Chest pains

[Anonymous]

I am freaking out a bit and I’m hoping someone might have some insight or advice. I haven’t been posting much since Brodie is doing well, but I still check in almost daily. Anyhow, I started having some chest pain on Friday right beneath my breastbone, I attributed it to heartburn, although I was never one to get much heartburn, but I know that can change at different times in people’s lives, I’m 36. It passed then Saturday on and off during the day and night I had the same pain. I couldn’t attribute it to food, so now I was getting a little uneasy. Well last night, the pain was moving under my left breast, then on top of my left breast and back to the breastbone, same feeling of pressure and the pain is now constant. So, today I went to the walk-in clinic and they listened to my chest and heart, did an ekg, and x-rays. Nothing came out of it, so I got a prescription for Aciphex which I haven’t picked up yet. Then around 2:30 this afternoon, I started having pain in my right forearm. I don’t know where to turn now! I am a wreck and I don’t want to go to the emergency room. RLM4262007-12-02 17:31:29

[Anonymous]

Yikes Robin. I would say better safe than sorry. Go to the ER! If it’s nothing, getting checked out will make you rest easier, and if it is something, then being there sooner rather than later is the best.

Keep us updated!

[Anonymous]

How are you feeling today? What happened?

[Anonymous]

Thanks for asking, I appreciate your thoughts. I took my aciphex and the chest pains diminished during the day yesterday, then after lunch, I had this strange cool feeling in my breast bone area, almost like you would get from bengay or Vic’s. It seems like it is stress and/or acid reflux or it is just coincindental that the pains have diminshed. They aren’t completely gone, but much better. I didn’t have as primary care physician, I usually just go to my ob/gyn or the walk in if I’m sick, so I made an appt. and the soonest I could get one is for Tuesday the 11th, but I am on the cancellation list. Since I feel a bit better and not like I could be having a heart attack, I am okay with waiting. If things deterioate for some reason, the ER is not far. I would die if now I am plagued with GERD! Thanks for asking, I’ll update when I go to to dr. if I learn anything new!

[Anonymous]

robin, i get pretty bad reflux and when it is at it’s worst i will get pain in my chest that goes all the way through to my back and on up into my neck and it will even make my teeth hurt. i know why people will end up in the ER thinking they are having a heart attack only to be told it is indigestion or reflux. the pain can get pretty bad.

[Author]

Posts