Months of Chest Pain - Please help
Hello all,
My name is Brandon and I'm a 34 year old male. I'm excited to get signed up on here and hopeful this may help my anxiety which is through the roof! I have been through ongoing chest pain for the past 4 months. The pain started off as a pinch on the left side of chest. It evolved into a pinch and pressure onto the right side of chest. It would be nearly daily, but didn't really get worse after meals or doing a lot of exercising. The pain then started radiating to my shoulders and sometimes into my arms but rarely. Now, it radiates into my jaw occasionally. I get a wierd fluttering in my chest occasionally when I lay down, but when i sit up and get doing stuff I don't realize it much. Now the chest pain mainly feels like pressure in my chest snd i get occsssional sharp pains on the lower portion of my ribs and sometimes on each side of my sternum. What could this be?
Here's what all I've had done....
CT scan of heart and heart echo - found i have a slightly dialated aerota at the base that they will monitor yearly. I also have a bicuspid aerota valve with moderate regurgitation. Cardiologist does not think my heart is causing the pains. I have no blockages at all and they aren't concerned at all of a heart attack.
I was scoped and found i have a moderate to large hiatal hernia and esophagitas. They also did a manometry test and found I was having esophogas spasms. I am set to have a bravo test this week to see if acid reflux might be the cause. I bet that will show that is the case because I've had acid reflux since my late teens / early 20s.
During my CT scan, they saw a slightly enlarged lymphnode...which i think was on the right side of my chest. They said they would recheck that in 6 months. I had a cold or infection during that test and had some congestion and they say that may of been the reason for that.
I have been on a proton pump inhibitor, zantac and tums as needed but i haven't really noticed much of an improvement on them, if at all.
I have back problems and a neck injury as well. They also think that may be the cause of the chest pain. I had an MRI which did not show any nerve compression but I am constantly battling neck and back pain, sometimes severe.
Any help would be appreciated,
Thanks all,
Brandon
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Yes, and yes. Everything keeps coming back normal. Just had a call from my insurance...the colonoscopy was approved last Thursday, but on Friday I had a call from the Dr's office that it had been denied. That is the kind of runaround I keep getting!!!! Meanwhile, my insurance will not approve Cleveland Clinic until all In Network resources have been exhausted. SO, they were going to try to get me into University of Rochester Gastro dept...though probably not until after the colonoscopy. And they wonder WHY I'm stressed!!!
I hope the colonoscopy gets worked out....they just have to find out what it is. Can they take you off the utilities medication?
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I don't know. Wish I knew if anyone else had such an adverse reaction to Monurol.
@sciograndma Have you told yoir Dr how it makes you feel there are other meds for UTI Can you keep water ot cranberry juice down? Are you close to Mayo ? They are good at diagnosing
No, am in NY State...the Southern Tier. 2 hours from Buffalo and Rochester. The Dr knows...I will never take Monurol again. Just praying I can eventually get some nutrition I to me!! Losing half a pound a day is pretty scary...when it has been months!! The colonoscopy got scheduled!! This Wednesday at 12:30. Hope they find something that is treatable...though I expect them to say "all normal!!" Praying I get admitted to Strong Memorial's Gastro Dept if that happens!!!
@sciograndma I use to live in Pittsburg area Im glad you have your colonoscopy appt then its upward from there hope this is a good beginning for you Praying with you
Thank you...bless you!
So glad it got scheduled. I really hope they find out what it is.
@helena4000 Let us know how it turns out we at connect are concerned