I woke up last night at 1.40am with chest pain

Call me silly, I do suffer from anxiety and panic attacks. Have been checked out in emergency and it was just a panic attack. Now if I have one during the night, I take my phone and go out on the porch, if it gets worse, I can call 911. If the worst happens a neighbor or the mailman will see me and get first responders. I do this because if the worst happens, they will know right away and make sure my dogs are taken care of.
 

Oris Borloff said:
Bretrick, If you're willing to die without treatment it's your business. I do want to tell you though if you were having a major coronary event and lived--you could be left in really bad condition, even to the point of not being able to live on your own. That is one possibility. Another possibility if you did survive you may not be able to get some other medical procedures, repair of a hernia for example, because of your cardiac history.

Aligatorob's post about the symptoms is quite good. I'm speaking from personal experience. I'm a member of the zipper club (bypass x3) and my heart attack was serious enough to get me into the OR first thing next day. That means I bumped someone else scheduled for it. The pain I had was discomfort in the breast, left arm, and jaw. I also had nausea, cold sweats, and an overall feeling of being unwell. What I was doing and where I was having cold sweats could have been due to how I was dressed, air temp, and my physical exertion. Time between first onset of symptoms to deciding I needed to go to the ER was a bit over2 hours. That wasn't all just my deciding if I needed to, but I won't go into that now. If you'd like to know I'd do another post.

I had a friend that had lung clot pain and he went to the ER because he was just home from a stay in hospital for having 3 heart attacks in 90 min. He wasn't sure of the nature of the pain, it didn't feel that different. He did need to be hospitalized for 3 or 4 days.

I assume any hospital you go to adheres to triage principles. Doesn't mean you'd get right in, you are head of the line.

I would urge you to get it checked out. It's not just your life on the line. You can die on the spot doing anything, like your job, driving a car, cooking dinner. Doing something that your death can cause injury or death to others. Not to mention it could be something else much much less serious, but painful none the less. I wish the best for you.
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I agree. If I had an attack and was left partially paralysed that would be the pits.
 
I'm sorry to hear you're experiencing this kind of pain @Bretrick and hope you can get a doctor's appointment soon for a thorough check-up. These kinds of pain can seem so 'minor' that we don't want to 'bother' anyone about them, including ourselves. But they can also be the precursor to something no one wishes on anyone. If you had a really close friend who confided in you the exact details you've shared in this post, how would you advise them? Be kind to yourself 🫂
 
My 2nd Mom shared with me that her friend husband was having chest pain. She did not call an ambulance - she drove him to the hospital. She was stopped by the Police and they gave her a ticket for speeding, she explained the situation - she still was given a ticket. That was time lost trying to get her husband to the hospital. I probably would have gotten several tickets that night, because, I would not have stopped.. They would have had to chase me to the hospital. Unfortunately her husband passed away. I think he was in his late 50's. :cry:😰
 
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Bretrick said:
Never had that sort of pain before.
I did wonder if it was something to do with my heart.
As I lay there thinking about what to do, my thoughts went to the parlous state of our hospitals these days.
If I was to ring an ambulance there was a very high chance that I would end up waiting outside the hospital, still in the ambulance - called ramping.
When finally taken into the hospital there was a high possibility I would end up waiting in the corridor.
So I decided to not worry about it and if I was to die then I would not know I was dead anyway.
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Glad you are feeling much better. 💕
 
Truth be told - I know me. I would do breathing exercises and if that did not help, I would put on my favorite music and pray into my transition. I'm at a good place in my life within myself and I already told my family I do not want to be kept alive on a machine, pills, etc. I know there is MUCH for me to do in this life. However, when its my time, I accept it's my time. I know my physical body will go but my Soul/Spirit will live on. 💕
 
Seren said:
I'm sorry to hear you're experiencing this kind of pain @Bretrick and hope you can get a doctor's appointment soon for a thorough check-up. These kinds of pain can seem so 'minor' that we don't want to 'bother' anyone about them, including ourselves. But they can also be the precursor to something no one wishes on anyone. If you had a really close friend who confided in you the exact details you've shared in this post, how would you advise them? Be kind to yourself 🫂
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Thank you.
I have made a Doctors appointment. Probably will get some kind of referral.
 
Ladybj said:
My 2nd Mom shared with me that her friend husband was having chest pain. She did not call an ambulance - she drove him to the hospital. She was stopped by the Police and they gave her a ticket for speeding, she explained the situation - she still was given a ticket. That was time lost trying to get her husband to the hospital. I probably would have gotten several tickets that night, because, I would not have stopped.. They would have had to chase me to the hospital. Unfortunately her husband passed away. I think he was in his late 50's. :cry:😰
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I don't know where in the US that happened but I would have asked the police for help and they should have escorted her to the nearest hospital with their lights flashing.
 
If you feel worse, just go to the ER, with heart issues they will see you right away.

I felt pain and did not want to bother, but the pain got worse, when I got to the ER,
they could not find my pulse, both machines error out, she tried by hand and guess wok over 100, finally got our on a heart machine and I was well over 300 and my heart had stopped.

So be careful, with how you are feeling.

Another pain thought they were having a heart attack, they had an ulcer.

You never know until you see someone.

Symptoms for women
https://www.heart.org/en/health-top...a-heart-attack/heart-attack-symptoms-in-women

For Men and Women

https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/he...igns and symptoms,-headed, or unusually tired.
 
I had that in the middle of the night one time. I went to the ER. It wasn't just the pain that caused me to do this, but because the whole episode was so unusual. They told me right away that I wasn't having a heart attack (I doubted that before I went to the ER), but it was Pericarditis, an inflammation of the pericardium or sac that contains your heart. It's highly treatable, and for me it was a quick recovery with a medication they gave me for it. Untreated is would be... I'm not sure... I was having a lot of trouble breathing. I can't imagine doing much in the way of physical with that.
 
JustDave said:
I had that in the middle of the night one time. I went to the ER. It wasn't just the pain that caused me to do this, but because the whole episode was so unusual. They told me right away that I wasn't having a heart attack (I doubted that before I went to the ER), but it was Pericarditis, an inflammation of the pericardium or sac that contains your heart. It's highly treatable, and for me it was a quick recovery with a medication they gave me for it. Untreated is would be... I'm not sure... I was having a lot of trouble breathing. I can't imagine doing much in the way of physical with that.
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I have a Doctors appointment on Monday :)
 
Chris21E said:
If you feel worse, just go to the ER, with heart issues they will see you right away.

I felt pain and did not want to bother, but the pain got worse, when I got to the ER,
they could not find my pulse, both machines error out, she tried by hand and guess wok over 100, finally got our on a heart machine and I was well over 300 and my heart had stopped.

So be careful, with how you are feeling.

Another pain thought they were having a heart attack, they had an ulcer.

You never know until you see someone.

Symptoms for women
https://www.heart.org/en/health-top...a-heart-attack/heart-attack-symptoms-in-women

For Men and Women

https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/heart_attack.htm#:~:text=Heart attack signs and symptoms,-headed, or unusually tired.
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Excuse me for not replying.
One has to wonder when should one call emergency services.
The only symptom was unusual chest pain, nothing else. I had 4 Aspro clear, and went back to sleep.
Thing is...I woke up in the morning :)
 
Bretrick said:
Excuse me for not replying.
One has to wonder when should one call emergency services.
The only symptom was unusual chest pain, nothing else. I had 4 Aspro clear, and went back to sleep.
Thing is...I woke up in the morning :)
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It could've been indigestion, anxiety, OR a heart attack.. don't take chances with your life!!! It's better to go to the hospital and find out nothing was seriously wrong than to risk dying.
 

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