Mt Thomas

[oyithomas77]

Hi everyone, I'm a 45 year old male with a background of heart disease. At the age of 7 I was diagnosed with rheumatic fever and was diagnosed with heart failure at the age of 9. I had my first heart valve replacement surger in 1992 and in 1996. I was fine for awhile then 2003 I had another one. I have been ever since until a few weeks ago I felt a crushing pain across the left side of my chest, a pain in my arm below my arm pit, and a bit of shortness of breath. 4 days ago I started to experience very strange things having a pain in my jaw, arm and left side of my chest. Today I woke up with a severe pain in my arm and chest. The shortness of breath is becoming worse by just walking to the shop Wich is 4 minutes from my house I get tired I get tired even if siting on the couche and my heart keeps skipping a beat. Thanks for educating is about these things I will try to get to the clinic in the morning

[Tos92]

Is there an emergency department that you can attend where you are? I see your bio says South Africa. Those symptoms need urgent attention. I would get to your nearest hospital as that is the only way you can determine if you have had a cardiac related event like a heart attack for example. Of course I don’t want to alarm you, but further investigations into the cause of your chest pain need to be carried out. Please do not delay any further and seek medical help. It may be that you require testing such as an MRI, stress echo or angiogram to get to the bottom of your recent development of chest pain.

Good luck and let us know how you get on.

Tos

[A246]

Please get yourself to a hospital, I am so sorry to hear about your heart failure, you have been through so much. Please may I wish you well and hope that you get help you need. Can you please keep us. updated

[devonian186 in reply to A246]

Get to a hospital immediately. This sounds serious.

[oyithomas77 in reply to devonian186]

Im getting myself to the hospital I'm preparing to go. Thank you so much for you advise Much appreciated

[oyithomas77 in reply to A246]

Thanx a million for your advice I'm preparing to go to the hospital.

[Wenlock]

Vocalists, Billy Fury and Bobby Darin and many more entertainers had this disease. Could there be a common factor in their genes. Why not research their histories. Good luck anyway.