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Re: chest pain...revisited-Help!!~~~LorettaFrom: anonymous@obgyn.net,Wed May 31 11:30:39 2006
At Tue, 30 May 2006, Suzie wrote: > >Hi Girls! >When your gall bladder tries to kill you, the pain is on the right side, >right under your rib cage. If you place your hand over the bottom of >your rib cage with your fingers touching the breastbone that is where >the pain would be located. I sometimes would feel the pain all across >my chest, but it would originate in that area. It feels like the worst >indegestion ever, but the pain doesn't stop for hours. Usually greasy >food or milk products will set off these attacks, so I had to change my >diet. Mylanta and Milk of Magnesia seemed to sometimes help. Long >term, surgery is the only true cure for it. I had to have mine removed >shortly after the birth of my son 3 years ago. Hope this helps some! > >-- >Suzie > >At Tue, 30 May 2006, anonymous@obgyn.net, wrote: >> >>At Tue, 30 May 2006, Alyson wrote: >>> >>>Loretta, >>>I know the ho hum attitude you refer to all too well. I am really >>>starting to feel like the docs just think I am a hypochondriac. Which >>>is exactly why I am glad to hear that I am not alone in this weirdness. >>>I hope your tests bring you some answers. I am heading in for a cardio >>>stress test first thing in the morning. I think the cardiologist is >>>just trying to appease me. He doesn't think there is anything wrong. >>>Its not as though I want to have a heart problem! I just find it hard >>>that anyone would have significant pain like this without a CAUSE!! >>>Ugg.. >>>Lets keep each other posted...e-mail me anytime you'd like. >>>Alyson >>> >>>At Tue, 30 May 2006, anonymous@obgyn.net, wrote: >>>> >>>>At Tue, 30 May 2006, Alyson wrote: >>>>> >>>>>Loretta, >>>>>Thank you so much for sharing that with me. It seems that your pain is >>>>>much more severe than mine, but I am glad to know that I am not the only >>>>>one with this "mystery" chest pain. It is really maddening to not get >>>>>any answers. I get so frustrated with my PCP for just writing me >>>>>prescription after prescription hoping that one of the drugs will fix >>>>>the problem....mind you without actually diagnosing the problem and the >>>>>prescribing the appropriate treatment. What has happened to doctors >>>>>these days? >>>>> >>>>>I had a thought...has anyone done an ultra sound of your gall bladder?? >>>>>My mother had chest pain as severe as what you are describing and it >>>>>turned out to be an enlarged gall bladder. When my chest pain first >>>>>started I actually thought that was what it was going to be. (no luck >>>>>there) I did some research about gallbladder disease that indicated it >>>>>can be found in women who essentially experience blood stasis in the >>>>>pelvic area. >>>>> >>>>>Keep me posted and I'll let you know if I come up with any answers. Feel >>>>>free to e-mail me if you'd like. >>>>> >>>>>-- >>>>>Alyson >>>>> >>>>>At Fri, 26 May 2006, anonymous@obgyn.net, wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>At Thu, 25 May 2006, Alyson wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Hi Ladies, >>>>>>>I know we've talked about this some before.... >>>>>>>Does anyone have any suggestions regarding chest pain? >>>>>>>I have had chronic stabbing pain in my left chest, always the same spot, >>>>>>>with no rhyme or reason. It doesn't matter what I eat/don't eat, if I'm >>>>>>>excercising, lying down.... >>>>>>>My doc tried Nexium et al., anti inflamatories, sent me to the >>>>>>>cardiologist, and GI guy. All tests come out fine and they look at me >>>>>>>like they have no idea what to do with me. The cardiologist says I must >>>>>>>be one of those people that has an achy chest, like some people have >>>>>>>achy knees. I'm not totally satisfied with that explanation!! ;-) >>>>>>>Is this just one of those mystery endo pains that no one can explain? >>>>>>>Any opinions would be welcome! >>>>>>>Thanks, >>>>>>>Alyson >>>>>> >>>>>>-- >>>>>>Dearest Allyson >>>>>> >>>>>>I am having basically the same problem, thus is why I have not posted here as much >>>>>> as I normally do, and have been away for awhile. >>>>>> About a year ago I began to get stabbing pains in my chest, it started to >>>>>> really worry me as I didn't have a cold, or feel congested at all. I went to >>>>>>my Dr and had him give me an Xray. It found nothing. Thinking it may be bronchitis, >>>>>> as I seem to get it a fair amount during my life, I was surprised that didn't show >>>>>> to be the major culprit. >>>>>>He gave me some antibiotics, but didn't think that was the problem anyway. >>>>>> Months