wierd chest "pain"

[mustang_revival]

OP - Hope your ok.

I have cracked a rib a couple times from sneezing real hard,

[Ratt]

OP - Hope your ok.

I'm just too much for me to handle.

[Skidmark]

Hope it nothing major... good luck!

[GeorgeG.]

thanks guys.

So I went to the ER and had blood work, an EKG, and chest x-rays...everything showed excellent. They didn't give me a stress test though.

When I got there, they said it sounds like I may have some gastro indigestion so while we waited for the above test results, they also gave me a malox cocktail that had some numbing stuff and something else mixed with it to see if that helps.

But I don't see how this GI problem would last from Saturday evening, through this morning. I don't eat spicy foods and I've never had any kind of indigestion issues. That cocktail they gave me seemed to help though. I came back home and slept for a couple hours without the discomfort so I guess they're right. I'll know more tonight when that wears off. They didn't really go into the possible GI issue but said if it returns to go see a GI specialist.

Now to chalk up the ER bill to indigestion

[Unicorn Jeff]

You don't have insurance to cover the ER visits? And glad you're ok dude, I don't want to be father-in-lawless in the future!

[GeorgeG.]

yeah, I do but it's not that great. IIRC, I have to meet my deductible before it starts covering a %. AND LMFAO.

[davbrucas]

I had the characteristic enzymes in my blood but no permanent cardiac scarring as a cardiac cath and several stress tests have revealed. They called me "unlucky".

You probably had myocarditis as well...very unlikely you had an MI at that age.

[davbrucas]

thanks guys.

So I went to the ER and had blood work, an EKG, and chest x-rays...everything showed excellent. They didn't give me a stress test though.

When I got there, they said it sounds like I may have some gastro indigestion so while we waited for the above test results, they also gave me a malox cocktail that had some numbing stuff and something else mixed with it to see if that helps.

But I don't see how this GI problem would last from Saturday evening, through this morning. I don't eat spicy foods and I've never had any kind of indigestion issues. That cocktail they gave me seemed to help though. I came back home and slept for a couple hours without the discomfort so I guess they're right. I'll know more tonight when that wears off. They didn't really go into the possible GI issue but said if it returns to go see a GI specialist.

Now to chalk up the ER bill to indigestion

Told ya so...

[Ratt]

Told ya so...

All hail Dr. Dave!

[davbrucas]

All hail Dr. Dave!

Meh...

[Sean88gt]

LOL@fba!

[GeorgeG.]

Told ya so...

thanks dude... sucks that it cost me the ER fees but feels good knowing it's not a heart issue.

On another note, I just got back from the gym and kicked my ass for having a GI issue.

what's fba?

[davbrucas]

Reflux esophagitis can mimic a heart attack...I see patients coming in for this all the time. The messed up thing is that I have to assume they all have cardiac chest pain to prevent getting sued.

[Moose242]

You probably had myocarditis as well...very unlikely you had an MI at that age.

I can dig up the EKG but it was in fact a heart attack.

Scariest moment of my life. After triage I was rushed into the ICU and it seemed like the entire staff of the hospital was converging on me. They asked if I was on cocaine and I told them no, I never touch the stuff. They the demanded to know how much I did and accused me of not telling the truth (understandable due to the situation I suppose). It was the scariest moment of my life as the staff was buzzing around me. Then they gave me morphine. Pain didn't really go away but I stopped giving a damn about it.

I was in the ICU for three days and to this day I keep a small pill box of nitrates and aspirin on me at all time just in case. In short, don't take chest pain lightly. I was and still am healthy, I exercise, I eat right, I am 6'3" 175 lbs, but it happened.

[davbrucas]

Please, post up the EKG.