heart attack fears

[athesnia]

hello!

so I am super freaked out that there is something wrong with my heart. about 3 weeks ago my appendix burst but before it did I went to the hospital where they did a CT scan and didn't see anything wrong. They gave me pain meds and sent me on my way. the next day I was in even more pain so they admitted me and did another CT scan. they found acute appendicitis. my appendix burst before they were able to do surgery. I stayed in the hospital 5 days for that. now for the past few days I've had upper abdominal pain and chest discomfort with some slight breathing issues. today I went back to the hospital. they did blood tests (troponin, pt, inr, CBC, and all the regs) as well as an EKG and a CT of the chest to check for any blood clots in the lungs. All tests came back normal/negative. I was sent home with a prescription for antacids. I'm still having some minor chest pain and now I have developed a toothache. I'm starting to freak out a bit and just need someone to talk me down because the last thing I want to do is go back to the ER. I am REALLY tired of hospitals.

thanks,
Athe

 

[janemariesayed]

hello!

so I am super freaked out that there is something wrong with my heart. about 3 weeks ago my appendix burst but before it did I went to the hospital where they did a CT scan and didn't see anything wrong. They gave me pain meds and sent me on my way. the next day I was in even more pain so they admitted me and did another CT scan. they found acute appendicitis. my appendix burst before they were able to do surgery. I stayed in the hospital 5 days for that. now for the past few days I've had upper abdominal pain and chest discomfort with some slight breathing issues. today I went back to the hospital. they did blood tests (troponin, pt, inr, CBC, and all the regs) as well as an EKG and a CT of the chest to check for any blood clots in the lungs. All tests came back normal/negative. I was sent home with a prescription for antacids. I'm still having some minor chest pain and now I have developed a toothache. I'm starting to freak out a bit and just need someone to talk me down because the last thing I want to do is go back to the ER. I am REALLY tired of hospitals.

thanks,
Athe

Bless you poor thing with going through all of this. Of course, there will be a fear if they didn't find anything at first and then did on further tests. You need to get your mind back on healthy thoughts. Try focusing on that for about 10 minutes every so often throughout your day by affirmations. Close your eyes and repeat out loud 'I am healthy' for that 10 minutes. When I get scared about my health, I do that and then find that I've forgotten the negative thoughts before the ten minutes is up.