Yo Tommymac

[Rider]

Hey man, I have some questions about chest pains.

I had some pretty severe chest pains last night so I went up to the emergency room. And they took me in immediately. They sat my ass in a wheel chair and rolled me very quickly down to the chest pain center. They did and EKG, everything looked normal. Blood pressure was normal, pulse was normal, oxygen was at 100% so they dew some blood and sent me for a chest x-ray. x-ray came back negative, blood test seemed ok but kidney function seemed a little high, (possibly dehydrated from the creatine that I take) so they gave a liter IV.

SO the next step was they did 2 cat scans of my lungs, one when i inhaled a some kind of gas and another they put something in an IV and they took more pics of my lungs. Both of those turned out negative.

At this point I'm still having chest pains, so they told me they would set up an outpatient stress test appointment. They wrote me a prescription of vicodin and sent me packing.

I still have the chest pains this morning. Should I go back up to the hospital? WTF else could it be? It's not acid reflux or indigestion for sure. I take a medication for that prevents that 100% of the time.

What else should I be doing? It hurts worse the deeper I breathe in. At this point I'm not worried of it being life threatening. One thing I learned though was that if I ever need more vicodin, complain of chest pains.

[marko138]

I'm not Tommy, but it sounds wild.

[pauldun170]

Sounds like you have complications from syphilis.

Drink two glasses of orange juice and insert a moldy piece of bread into your ass.
Then stand on your head.

That should alleviate the pains....likely cause by pressure from the swelling

[pauldun170]

Get an appointment with your primary asap.

You may have gas.

[Rider]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

Sounds like you have complications from syphilis.

Drink two glasses of orange juice and insert a moldy piece of bread into your ass.
Then stand on your head.

That should alleviate the pains....likely cause by pressure from the swelling

You've had syphilis before huh?

Originally Posted by pauldun170

Get an appointment with your primary asap.

You may have gas.

In my chest?

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by marko138

I'm not Tommy, but it sounds wild.

You want some vicodins too I will write some scripts when i come out there next week LOL

I will be making a few assumptions here but here goes.

I would figure they sent off at least one set of cardiac enzymes (ck and troponin) to help rule out cardiac ischemia. If they did a ct of the chest it seems more like theyre worried about a pulmonary embolism. Theres a lot that goes into risk stratification for chest pain, to help better gague who needs what work up.

In our hospital ( youre in the burbs so i am assuming its much more functional than we are LOL) people with the ify stories, like yours, get admitted to a chest pain unit and are stressed that morning.

If its still huting and is bad def go back, cant guarantee they will find anything but its better than sitting at home and having an artery get blocked and you have a heart attack.

[z06boy]

What do the "chest pains" feel like ?

Sharp like a knife or something sticking in you or pressure like an elephant or something sitting on your chest ?

I've had the sharp pains and was told I drink too much caffeine but it's not a heart attack.

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Rider

You've had syphilis before huh?



In my chest?

The idiots in my hospital think everything is gas so its fun correcting them when its not it still could be reflux/gerd as well. Problem is my job is to worry about the realy bad stuff and rule that out first, then it gets easier.

[pauldun170]

Originally Posted by Rider

You've had syphilis before huh?



In my chest?

Is it constant pressure?
Does it spike or come in waves?

[Rider]

Originally Posted by z06boy

What do the "chest pains" feel like ?

Sharp like a knife or something sticking in you or pressure like an elephant or something sitting on your chest ?

I've had the sharp pains and was told I drink too much caffeine but it's not a heart attack.

Sharp.