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I was in the hospital for acute pancrities. While in the ...


Sent to Health Experts November 15, 2007 3:32 p.m.

I was in the hospital for acute pancrities. While in the hospital, they put me on IV for potassium because my potassium levels were low.   They mentioned this was good for the heart. I came in with abdominal pain. Since I had been released from the hospital, they gave me a release form stating that if I have "chest pains" I should return to the hospital. I have high blood pressure and do not take any blood pressure pills. I am 49 years old. I have been home from the hospital one week and 1/2 now and am experiencing chest pain on my left side of my chest. Would the acute pancrities have something to do with this? Would having low potassium have something to do with it?   Should I go to my cardialogist or back to the hospital? Is there any warrant for alarm?

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November 15, 2007 4:00 p.m. (27 minutes and 17 seconds later)

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Sent November 16, 2007 9:15 a.m. (17 hours and 15 minutes later)

I went to my cardiagolist yesterday and explained everything to him that was done in the hospital. He did a EKG on me which was fine and check my blood pressure (120/75) which is really low for me. He said if they did all those tests in the hospital, they would have not released me if they thought I should be taking potasium or they would have gave me medication to take when I returned home. He did not seem alarmed. They did blood electrolyte levels in the hospital while I was there. I think stress of coming back to work was causing the chest pain. If I left his office, the chest pain seem to disappate. Maybe I will buy bananas this weekend just to help abit, but they did not tell me I would need to do this once released from the hospital. Please let me know what you think.
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Sent November 16, 2007 9:16 a.m. (17 seconds later)

I went to my cardiagolist yesterday and explained everything to him that was done in the hospital. He did a EKG on me which was fine and check my blood pressure (120/75) which is really low for me. He said if they did all those tests in the hospital, they would have not released me if they thought I should be taking potasium or they would have gave me medication to take when I returned home. He did not seem alarmed. They did blood electrolyte levels in the hospital while I was there. I think stress of coming back to work was causing the chest pain. If I left his office, the chest pain seem to disappate. Maybe I will buy bananas this weekend just to help abit, but they did not tell me I would need to do this once released from the hospital. Please let me know what you think.
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Sent November 16, 2007 9:17 a.m. (1 minute and 8 seconds later)

I went to my cardiagolist yesterday and explained everything to him that was done in the hospital. He did a EKG on me which was fine and check my blood pressure (120/75) which is really low for me. He said if they did all those tests in the hospital, they would have not released me if they thought I should be taking potasium or they would have gave me medication to take when I returned home. He did not seem alarmed. They did blood electrolyte levels in the hospital while I was there. I think stress of coming back to work was causing the chest pain. If I left his office, the chest pain seem to disappate. Maybe I will buy bananas this weekend just to help abit, but they did not tell me I would need to do this once released from the hospital. Please let me know what you think. I am still waiting on a response.

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November 16, 2007 3:06 p.m. (5 hours and 49 minutes later)
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Customer (name blocked for privacy), in your case , everything looks fine and there is no necessity of buying bananas , relax and do not overworry so much .

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Sent November 16, 2007 3:10 p.m. (4 minutes and 4 seconds later)

I notice after I eat the past two day, I get very bad indigestion - like a lump in the middle of my chest. Could this be from the acute pancriatis? I just took Rolaids about 1/2 hour ago and ate at 1 p.m. It is now 3 p.m. I hope this will go away. I went for a EKG last night and the doctor told me my heart look o.k. Am I suppose to be eating very light foods and a low carb diet? I ate potatoe salad and a tuna sandwich for lunch. If so, how long do I have to keep to such a diet? Do you know anything about indigestion and acute pancriatis? Do you know if I should be on a diet and for how long? I know that I can't drink alcohol anymore and I haven't and have given it up totally. Please respond.
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Sent November 16, 2007 3:11 p.m. (35 seconds later)

I notice after I eat the past two day, I get very bad indigestion - like a lump in the middle of my chest. Could this be from the acute pancriatis? I just took Rolaids about 1/2 hour ago and ate at 1 p.m. It is now 3 p.m. I hope this will go away. I went for a EKG last night and the doctor told me my heart look o.k. Am I suppose to be eating very light foods and a low carb diet? I ate potatoe salad and a tuna sandwich for lunch. If so, how long do I have to keep to such a diet? Do you know anything about indigestion and acute pancriatis? Do you know if I should be on a diet and for how long? I know that I can't drink alcohol anymore and I haven't and have given it up totally. Please respond.
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November 16, 2007 9:19 p.m. (6 hours and 8 minutes later)

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Sent November 19, 2007 9:02 a.m. (2 days and 11 hours later)

How long do I have to maintain such a diet? When you say carbs, do you mean like mash potatoes or any kind of potatoes, rice, pasta? Isn't chicken and fish good? I do have acid reflux and am taking previcid right now. I also have anxiety which could be contributing to the chest pains as I have returned back to a stressful environment at work. I know that I cannot have alcohol, but please specify what kind of foods outside of vegetables I can eat? Also, how long should I maintain such a diet?
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Sent November 29, 2007 3:39 p.m. (10 days and 6 hours later)

How long do I have to wait until I can drink alcohol again? Or will it be fatal to drink? Can I ever drink again?
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