Post edited by: sharshar, at: 02/22/2008 15:04

Post edited by: sharshar, at: 02/22/2008 15:05

Post edited by: sharshar, at: 02/22/2008 15:06

Then I could explain to them that this had happened several times at home I had just never told anyone about it. I was afraid it had been a heart attack at first but from what I had read if it was a heart attack the pain would not go away it would continue to get worse.

Anyway the they insisted that I go to the va hospital and have this checked out. I did and beleive me they ran ever kind of test you can think of even a chemical stress test. My heart is strong, my arteries are clear, no problem could they find that would cause such pain in my chest as I described it.

Had I gone anywhere other than the va it would have cost me over 20,000 dollars for the amount of test they did on me. That should tell you just how many different test they did.

Now that I look back on it and after hearing what you all told me about your chest pains I see what the problem really was. This was just another part of Fibromyalgia. Atleast now I know not to worry about it. The drs. had no idea what caused the chest pains so, I was left with still wondering why or what happened to cause these. Not I understand and thank you for posting your information.

See we do really help each other here. Thanks again! One more problem solved. lololololol

brenda

Many of us have had this for years but, until it got us down where we could not really do daily things we didn't notice it. Till the pain and muscles got so, bad that our jobs and home work just got to much for us we just wrote it off as being either lazy or worry worts.

Beleive me we are neither. This thing is real. It does get worse in time. It is how we deal with it that makes the difference. It is what dr. we go to that can also, make the difference. What medicine we take that makes the difference.

Age can also, make a difference and what other problems we have health wize. Usually people that have other things wrong with them have the worse problems dealing with fibro. The combinations makes it harder for drs. to give the best medicines too.

Many drs. just want to send you for physical therpy and that is just not the answer for those of us that have spinal problems like me. I have a disease of the spine which criples me and I have to use a wheelchair so, fibro just adds more problems to that one. not only is there a bone problem but, a muscle one too.

Therpy just makes it all worse.

Well, I guess we all just have to use what ever we can to get by and listen to the drs. to what ever degree we know our bodies can use. Drs. do not know our bodies as well as we know them.

Listen to your body!

good luck!

The pain comes and goes. There is not a certain thing that seems to set off the pain. It is random.

Good luck to you!

I get the chest pain in the muscle behind my breasts. I believe it's called costeochondritis and is very common among FM sufferers. This can really bite when reaching or lifting.

Do you get the shooting pain up your left breast also? I've talked to a lot of woman with FM that get this strange thing as well. Only on the left side.