I've been getting these spasms in my chest for a while now. Sometimes when I bend over I feel like a muscle spasm in the left side of my chest right under my breast and it seizes up for a minute and kinda takes my breath and then I have to wait a bit for it to ease off. It doesn't happen everytime I bend over but it only happens when I bend over. This has been going on for a few months now and its getting kinda scary, so yesterday I went to the doctor. She says it would be a bizarre presentation of a heart problem but that women often present in strange ways so I am seeing a cardiologist today probably for a treadmill test. Yesterday I had a chest x-ray cause my daughter told her even tho I quit smoking I still cough. I have an appt in two weeks to review these test results. She expects them to be negative at which point she will send me back to gastroenterologist to have ANOTHER scope ran down my throat (I'm also due for a colonoscopy in June.) She thinks that perhaps when I bend over a valve opens between my stomach and my esophagus and splashes acid into my esophagus causing the spasms. So we will see. I'd prefer to not have all these tests but I want someone to tell me I'm not gonna keel over with a heart attack.My doctor also said it is possible that this will end up being one of those things that just happens and you never really know why. Thats actually ok with me as long as I know it wont kill me.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
spasms
So I saw the cardiologist and he said that there was a small abnormality in my EKG and they did an echocardiogram (sonogram of the heart) and will be scheduling me for a stress test. He didn't seem real impressed with my abnormality so I am not feeling unduly worried. The stress test sounds a bit complicated. There will be an injection followed by and image and then a stress test (treadmill) which will take 1-2 hours. Then you get a lunch break and have to go back at a later time to have another image which takes another 20 minutes or so so all in all I can expect to be busy for like four hours. They give you 1-2 hours for lunch. It should be interesting at least.
Posted by Raine at 12:39 PM
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Do what you gotta do. But know this our bodies like to play jokes on us. I agree it is good to know you are not going to drop over. You know the old joke- it hurts when you do that so the cure is don't do it.
Hope they can give you an answer quickly. If they could control my blood pressure I would be one happy old lady. ((Hugs))
When it's going in the direction of an attack you will recognize it, Raine. And you will not get up easily again. Hard coughing puts a lot of muscles under strain, in the chest, in the head, in the stomach. No worries. When the tar is finally out ... :)
I'm glad you're getting a check out.
It is best that you have it checked out. But it does get really difficult was we age, don't you agree? Bleh on drs and tests and all the medical junk.
Hope this week is a happy one for you. :)
Have those test already started?
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