went by and it didn't get any better, in fact, it got progressively worse. >>>>>> At Christmas time it was really bad. I would wake in the morning and it would >>>>>>be so sore I thought for sure I had some major infection that was not being >>>>>>caught or helped. >>>>>> I again went to the Dr and he re ran the Xrays, still nothing showed. >>>>>> He started to get annoyed, I could tell, but I started going back every week >>>>>> with this complaint as I was scared. Nothing ever showed up on his tests so he >>>>>> told me it was part of my fibromyalgia! When a Dr can't explain something >>>>>>anymore and is tired of testing and knows I have a definite diagnosis from the >>>>>> specialist of fibro, he pins it to that and stops looking. Makes me SO mad. >>>>>>This spring we moved to a new town and a new Dr, right away I told him of the pain. >>>>>>He sent me for xrays and blood tests, again nothing showed up. We started talking of >>>>>>my endo and fibro, I asked if there was a possibility with my severe endo, >>>>>> or my extensive adhesions, if it may have something to do with it. >>>>>> He said no , he didn't think so, that was VERY rare. He would not proceed down >>>>>> that path of investigation. About 6 weeks ago I awoke in the middle of the >>>>>> night in more sever pain than I have EVER been in in my life! I felt I could >>>>>>not breath although I was not congested. I had no cough, I could take a deep >>>>>>breath, but it put me to my knees in pain to do it. It didn't necessarily hurt >>>>>> more to take a deep breath than any other, but the pain was unbearable! >>>>>>Honestly, I would take my endo, ovarian cysts, and every bowel and adhesion >>>>>>pain all at once, than have that pain for an hour! >>>>>>I went to the Dr again and he sent me again for more Xrays and tests and a shot, >>>>>> while there he came to the hosp and ran a heart test to see if I was having >>>>>>heart attack, I said, some heart attack, it has lasted months! >>>>>>He did the test and my heart was fine but my blood pressure was through the roof, >>>>>> he said that was from the pain and it did come down as the pain meds started to >>>>>> take effect. He said I may be having a problem with mucus on my chest wall not >>>>>> moving due to my meds, apparently my meds can slow the respiratory system and the >>>>>>mucus can build up on the chest wall and do a lot of damage while making it hard >>>>>>to breath, it also cannot be seen on Xrays. >>>>>>So he started me on a ventilator machine of these meds to break up the mucus, >>>>>>along with physiotherapy on my lungs 4 times a day. I went back every time but >>>>>> the nurses became sick of taking time out of their small town emergency room >>>>>>schedule, so they set me up with a machine to take home and taught my hubby and >>>>>> daughter how to do the physio. >>>>>> Today, 5 weeks later I am still in severe pain, some days are a little better >>>>>> than others, but the pain never goes. >>>>>>He now has me on 4 different meds to inhale 4 times a day from the mask and machine, >>>>>>and I can only have the physio done before and after school and before bed as >>>>>>my daughter is in school and my husband works our of town most of the time. >>>>>> All the meds and all the physio have not made any difference what so ever, but >>>>>> he still insists I do it. >>>>>> 1 1/2 weeks ago I was back in the hosp as the pain again was disabling, >>>>>>it happened again a couple days ago. It just never goes away complete, it >>>>>>just lessons, somewhat, and all the tests so far have shown nothing more than >>>>>>chronic bronchitis that he says would never cause this much pain. >>>>>>He called me day the before yesterday and said he had spoke to his friend who >>>>>>is one of the best respiratory specialists in western Canada. He says my pain and >>>>>> the symptoms don't add up, so he wants to see me. The office will call and >>>>>>give me an appointment but I have not heard from them yet. >>>>>>It is very scary and very tiring, some days I can't even seem to walk far with >>>>>> out stopping from the pain. I am so very tired as when I fall asleep the pain >>>>>>meds wear off and the severe pain wakes me. I am getting about 3 to 4 hours >>>>>>sleep a night, he gave me something to get more sleep but it still wakes me >>>>>>from a deep sleep. I do all I can to ignore it or keep busy and my mind on >>>>>>something else. I am very depressed from the pain and lack of sleep and find >>>>>>I am highly emotional and am crying a lot. It is really scary having no idea of >>>>>>what it is I am fighting. I am meditating on healing and praying a lot. I want >>>>>> it