TammyT

This all started on June 11. I remember that date because I was away with my husband. I had this horrible heaviness, tightness in my chest. Like someone was sitting on me. I felt as though I couldn’t get a good breath. Not really short of breath, just like I have to keep taking a deep breath. I was very scared. I wanted to much to go to the hospital or call 911 but we didn’t. The next day I was ok, still had the heaviness/tightness going on.

On June 14 I couldn’t stand it any longer. I took myself to the ER. They did an EKG which was normal. Had me hooked to a heart monitor that was normal the whole time. My BP was GREAT! They did Cardiac Enzymes x2 that were normal. I had a stress test which was normal, my doctor said I reached 95% of my target heart rate and my BP never changed during the whole test. I also had a chest x-ray which was normal.

In March of this year I had my Blood Work done and the results are as such:
Cholesterol-148 (normal)
HDL-34 (which is low)
Triglycerides-219 (high)
LDL-70 (normal)
VLDL-CHOL-44 (normal)

Last May I had a Stress Test with the Dye, and that came out negative too. I also wore a heart monitor at home and had to press the button when I felt weird and well guess what NORMAL too.

I have recently started feeling crappy while walking and doing things around the house. I feel out of breath, like I have to breath deep and the pressure feels more THERE if that makes sense but it doesn’t totally go away while resting. I still get the pressure/heaviness/tightness feeling while sitting.

I do have High Blood Pressure controlled very well with meds. I also have Severe GERD! Or Impressive as it said on my Upper GI test, I am on meds for that too.

Does any of this sound Cardiac Related? Could these feelings be from my GERD? I am seeing a Stomach Doctor on Thursday.

I mean since all my test are NORMAL what else can they possibly do. The Nurse Pract. That I see does NOT think it is cardiac, since all those test are normal. Remember I have had this heaviness/pressure/tightness going on since June 11.

Thanks for letting me post this and see what your advice is.

Tammy