Hi! I've been reading a bit on here and have learned quite a bit. After years of off and on chest pains with left arm weakness and numbness, trips to the ER and Dr. only to be told my heart is perfect! It must be a chest cold, pulled muscles, etc. Lots of tests and bills... UGH! Last June, my (NEW) Dr. (I went in for vertigo-everything was spinning) heard chest pains and made me go across the street to the ER again...and scheduled a stress echo. I went across the street, had yet another EKG and was told my heart is perfect. Must be pulled muscles. Went to the stress echo in July and I noticed something weird (before the Dr. came in). I asked the tech... Isn't that supposed to close all the way? She told me the Dr. would talk to me when she came in. I asked about the red and blue tornado (isn't the red supposed to go one way, blue another?). Same response. The Dr. came in and they went back and forth over whether it was moderate or severe...finally settling on moderate. My valve looks like a pizza cut in thirds with a piece missing. I did the stress part and technically passed ( I stopped it because I was ready to pass out and couldn't breathe). I just made it to the numbers they wanted. Dr. informed me that I have BAV with moderate regurgitation. She said I will need it fixed sometime. No follow up was scheduled with her or my reg. Dr. I figured that all was ok.
In Nov. I broke a tooth (below the gumline). Of course, my dentist was closed (Fri afternoon) for the weekend. I called the emergency # and nothing until Sun (I love the receptionist there! She stopped in to do some things because it was daylight savings weekend...she called in an Rx for Antibiotics and painkillers.) I was seen on Mon. and had the tooth surgically removed the following Mon. During all this, I had fever, chills and just felt crappy. Was worse after the tooth removal for about 2 weeks... like a reg. cold. Since then, I have chest pains alot. My left arm is very achy most of the time. Chest pains wake me up. I feel like I'm being crushed if I lay on my left side... Now I'm worried. I have an appt. with the card. on the 16th. I basically want her to check things over and tell me when I should be seen for the chest pains, and where. I'm so tired of being blown off at the Er.
History: I'm 46, female, and come from a family of heart issues. My (paternal) grandfather's parents were 1st cousins (not a problem back then in Canada..they just wanted to populate this big continent! LOL!). He was on coumadin before he was 40, had a few OHS and strokes, and a concave chest. One of my uncles got a heart infection had a transplant and died in his early 40's. My dad died at 34 of a pulmonary embolism. Another uncle and all 6 of his kids have marfan.
Any input would be great! I'm learning alot! What should I ask when I go the 16th?
Thanks all!
In Nov. I broke a tooth (below the gumline). Of course, my dentist was closed (Fri afternoon) for the weekend. I called the emergency # and nothing until Sun (I love the receptionist there! She stopped in to do some things because it was daylight savings weekend...she called in an Rx for Antibiotics and painkillers.) I was seen on Mon. and had the tooth surgically removed the following Mon. During all this, I had fever, chills and just felt crappy. Was worse after the tooth removal for about 2 weeks... like a reg. cold. Since then, I have chest pains alot. My left arm is very achy most of the time. Chest pains wake me up. I feel like I'm being crushed if I lay on my left side... Now I'm worried. I have an appt. with the card. on the 16th. I basically want her to check things over and tell me when I should be seen for the chest pains, and where. I'm so tired of being blown off at the Er.
History: I'm 46, female, and come from a family of heart issues. My (paternal) grandfather's parents were 1st cousins (not a problem back then in Canada..they just wanted to populate this big continent! LOL!). He was on coumadin before he was 40, had a few OHS and strokes, and a concave chest. One of my uncles got a heart infection had a transplant and died in his early 40's. My dad died at 34 of a pulmonary embolism. Another uncle and all 6 of his kids have marfan.
Any input would be great! I'm learning alot! What should I ask when I go the 16th?
Thanks all!
