Koolau
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Sometimes you just have to whine! My brother, age 62, had chest pain on and off for a full year. He kept going to his doctor, getting repeat EKG, stress test. All normal. Finally, I told my brother ( we live 2k miles away) with the next event GO TO THE ER. They have protocols to follow and the work up will be more thorough. Finally, he did. Work up including Troponins normal initially. He refused to leave the ER until they figured it out. So, they admitted him and followed serial troponins. Cardiologist sees him the next day and, fortunately, listened to my brother and decides to do cardiac cath regardless of normal work up. As they are wheeling him to the cath suite his latest troponin was finally elevated ( after almost 18 hours) Unfortunately, the blockages were too severe for stents so he underwent quadruple bypass.
He is two years out and doing well.
Excellent story on why you have to be (or have) your own advocate. Don't take "no" for an answer. YOU know your own body and when it talks to you, you listen. Unfortunately, it is up to you (or your designated advocate) to convince the medical staff to listen to you.