I am 38yrs old, 5'11" 145lbs, smoker, athletic. This past Friday I was in my office working (Army National Guard Recruiter) and experienced what seemed like the same type of chest pain that I have written off my whole life as gas. This time it did not go away and after 1 hour of this steadily increasing pain I drove myself to the ER. By time I had gotten to the ER I was also dizzy and short of breath, this may have been hyperventalation(don't know) but I was scared at this point. The doctors in the ER promptly put me on an EKG which seemed to be normal but with peaked T-waves and no ST changes. They administered Nitro-G and Morphine thru an IV. Later the cardiologists spoke with me about his concern that my enzyme levels were very high indicative of a heart attack. I was held in the hospital for observation and given various medicines and blood was drawn throughout the evening. The next day the levels had not dropped and by lunch time I had yet another heart attack while in the hospital bed. They quickly took me to have a catheritizaition (prepared to fix the blockage), but to their surprise there was no blockage. They then were drawn to the conclusion that I must be having severe spasms in my heart. So that is where I'm at and trying to figure out what the future holds. I do want to add that about 4 days prior to the heart attack I went to the doctors for some severe headaches that I have been having over the past couple of weeks, that I never had before but assumed they were sinus related. Prior to the heart attack in the hospital I had one of these headaches and it went away as soon as the chest pain started getting severe. Any similar experiences or advice? Thank you in advance for any advice you may offer.




