I Am Worried About My Husband Posted: 10-13-04 11:47am
My husband is 43 years old. He has been
having chest pains,this has happened
several times,once him and my son was
outside he started hurting my son got him
a glass of water he laid there a few
min.He said he couldnt breath good when
this happened,then he said he was
ok.Anyway I finally got him to go to the
doctor and they done a lot of blood
work,his triglicerides are realy high
which I knew he had this problem he just
quit taking his medication because he
couldnt sleep and he had a liver test come
back elevated.It has been 2 years since he
seen the doctor he put him on crestor for
his trigleceride problem and he done a ekg
this showed up abnormal and the doctor
said it looked like he may have had an
heart attack.He sent him to have a pet
scan and I got a call yesterday this was
normal. He told me he had this pain in
his chest the day before and this worries
me. They also said his liver test was
elevated and to be sure to take his
medication and come back periodically to
have his blood checked.I am more worried
about this pain he is having I dont know
if we should go to another doctor
something is causing this pain.He is high
risk heart disease runs in his family he
smokes and has high blood pressure and is
overweight.I would appreciate any advice
are comments and many prayers on
this.Thanks
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Dori
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Nov 2004 Posts: 2
Heart Attack - Husband Posted: 11-09-04 01:29am
Sorry to hear about your husband. My
husband had "heartburn" for 2 years -
doctors sent him from gastroenterology to
psychotherapist - never checked his heart
- he had a massive heart attack 2 years
ago. Has had two angioplasties, and a
triple bypass. His heart was so damaged
that he now has congestive heart failure.
He was 47 at the time of heart attack.
My advice to you is to be aggressive about
getting every possible test for your
husband - he may need an angiogram to see
if there is blockage. This is not a
complicated procedure - if there is
blockage they will do an angioplasty to
clear out the artery. It's very
important to find out whats going on now.
Things get much worse after a heart
attack and the heart is damaged. My
husband is doing fairly well now, but it
has been a horrendous and painful
experience. Do whatever you can now, to
prevent a heart attack. Also, we found
Dr. Dean ornish's book to be very
helpful. A change in diet is essential,
along with weight loss. Feel free to
email me if I can be of any help. God
bless, ....... Dori
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nataliedee
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 34 Location: surrey, bc
Posted: 03-13-05 02:21am
I can't really help but i'm sorry to hear
about your husband and make sure he takes
his meds all of the time. Take care!
I agree, be aggressive with the doctor.
Did he have a heart stress test? My dad
was suffereing from exhaustion and some
chest pains. He was on cholesteraol
meds, was thin, athletic and had a heart
attack. He had immediate quadruple
bypass surgery b/c all of his arteries
were blocked. He complained to his
doctor, but the doctor did not do the
right tests to check his arteries. My
dad is lucky to be alive.
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