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Any ideas anyone!
by TIAhelp, Jun 30, 2009 12:13PM
Hello,
I was wondering if a doctor could help me answer some urgent questions i have. First let me give you some quick backround health information. About 2 years ago i had an TIA/mini stroke. The cause of this was never found but at the time i had high blood pressure, smoked alot, diabetes, and possibley high clorestorel if i remmber correctly. The dotor believed the TIA happened from driving in my car for several hours and smoking. When this happened they gave me an MRI of my head and an doppler ultrasound of my neck, which were normal, they only said they wanted to do another MRI with contrast which i never got done. I know this was a stroke i saw a black curtain over my eye and could not use the whole right side of my body. It litterly was like "I just didn't work". Over the last two years i have been trying to take better care of my health but will admit i could be taking better care of it, and yes i do still smoke but am quitting this week. :( Also before i had the mini stroke in my car there were also two previous episodes before that where i was walking and felt like i was falling to one side and it was difficult to speak, i am wondering if those two episodes were also mini strokes? :( No i am not over weight and do not take birth control and do not do any drugs. I really need some answers, everyday for the last two years i worry about having a stroke!!! I do not believe this was a one time event, from sitting in my car for many hours because i had to similar episodes when i was not driving in my car for many hours!!! I am thinking that there my be an underlying people that is causing this? My heart was never looked at and i was never checked for clotting disorders.
So this is my question.... for the past three months i have been getting chest pain, it is a dull pain in the left-middle of my chest and at first i would get the pain at random times, driving, sitting, walking, just whenever, when i get this pain i feel dizzy and it is difficult a bit difficult to breath. Now i have been getting the pain more often and almost all the time when i am moving around, like walking, cleaning, etc. I have tried not to worry about it, because honestly the pain is not that painful.
but now this is why i am worried..... Last night when i was eating dinner i SERIOUSLY THINK I MAY HAVE HAD A HEART ATTACK!!!! THIS IS VERY SCARY! So basically i was eating a salad and i got this horrible curshing pain in my chest, this was NOT a dull/light pain this was a serious crusing pain. It felt EXACTLY like a 500 pound person was stepping on the middle of my chest on one foot!!!!!!!!!!! I could feel the crusing pain right through me into the middle of my back. It felt like a truck was flattening out the middle of my chest like a pancake!!! I could not sit up straight or lay down to relieve the pain, all i could do was bend over, hunch over. ALSO at the same time i was feeling the crusing pain in the middle of my chest, i felt a crushing pain down the right side of my neck that radiated into my shoulder, behind my coller bone and down the inside of my right arm to my hand. I thought it was strange that the pain was on the inside of my arm, almost like a line going down the inside of my arm? Yes the pain in my neck, shoulder, and inner arm happened at the same time as i was having the chest pain and the pain in my neck, shoulder, and inner arm was also a crusing pain. This pain lasted for about 15 to 20 minutes and i took two regular strength asprins. Afterward i felt a little nauseas and dizzy and started to get a headache.
I am so sorry for this extremely long message, i just really want to be detailed because i desperately need some answers! :( I have worried about strokes now for two years and now feel like i may have had a heart attack. I just really need some doctor to figure this out. Thank you!
Oh i was also wondering, the heart attack symptoms were at 9:20 last night, so about 16 hours ago. So if i go to the doctors today, is it to late for anything to show up on diagnostic or blood work tests? Or which test would you recomenned the doctor order that would still show if i had a heart attack since it's been almost a day since i had my symptoms?
Thank you for your time!
I was wondering if a doctor could help me answer some urgent questions i have. First let me give you some quick backround health information. About 2 years ago i had an TIA/mini stroke. The cause of this was never found but at the time i had high blood pressure, smoked alot, diabetes, and possibley high clorestorel if i remmber correctly. The dotor believed the TIA happened from driving in my car for several hours and smoking. When this happened they gave me an MRI of my head and an doppler ultrasound of my neck, which were normal, they only said they wanted to do another MRI with contrast which i never got done. I know this was a stroke i saw a black curtain over my eye and could not use the whole right side of my body. It litterly was like "I just didn't work". Over the last two years i have been trying to take better care of my health but will admit i could be taking better care of it, and yes i do still smoke but am quitting this week. :( Also before i had the mini stroke in my car there were also two previous episodes before that where i was walking and felt like i was falling to one side and it was difficult to speak, i am wondering if those two episodes were also mini strokes? :( No i am not over weight and do not take birth control and do not do any drugs. I really need some answers, everyday for the last two years i worry about having a stroke!!! I do not believe this was a one time event, from sitting in my car for many hours because i had to similar episodes when i was not driving in my car for many hours!!! I am thinking that there my be an underlying people that is causing this? My heart was never looked at and i was never checked for clotting disorders.
So this is my question.... for the past three months i have been getting chest pain, it is a dull pain in the left-middle of my chest and at first i would get the pain at random times, driving, sitting, walking, just whenever, when i get this pain i feel dizzy and it is difficult a bit difficult to breath. Now i have been getting the pain more often and almost all the time when i am moving around, like walking, cleaning, etc. I have tried not to worry about it, because honestly the pain is not that painful.
but now this is why i am worried..... Last night when i was eating dinner i SERIOUSLY THINK I MAY HAVE HAD A HEART ATTACK!!!! THIS IS VERY SCARY! So basically i was eating a salad and i got this horrible curshing pain in my chest, this was NOT a dull/light pain this was a serious crusing pain. It felt EXACTLY like a 500 pound person was stepping on the middle of my chest on one foot!!!!!!!!!!! I could feel the crusing pain right through me into the middle of my back. It felt like a truck was flattening out the middle of my chest like a pancake!!! I could not sit up straight or lay down to relieve the pain, all i could do was bend over, hunch over. ALSO at the same time i was feeling the crusing pain in the middle of my chest, i felt a crushing pain down the right side of my neck that radiated into my shoulder, behind my coller bone and down the inside of my right arm to my hand. I thought it was strange that the pain was on the inside of my arm, almost like a line going down the inside of my arm? Yes the pain in my neck, shoulder, and inner arm happened at the same time as i was having the chest pain and the pain in my neck, shoulder, and inner arm was also a crusing pain. This pain lasted for about 15 to 20 minutes and i took two regular strength asprins. Afterward i felt a little nauseas and dizzy and started to get a headache.
I am so sorry for this extremely long message, i just really want to be detailed because i desperately need some answers! :( I have worried about strokes now for two years and now feel like i may have had a heart attack. I just really need some doctor to figure this out. Thank you!
Oh i was also wondering, the heart attack symptoms were at 9:20 last night, so about 16 hours ago. So if i go to the doctors today, is it to late for anything to show up on diagnostic or blood work tests? Or which test would you recomenned the doctor order that would still show if i had a heart attack since it's been almost a day since i had my symptoms?
Thank you for your time!
Member Comments (1)
by ireneo, Jun 30, 2009 09:52PM
I'm not sure of the time allowance for blood enzymes after an MI. But considering the pain and duration, I'd say go to the ER now and be checked. They can still check your heart function to see if there was any damage to the heart muscle if you did have a heart attack. That's something you need to know.
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