chest pain that wakes me a dead sleep

[wendy1012]

Hello there, i am a 52 year old female, i am 5ft2" and weight 9 stone 4Llbs, t 20-30, I smoke about roll ups per day and do not drink, I am pretty healthy really, I was diagnosed with schumans disease of the spine when i was 24yrs old, this is a disability so therefor i am unable to do any excersices but i am in good shape really, I am on medication for this, I also have aracodituis which is where all my nerves in my spine are stuck together like spahgetti, very painfull. I have been having chest pains that wake me up from a dead sleep, they are on the left side right hehind my boob, (that is the only way of explaing the exact position is) and it is like a gripping, stabbing, crushing pain and can last 5 mins or more, only on a couple of occasions it has travelled down my left arm, but i have used the pain spray the doctors gave me, and i am on Ramipril to help the flow of blood, my doctor arranged for me to have an ecg which was normal so then i had to have a CAT scan, no results back yet. My mother suffers from Angina and my father had a heart attack but is not longer with us. please can any1 help me in giving me an idea as to what sort of pain i am suffering please, it frightening
Thanks Everyone who takes time out to give me some advice

[ScaredandYoung77]

Hi Wendy,
My suggestion to you is to seek medical attention.. Do not wait! I had the same symptoms for a week and ignored them. Well, I took pain medications that would put me to sleep but once those medications wore off, I was also awaken with chest pains. To make a long story short it is better to be safe than sorry. When I finally got up the nerve to go to the ER, I learned that I had had a massive heart attack. Not trying to scare you or anything but you really need to go get that checked out.