Anybody had to wear a heart monitor & do a stress test?

Two weeks ago, out of nowhere, I began having chest pressure and felt hot and clammy sweaty all over...........while sitting at my desk at school. It passed, but happened again later on at home so I went to my doctor. He put me on a heart monitor for 30 days.

Felt a few flutters, but last Friday at my son's football game, I thought I might have to go talk to the EMTs in the ambulance. Felt really really bad, but it passed. Came home and felt nothing until Tuesday at school. Again, felt bad. I called my doctor and he said wait until the 30 days was up.

The heck with that! I called the Arkansas Heart Hospital Tuesday afternoon and they set me up an appointment for Wednesday morning. THAT'S what I'm talking about! They really put me through the tests yesterday, but everything came back normal. Was kinda scared of the nuclear stress test, but I jogged right through 9 minutes on that treadmill with no pain, tightness, or any trouble. My cardiologist called this morning and told me that everything was fine and I didn't need to wear the monitor anymore. He advised me to lose weight and exercise more often.

It turned out fine, BUT it's scary when you think you may have ticker trouble. I'm not 20 and bulletproof anymore. I'm 45 and 272 lbs.

Doc also says that my problem is either stress, anxiety, or heartburn or a combination. I'm prescribing either a fishing or squirrel hunting trip this Saturday! Looking forward to it!

I also want to add that if any of you are having cardiac symptoms, don't ignore them. Go do what I did. Call the Heart Hospital and see someone! GTT

Glad to hear your heart is good, but have to wonder about the judgement of the doctor who advised you to wait. One of my best friends died because he waited.

I've been through all of that. I found I had an irregular heart beat one day when I was giving blood. My heart skips a beat every 3 or 4 beats. No big deal I have learned and it normally only does it when I'm at a resting rate or just after exercise and my heart rate is falling.
Anyway, the doctor did the monitor on me, put me on the tread mill with the nuclear stuff....the whole 9 yards! Since then, I've had another stress test (just for the sake of making sure) and have continued to exercise. I've also had the ultra sound on all of my arteries and an ultra sound on my heart.
Doctor says I've got the arteries of a 35 year old, I'm 50, and the heart of a 40 year old. I can live with that!

Good for you for getting checked out. Everyone should get checked once in a while. There's a lot of fish to catch yet!!

Good for you to be pro active. I have had those sensations and learned it was too much caffine. I also have spasms in my esophacus due to reflux. When you approach 50, you learn all kinds of stuff you can't do any more. By the time I was 50, I had quit smoking, dipping snuff, drinking whiskey, fornicating, etc...... DP