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Months of Chest Pain - Please help
Digestive Health | Last Active: Oct 24, 2022 | Replies (296)Comment receiving replies
Thank you....since I posted I have been to my own doctor, who did an EKG which he said was normal. He immediately jumped to anxiety without suggesting any other tests. I'm like, but I've never had this before, running must have triggered something-I've never had pain in my chest & trouble breathing for a month. He thought it was musculoskeletal. Gave prescription for sertraline and lorazepam, and ibuprofen cream. A week later I called off work & went to an urgent care clinic because it hurt so much, and I still had trouble breathing. They did an X-ray, looked normal. Ibuprofen pills prescribed. Which brings me to today, rapid breathing at rest, continued pain...and everytime I go to the doctor they throw anxiety at me. I'm terrified to go to an emergency room. And people wonder why we don't like going to doctors. They don't listen.
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You sound exactly like what I am going through!!! Have been to our little hospital's ER 3 times in the last year...and all they do is change meds and tell me it is stress!!! Every time the new meds make me worse. About 6 months ago I was given Monurol for a recurring UTI. Within 2 days, I could barely get any food down w/o terrible stomach pain after. During the last 6 months, I have lost approx. 50 pounds. I can't even drink ensure with out getting stomach pain. Have not been able to get my doctor to see me more than once a month. I also have had Cauda Equina Syndrome for 15 years and am not able to be very active because of the numbness in my legs and derrière. Between the two, I have lost a ton of muscle and am feeling like I will never be able to come back from whatever is causing this! I am 70! Has anyone out there had trouble with taking Monurol?? This is awfulness! After I eat, I feel like I can't keep the food down. However...I just throw up mucus...no food comes up!! I am desperate for help! There is anxiety, but it isn't the cause, it is because I am so sick and terribly weak and I can't find out what is wrong. From a rural area and no s lectionaries of Drs. Am sick to death of the "stress diagnosis!!" Do not want to get addicted to stress meds. Help!!
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Sorry to hear that. I haven’t posted in a while and I didn’t have the same breathing issues as you but i had chest pain etc for almost 7 months undiagnosed. They threw anxiety and stress at me every time along with musculoskeletal. I ended up pushing them harder and they ordered a CT scan to see my arteries and heart more closely. They found I was 90% blocked in my main coronary artery. I was shocked and so were they. Immediately admitted and had a stent put in. It’s been 2 months since then. Be persistent and stick up for your self if the pains aren’t going away. Best of luck.