@beahind , hello! I read your story twice and immediatedly I remembered the story of a close relative in the 90s. She had attacks of chestpain with radiation to her shoulder and her jaw. she was young, maybe 25 years old. the family doctor suggested stress and perscribed a b-blocker. 15 years later she had severe pain behind her sternum. a gastroendoscopy was done.diagnosis : inflammation and bleeding of her esophagus.(GERD stage III) she got omeprazol. this medicin was only partially effective, her chestpain attacks were still there although a second gastroendoscopy showed healing of inflamed esophagus. a year later she asked for a second opinion, the university gastroenterology department asked her to participate in a pilote study "non-cardial angina pectoris". there was a scientific paper, which said that 50% of the patients, who came to the emergence room because of chestpain, had no cardial
abnormaties.test were done, negative. she continued her visits to the gastroent. physician. a couple of years later he suggested an operation (fundoplastica) and sent her to a surgeon. he said to her,: you have the same problem like me: a neurological disorder, called esophageal spasm, maybe correlated with GERD in the past. he said: I don't know what you do. I carry always a small bottle of water with me, even in theater etc. no surgery .she was so relieved , a long time (20-25 years) with missed and false diagnoses came to an end. (1996 or 1997). a couple of years ago she stopped the medication with PPI (protonpump-inhibitor), she still has the pain after her sternum with radiation sometimes, not very often.. she cannot tell what provokes such a spasm. she only knows that she should not drink wine with an empty stomach.and after the meal + wine she always drinks a glass of water.
the essence of this story is that several physicians never suggested the involvement of the esophagus, cardiologists mentioned a cardiac disorder, gastroenterologists focussed on GERD.
would you agree with me, that her story is similar and why your story reminds me of her?