 weeks and then go back and let her know how I've been doing. I took my second one this morning and other than a headache earlier I feel great.

I also went to a pulmonary specialist at the Cleveland Clinic last week and he ran some tests. He told me that while it's possible that I have two different things going on, he doesn't think it's a heart issue.  Today I went back get the results of the tests and he says that while it is mild, I have asthma. Never in my life have I had anything like that. 

So, Now I have a heart doctor that gave me nitro and I feel great, and a pulmonary doctor that thinks I have asthma. At any rate I'm not nearly as worried as I was when i first posted this! 

[Budnicks]

Get it checked out.... Doctors are just no more than "People mechanics", they make allot of mistakes "all the time", hence the skyrocketing malpractice insurance rates, especially in todays era of crappy HMO's, Co Pays, Kaiser/Taco Bell of Hospitals, way too many bad insurance policies, that won't pay for/cover something or other & Medicare/Medicaid low doctors pay issues, Govt. interferences or medaling with hospitals policies & your health-care choices, It will get worse in the near future too, remember they aren't always correct, about everything, very common for them to be completely wrong... I say get a couple qualified opinions NOW, not from people on forums, get some real "health-care professionals" to see you ASAP 

[Budnicks]

Thought I'd give y'all an update on whats been happening here. Went for an echo-cardiogram and it came back inconclusive? The doctor said everything looked fairly good but that there are certain parts of the heart that you cant see even with the tests. She put me on a timed release nitro pill. I'm to take that for 3 weeks and then go back and let her know how I've been doing. I took my second one this morning and other than a headache earlier I feel great.

I also went to a pulmonary specialist at the Cleveland Clinic last week and he ran some tests. He told me that while it's possible that I have two different things going on, he doesn't think it's a heart issue.  Today I went back get the results of the tests and he says that while it is mild, I have asthma. Never in my life have I had anything like that. 

So, Now I have a heart doctor that gave me nitro and I feel great, and a pulmonary doctor that thinks I have asthma. At any rate I'm not nearly as worried as I was when i first posted this! 

Typical 2 different Dr.'s 2 different opinions... I have a mild form of Asthma {it runs in my family}, took probably 1/2 a dozen Dr.'s before it was diagnosed properly, ran up the medical bills like crazy, other than a mild shortness of breath, especially when it's really hot outside, it's all relatively easily treatable.... Good luck best of health to ya....

[A383Wing]

kinda the same here...last December I got carted off to hospital..one doc said a seizure, the other said a mild stroke....they are still in disagreement over what happened to me that day

hope all goes well your way Dave

Bryan

[JB400]

Thanks for the update.   

[burnout.dawg]

Hmmm...going back to the beginning of this thread and reading your symptoms...this somehow doesn't sound like a mild case of asthma. But I'm not a doctor. Go to the emergency room if you experience these symptoms again.

[TooMuchTime]

Here is the reason you take care of this NOW!

Your loved ones. You need to show any children or grandchildren or nephews or nieces that when you get symptoms like these, you do something about it. Yes, this is your life and you need to take some action. But this is also a teaching moment for the younger generation. In 40 years, you don't your progeny saying, "It's just a pain in my arm and neck. It'll go away." You want them saying, "Yeah. I remember when Dad had these very same pains in 2013. He got it taken care of early and it turned out well for everyone. Right, Pop?"