Made Heart Dr Appt

I have an appt with the heart dr Aug 12, but I called to see if they could bump me up sooner due the symptoms I now realize could all point to congenital heart failure, and what matches up with what could be Heart Valve Disease. It's the pressure on my chest and the pain in my heart when I lay down flat to the point I find I keep having to prop myself up in order to be able to relieve some of the pain/pressure and be able to breath.

Also, the last few months I am getting a sharp, shooting pain up the left side of my neck, to the point that it comes on quickly, painfully, taking my breath away and I have to stop everything until it stops. I've felt a slight pain like that on the right side of my neck, but nothing like what happens on the left.

 

The shortness of breath, dizziness, and now painful swelling in my legs at times, pain in my spine and lower back, and so much more, I know that L/co is accountable for much, but just in case.....

The pain in my heart/chest is just not lessening, it's only getting worse to the point that every day I wonder if that day is when my heart stops, or if it's the last time I'll close my eyes for sleep. I ask others if they can feel their heart beat, if they are constantly aware of it beating, and everyone says 'no'.

 

I told my sister about the heart pain and also how my spine and lower back hurt 24/7. Apparently I had never told her about the heart issues, and she was pretty alarmed. She said that all of that could point towards heart problems. She should know. She went in for one issue of pain in her chest and she had a blockage that was found in her heart! The Dr's didn't even want to check what she was complaining about! If she didn't persist and insist, she'd be dead now. She suffers horribly with undx L/co, but treated for 40 yrs as ONLY a RA patient. Her heart issue I can almost guarantee is L related. And so, with all of this info, I've decided it's time to see the Heart Dr.

 

I just pray that finally facing my fear of seeing yet another dr and maybe getting nowhere, making the phone calls, requesting help, gathering facts and documents, I have to believe that if there is something wrong with my heart that can be addressed, then we will find it and it will get fixed.

 

Just heard from dr office and no earlier appt is available, but I’m still on the cancelation list. If things get bad, well worse, it’s to the ER I will go.

Yea, In a cocoon!! I'm so glad that you have an appt and will be getting checked!! Heart issues have always been the scariest to me!

Is your Cardiologist Lyme Literate? If not, it would be a good idea for you to read up on some of the different heart conditions that Lyme, Bart and/or Babs can cause. That way you will at least know some of the other possibilities of what's causing it when your Cardio doc tells you what he/she thinks is going on.

Oh, and please be sure to let us know what you find out!!! Best of luck!

Good luck at your appointment. Chest pains and anxiety about them were the first big sign for me. I went to my GP who told me I am young and all sounded fine in the office and sent me on my way. When they kept happening, I demanded and EKG. I was given one which was normal and then did a holter monitor which also was normal. I then went to a Chiropractor and gave up soda and coffee and was getting better (as they thought I GERD-which I do). But I started getting pains again and some weird tightness in my upper chest and throat area and sometimes into my neck and jaw that alarmed me and I went to a cardiologist. She did an u/s of my heart and a 30 day heart monitor. My u/s was fine and my 30 day showed very rapid and very slow beats. I was then diagnosed with lyme. So we are treating that and seeing if it helps with the rapid and slow beats before diving more in. I hope you get some answers and it's nothing serious. Oh, I do notice my heart a lot, but wonder if this is an anxiety thing and not really that my heart is doing anything different. Sometimes it does feel more "present" when I am slouched or lying down. I already prop myself up though because of the gerd.