praying for them both.. hugs ~ gina

Prayer said. Please let us know how he's doing.

Oh boy!  Sending prayers her way for Stacey and her dh!  Praying that the chest tightness isn't anything to worry about.  I know she is definitely concerned!

She left me a message while I was out.  The tests came out good when they checked to see if he had a heart attack but apparently his blood pressure drops.  It got down to 70/59 last night!  They may be changing his meds and he will have a stress test tomorrow.

 

Continue prayer!

definitely prayers continuing!

 

Did they say anything about oxygen sats???  I can't remember if he uses a c-pap machine or not at night.

  

He had his stress test he is now waiting on the Cardioligist

Praying all goes well!

He came home an hour ago. Dr changed his Blood pressure meds and wants him to have an Upper GI test saying that is what was wrong.

what do they think it is?

 

my mom had that where they thought it was the stomach and here is was the heart

Not sure but I am thinking reflux or something. He uses antacids a good bit

yeah - I have GERD - or gastroesophageal reflux disorder - and a LOT of people who have this are convinced they are having a heart attack (including me).  It does resemble - but in reality it is due to stomach acids going up into the esophagus and burning the daylights out of the lining there.  A lot of folks think that this is no big deal - BUT if it continues, it erodes away the lining of the esophagus - and you can very easily end up eating pureed foods between now and forever!  Antacids make it worse because folks pop those like candy.

 

Once this is diagnosed - the doctor may prescribe Zantac or Tagamet (neither of which I can take - T makes me nauseous and Z rebounded on me giving me worse symptoms than the original problem).  Prilosec is also another one that is prescribed - and there is an over the counter version (yes, there is also a generic form which costs about half as much!).  Do check with your pharmacist to make sure there are no medication interactions. 

 

Things that HELP - not cure - GERD include weight loss down to your ideal weight, an elevated head of the bed (stand the top of the bed on bricks), NOT eating after 8 PM as in NO evening snacks!, and watching to see which if ANY of the foods eaten may trigger the likelihood of an attack (for me - it is green peppers in stuff)

Stacey my dh uses antacids too...has more digestive issues than I care to discuss, LOL...but one thing that helps is if he stays away from tomato products with preservatives...i.e. spaghetti sauce...fresh tomatoes seem to do okay...also if I make the sauce from the plain canned tomatoes he is okay (no preservatives added)...something about tomato and preservatives seems to be toxic to the stomach...