Heart failure nurse

Hi all,

I was having lots of chest pain and discomfort last night and after speaking to a lovely cardiac nurse from the bhf, I took her advice and went to a&e to get checked out.

I got there at 7.30pm andgot out at 5.00am this morning so im tired today.

I had a chest xray, 2 separate blood tests and 2 ecgs & everything is fine.

I am reassured but still have the dull ache in my chest.

This is all so frustrating as i can feel it, it is there but on tests it is nothing. I feel like i am going crazy!!!

Well, what I wanted to ask is, how often do you see your heart failure nurse. I was told on diagnosis it will be regular thing but i was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy a month and a half ago and all i have is 1 appointment in October.

The dr last night said thats not right and has asked for me to be seen sooner.

I hate feeling unwell of a weekend when i give all my energy to work all week, grrrrrr!

Thanks for listening

Natalie

[IgottaStent]

Natchid with the chest pain had you done any heavy exercise or previous two or three days before. ? Recently my friend had chest pain then realised he had been cutting logs and doing heavy gardening days previously ! Muscle ache takes a few days to announce itself . It can also be brought on by stress and of course having chest pain is stressful but sometimes that a circle. You seem to have had a good and thorough check so thats a good step forward. Good luck .

[Routemaster]

Natchid, that sounds like a long wait to me. I was diagnosed with heart failure in April and was given an appointment with the GP two weeks after being discharged from hospital. I had already had two phone calls from the Heart Failure nurse by then and have since seen the cardiologist, worn an 24 ecg monitor and had an echocardiogram. I am now waiting for an mri to see what caused the heart failure and am seeing the heart failure nurse tomorrow. Do ring your nurse if you are worried.

Ann

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Thankyou ann, i have left a message with my cardiologist’s secretary x

[Routemaster in reply to Hidden]

That is good, Natchid. I do hope that you get a quick response.

Ann x

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I did get a very fast reply and I seen my heart failure nurse this week and she was so reassuring and has took away a lot of my concerns.

Hope you are well x

[Routemaster in reply to Hidden]

Dear Natchid

I am glad your nurse was reassuring. Mine was too. We are lucky to have such good care.

Good luck with everything. X