Just got back from the hospital...

[MAS]

All this pain and suffering.....this is why I keep telling my GP that morphine needs to be available over the counter

[Rave]

An X-Ray wouldn't show up a pulled intercostal muscle. I think I pulled one ages ago (like my early teens)- ouch.

I suffer from heartburn, and it hurts in my chest, not in my throat. I tend to get the burning throat along with conventional indigestion for some reason

Rich :¬)

[Zak33]

Doctor Zak here

Dont be offended but some people who have never had it, would nearly die the first time they get bad INDIGESTION. It prob isn't that, but just in case, Rennie do a good job. It does hurt A LOT...like a ballon in your rib cage The people who get it a lot get minor bouts. But if you get it once in a big way, it'll make ya wanna shout out loud.

It might be that you have been shot by a double barrel shotgun, but its less likely.

Hope you get better soon bud

[steve threlfall]

Feel better Al. My dad had something simmilar though not quite as bad by the looks of it. Its painful and theres no quick fix you just have to sit it out really. Good thing seeying the doctor anyway. Glad your ok.

[Allen]

Yeah, am feeling a bit better today. Went shopping and had another sharp attack of pain whilst walking around Tesco's, but it only lasted a few mins. Still made me come over all hot and sweaty though...

[iMc]

Sounds similer to something I experiance. Occasionally my chest/heart will tighten up (or so it seems) and I can hardly breathe. Never last longer than 20-40secs tho. Very strange.

Anyway I hope you find out whats causing it or it goes away naturally. Take care.

[Allen]

It lasted several hours yesterday, until I got back from the hospital and took 2 Nurofen tablets...

[Skeps]

I suffered this a while back and had all the same tests as you too,when they hooked me up to the heart moniter gizmo I totally shat myself, cos heart disease runs in my family and no male relative that I know ( Including my dad ) has lived past 60. Anyway I ended up havin a camera shoved down my throat and stomach inflated to see what was wrong, I have a Hietus *sp* hernia and am now on acid reflux tablets for the pain

[Allen]

Ooch, nasty... I hope it doesn't last. I was scared coz my Dad had a heart attack and 2 of my Uncles dies from Heart problems...

[Rave]

Ooch, nasty... I hope it doesn't last. I was scared coz my Dad had a heart attack and 2 of my Uncles dies from Heart problems...

Al, can I give you a piece of drastically obvious advice?

Giving up the smokes wouldn't be a bad idea.

Rich :¬)

[Allen]

I know...

And give up the crap that I eat...

Sigh, I think a serious re-think about my personal health is in order.

[Hidden Spirit]

It sounds like you are going through what I had a few months ago It turned out it was pleurisy though (symptoms here) . Good advice from Rave re: stopping smoking. I'm stopping on Monday with the help of Zyban from docs

If it is pleurisy there is nothing you can do to get rid of it. Doctor told me it is usually a sign of something else wrong, such as a chest infection, which I had had a few weeks before but hadn't completely cleared (although I had no chest infection symptoms by then).

[Jimmy Little]

hang in there Allen, will be praying for you mate..

[Zathras]

Doctor Zak here

Dont be offended but some people who have never had it, would nearly die the first time they get bad INDIGESTION.

Zakky beat me to it, was exactly what I was going to post. I had a friend who was rushed to hospital with severe chest pains that numerous people thought was a heart attack but it turned out to be severe indigestion, and the doctors at the hospital said that the two can have similar symptoms and pain levels but obviously different resultant effects.

[CrapshoT]

Ooch, nasty... I hope it doesn't last. I was scared coz my Dad had a heart attack and 2 of my Uncles dies from Heart problems...

mine too.my Dad died of a heart attack aged 49 in 1997 but he had his first heart attack aged 35. (my age now).His dad died aged 52 his grandad 55.he had 3 brothers of which only my uncle ray is left.he is 50 and just had a heart bypass op thingy.my uncle peter died iin his 40's and my uncle deg died last year aged 51.all through heart attacks.Looks like i'm doomed lol.

[yamangman]

its free myth...heh

There's no such thing.