New & Worried

Hi all - I am a 46 yo woman with COPD/Emphysema (not very bad yet, thank God!) and have had heart issues in the past. Went to the ER with severe chest pain and had the gamut of tests run with a cardio doc). I have never really heard anything specific except that I do have Mitral Valve Regurgitation (whatever that is). I have been having a crushing pressure in my chest (feels like an elephant sitting on my chest) and kind of a numbing feeling in my left arm and hand. I went to the urgent care center last week over by work and they did an EKG and then they gave me a spray of Nitro and an aspirin and then they did anther EKG. The first EKG showed a problem on the left side (something like left lateral) and then when they did the second one, it was normal. The urgent care doctor wanted me to go to the ER but since I work in the Escrow industry and it was the end of the month, I opted to call my Cardio first and see what he thought. He is out of town and not available, so the nurse had me fax the "bad" EKG page to her and then she called me back and said it was normal. How can it be normal for one doctor and not normal for another? The EKG strip actually said something about the left lateral lead, something, something, something (since I do not have it here at work, I can't remember the exact words it said).

 hi Diana, it is really a drag when you do not understand what is going on in your own body.  i agree with hopes, nest time you get symptoms get to the er. i have the same probm you do with taking drugs to reduce my bad cho;esteral, very scary since i have two stents already. please take your aspirin a day and start eating a handful of almonds, raw ones along with fishoil capsules, costco has a good buy omn them, your good cholesteral will increase in about 8 weeks and it also helps keep your ateries flexible. good luck for now   bye