just to turn out to be the fibromyalgia, but neither he or I have ever >>>>>>heard of that symptom of it before. >>>>>>If you find out what is causing your pain I would really appreciate you posting >>>>>> or writing me personally and letting me know so I can tell my Dr. >>>>>> Well, I am off to hook myself up again and write some emails to others to take >>>>>>my mind off all of it.All the best and hope for you in finding what it is. >>>>>> >>>>>>I am sorry you are in so much pain yourself and if I can help at all just mail >>>>>>me and we can talk. If I find out any reasons that we may have chest pain, or >>>>>> if it is endo related I will post or write you right away. >>>>>>Take care of yourself, rest and be good to you! >>>>>> Enjoy and Cherish your pain free day's, I am sure they will find the cause for >>>>>> you and you can find a treatment soon. >>>>>> >>>>>> Prayers and healing and pain free day's! >>>>>> ~~Loretta~~ >>>>>> >>>>-- >>>>Dearest Allyson >>>> >>>>Thanks for that info, he didn't do an ultrasound, (strange come to think of it), >>>>but he had mentioned the gallbladder, but only in passing. >>>> I wonder if you can tell things are going on with that through blood tests, >>>> (high w blood cell count or something), as god knows I don't have much blood >>>> left in my body, is is all in tubes in the lab! But so far, not much is showing up. >>>>I did however, get some word from the specialist he wants me to see. >>>>As a formality I am to have a lung function test next Tuesday, >>>>( we wouldn't want to hurry this too much), (drives me crazy WAITING), >>>>then he will make an appointment to see me. You can't help but to wonder, if they >>>>don't know what it is, how can they be so calm in just taking their time in >>>>seeing me, who knows what it is, and then, what is it doing to me in the meantime? >>>> This ventilator is not doing much of anything, I have some good, (well better), >>>> days, but it is still there all the time, some days are very, very bad. >>>>It doesn't seem to have much in the way of rhyme or reason, but it was awful >>>> the days before and during my period, but I get my period ALL the time lately, >>>>so it may be a coincidence. I just pray it all is resolved soon. YOURS TOO! >>>>I will ask him about the gallbladder, good idea, perhaps the daily >>>> Citromag (laxative) I have had to take all year is wreaking havoc with it, >>>>or perhaps it is gallstones, at this point in time I guess it could be just >>>> about anything! I will be sure to keep you posted as to what they say. >>>>Please do same, and take good care of yourself, I know what worry this causes. >>>>Prayers and Healing to you my friend, ~Loretta~ >>>> >>-- >>Dearest Alyson, >>HERE HERE!!!! >>WHO WANTS to have this OR all these inconvenient tests done! >>I for one must travel 3 hours to the city to have most of them done. >> I also won't drive in the dark on this treacherous and logging truck filled >>highway at night, so by the time I get there, go to my appt, it is getting >>dark. A 3+ hour ride home then is not happening. >> I have to get a hotel, stay the night, and drive back in the morning. >> That is a lot of expense for a test, let alone if I have many over a period of >>weeks! So, OH YES, I really want to do that AND waist everybody's time and energy, >> AND my money, just because I am having a little discomfort! >>IF it wasn't this bad, OR I felt I could handle it I certainly wouldn't be going >>this far. AND let's talk prescription costs of all these darn inhalers and the >> ventilator they have me on, that may be for nothing, as I sure the heck am not >>finding a whole lot of relief with all that. AND THEN, lets talk about time! >>So to get the ho hum attitude drives me CRAZY! >> >>WOW, guess I needed to vent a little there! >>Yes, let's do stay in touch on this one, we just may help each other get some >> answers,or ideas. See, this is one of the reasons I like this forum. >>I hope you can get somewhere with your Dr and the tests. >>When I had an awful day and it got way out of hand I called him and he sent me >> for a heart test to see if I was having a heart attack, >> I said, "I have been having this pain for over a month, very very bad pain, >> DON"T you think that's a fairly long heart attack?! Honestly!.... >> >>Best of luck Alyson! >>Talk soon, You can mail me at home any time you like. >>Loretta >>
-- Hi Suzie! Thanks for that info, I was wondering where one felt it or if it was a "referred" pain, ( pain you feel somewhere other than where it is damaged, hurting, infected...,for those who don't know).
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