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Hey...

Perhaps I shouldn't be posting this, but I need some advice on a health issue...

I really hate to be a bother on anyone and I'm definitely not trying to put anything on anyone's conscience, but I'm just wondering if any of you might be able to help me make a decision on what I should do here...


For the past three or so years I've experienced infrequent chest pain and weakness that have somewhat been hindering my life, but I didn't want to make a big deal of it because it *may* end up being nothing, and I don't want to spend a lot of money on a doctor just to be told that there really is nothing wrong... but here lately the problems have been getting to be too much to handle. I already know from the last time I saw a doctor when this all started when I had collapsed from overexertion back when I was a supervisor at McDonald's that I have a weak heart... but for the past couple of weeks the chest pains have gotten to a point that I can hardly stand it most of the time. It's keeping me from concentrating at work, and I've been losing too much sleep because it hurts so badly.

I don't know enough about the subject to be able to diagnose myself; all I know is that as long as my left arm doesn't start hurting too it shouldn't be anything serious (which is what they say is the indicator of a heart attack). However, it still has been feeling quite often that something is squeezing really hard on my heart, and the rhythm goes out of consistency more frequently than it ever did before.

It's an extraordinarily... unsettling sensation.


I know I should probably give up and call 911 or at least drive to the local hospital, but it's 2:00 AM here and after-hours emergency care is ridiculously expensive here. I would hate to put myself into a situation where I might be refused actual care later on because of becoming broke from the charges of emergency services which I may or may not need.

So, I hate to ask something this important, but... what would you do in this situation? I'm really at a loss for making a sound choice right now, and no one I know here is awake at the moment to call for their advice...


I'm still not sure if I should have even posted this, but typing the words out is helping to keep my mind off of the pain for now.


If I decide to go to the doctor, I'll try to make sure my friend ~ZigNoff is kept up-to-date on everything that's going on... so if I happen to be gone from here for a while you should be able to find out more information from him... but hopefully it doesn't come to that.


UPDATE 3:50 AM: So I called the hospital front desk to ask if I might be able to get a quick answer from someone there who might know if it's possible to determine if my situation would be construed as an emergency or something less urgent... the doctor she sent me to talk to told me that "chest pain is something that must be taken seriously" and hung up... I'm not sure if he thought I was just a prank caller, or if he really meant I shouldn't be wasting my time asking stupid questions...

The pain seems to be slightly more tolerable now... I think I might see if I can get some rest, and then drive myself to the doctor tomorrow morning to check myself in in a "non-emergency" kind of way to get this looked at.

UPDATE 7:00AM: My doctor will be in his office in 3 hours; I've already called in for work because the symptoms are worsening again. Hopefully some tests will provide some information as to what the problem is...

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