Chest Pains without enzymes showing a heart attack

[ChatterAlly]

I have been experiencing severe chest pains much like that when I had my prior heart attacks. I went to the ER over a week ago and after a stress test, it was determined that it was angina. But now, not only do I have the chest pains, I am having skipped beats that takes my breath away. It is so hard to catch my breath at times. I also have a feeling of faintness from time to time. I am without insurance, so I can't follow up with a cardologist, but I know there is something wrong. I can't convince the residents at the county hospital of this. I am wondering if a heart cath would prove this. It sucks today without insurance. I always had it until I lost my job. I went to the ER with chest pains and shortness of breath shortly after I lost this job and before I could put a policy in place. They found the right coronary artery was blocked 90%. That was it. I had been diagnosed with CAD and now no insurance will accept me unless I have around $800 a month for a policy that won't cover the CAD for 12 months anyway................Please help!!

[Celeste77]

Never in my life have I seen such bitter hostility amongst people that really don't even know one another, nor have I seen people so uncapable of forgiveness or understanding.
"Funny" (loaded with sarcasism) how hate consumes so many and yet they proclaim to be compassionate loving people, only here to "help" their fellow mankind.
What a crock.... Misery loves company, plain and simple.

I've been here for years and this was a peaceful caring forum until a few months ago. What a shame that it only takes so few to ruin the whole bunch.

[Jack54]

You have convinced me that I do not deserve the right to help others, due to the demon in me. I will stay away from health forums forever. My you are an ever so bright and convincing lady yet so delicate as to have huge chunks of whatever removed from you.

Your pal.
OKD Randy and Jack.

[islandmomma]

Yes, I will and thank you for responding.You did not disappoint me and please do not misunderstand. Only I disappointed me in actual fact as it turns out... I do not mean to be wry or critical. I was just shocked and I have done that (shocked I mean!) in recent years a lot, silly woman that I am!!

I only wish I had known this earlier....it might have saved me some stuff of my own, Jack, to be honest with you.I wish you no ill will and I am glad you are feeling better but see that you are still scared. I hope your anticipated surgery goes well and I still hope all goes well for you in general. Please watch out for other issues interfering in your ability (and I believe this is genuinely your motive) to help others. I am glad the 'demon' is under control to some extent...it made you mindless and irrational and argumentative and you lost your real intent I think.

Welcome back Jack, I guess. I hope your stay here is better...I am letting this whole bit (huge chunk) of nonsense go. And (I think anyway) TY also Jim for your (as usual but always appreciated) wry, and easily misunderstood but witty comments/double entendres....

j

PS And aren't we all a strange crew? :)

[islandmomma]

I am sorry for the digression and hope you get your symptoms checked out. They do not sound at all good to me.

We do what we do to do what is best for all for whom we are responsible. Insurance or no insurance, your life is hugely worthwhile. No one's judgement here applies except your own.  No one has walked in your shoes. Insurance per se is often not a guarantee anyway. Often it is a false promise. We may as well always be aware that'...there but for the Grace of...." , go I...in all of our situations I think anyway.

Make the system work for you and for all of those who love you!!...and Good Luck!
IM

[Jack54]

Jan, I am very sorry to be alive, and to have disappointed you. What do you expect me to say in order to apologize? Should I make excuses for what I did as far as faking my suicide, or just say that I did it to hurt very, very kind and loving people like you?

Is it obvious to you that anyone who does what I did is not right in the head? In my defense should I write about the damage to my brain and how it occurred? A heart attack, two strokes and a never ending supply of alcohol is not conducive to good mental health.

People like Jim for instance, found my buttons and pushed them frequently. Jim is rotten to the core. However much he hounds me, it will never be enough to satisfy his group of pseudo humans that he so loves to try to impress by constantly harassing me. People here do not know of his group with the queen bee so adoring of Jim and vice versa. These people are reading every bad thing that Jim says to me and about me, which makes Jim hold his chest up and out with glowing pride.

Some from the old board can tolerate me, and that is good. I am just here to try and help people through the experiences I have had, and will have with heart disease. My head id much more clear. I haven't drank in almost a year.

People will continue to humiliate me, but I have apologized for the last time for what I did on another now defunct forum, and at another time with angry, constant bickering childish people. I may be a sorry no good in many people's eyes but as long as I am civil, and do my best to help people here on this forum, I think that I will be just fine. I am a shut in and study heart disease in my spare time. I do most of my socializing online, with heart disease patients.

I am so sorry for making you think I killed myself but now that I have apologized would you please leave me alone?

[jim62]

Very well said, and right on the money.

Hope you're doing well.

Jim