Some time back I had what I thought was a pulled chest muscle. It happened while I was in my recliner. I stretched and apparently pulled a muscle in my chest. The paint was pretty intense and didn't seem to want to go away. Over the space of a week or so it got worse and finally to the point where it hurt when I breathed or changed positions.
I finally decided one night(the day before my birthday) to check into the hospital and they shipped me almost immediately to St. Joseph's in Ann Arbor MI. They have a tremendous cardiac care unit(affiliated with University of Michigan) and I spent two days there going through a HUGE number of tests. I think they took enough blood out of me that I was a "Quart low"
Anyway a long story short: the results showed that I have a 50-70% blockage in a minor artery that luckily is not calcified;meaning it can be relieved by medication,exercise,and(gasp)loss of weight! The rest of my heart is great;my cholesterol is responding well to drugs and the pain has pretty much subsided.
It was found that I had actually strained the lining around the heart which when damaged can pretty much simulate a heart attack.The bad part is it takes some time to heal and I have to take it easy lifting stuff for awhile.
So I guess you'll have to put up with my ranting and raving for awhile yet. Thanks for listening.
