Dad Refuses to Go See Dr- Chest Pain Posted: 04-24-07 23:02pm
Hi everyone! I am
new to this forum and am actually writing
in with a question for my father, who
refuses to go see a doctor. He is 45 years
old, and has been a smoker since before my
time (i'm 21). The last couple of months
he has been experiencing pain in his
chest, sharp or dull pain i'm not sure (my
parents both speak vietnamese fluently and
i dont so it's hard for me to ask specific
questions like that sometimes). they last
anywhere from 1 to 2 minutes long and he
can't breath, and it happens a few time
every week, sometimes more than once or
twice a day. When the pain occurs my mom
says that he has to hold his breath and
it's very difficult and painful for him to
breathe. Mom also said sometimes he would
just be laughing and it would happen. I
know i dont have that much details but if
there are any questions that you have
about symtoms he is experiencing or
anything like that please feel free to ask
me and i will call my mother and ask her.
I just didn't know what type of questions
to be asking her earlier and my mind is
just so overwhelmed and i'm so worried
right now that i still can't think of
anything. I just know that if i can get
some idea of what he may have i can use
that to talk to him and try to get him to
understand how serious this could be so
that he will go see a doctor! PLEASE
HELP!!!!
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monkeygirl22
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Posted: 04-24-07 23:05pm
Where exactly in his chest is the pain? On
a scale of 1-10, how bad does it hurt? Is
it sharp or dull? Is it localized or does
it hurt all the way through (front to
back)? What makes it worse/better? Does he
have any known medical conditions? There
are so many questions to ask. They really
need to be asked by a doctor. With his
smoking history I suggest he see one soon.
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MsJackson
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 May 2007 Posts: 4
Go to the Doctor. Posted: 05-07-07 17:31pm
Tell your father to go immediately. My
sister was having small, but sharp chest
pains for two weeks before she had a
massive heart attack that almost killed
her. She doesn't have any insurance, so
that was keeping her from thinking she
could get help. The morning of the heart
attack, she went to a free clinic, and
they gave her nitroglycerin and sent her
home. 14 hours later she was being
life-flighted to the emergency room.
She almost lost her kids and all of her
grandbabies. Tell your father to stop
acting like a man and go to the doctor,
before he loses everything.
(And you lose your dad.)
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MsJackson
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 May 2007 Posts: 4
Re: Go to the Doctor. Posted: 05-07-07 17:32pm
MsJackson
wrote:
Tell your father to go
immediately. My sister was having small,
but sharp chest pains for two weeks before
she had a massive heart attack that almost
killed her. She doesn't have any
insurance, so that was keeping her from
thinking she could get help. The morning
of the heart attack, she went to a free
clinic, and they gave her nitroglycerin
and sent her home. 14 hours later she was
being life-flighted to the emergency room.
She almost lost her kids and all of her
grandbabies. Tell your father to stop
acting like a man and go to the doctor,
before he loses everything.
(And you lose your
dad.)
oh, I forgot to mention that all of this
happened last week. god bless you and your
family.
Hi everyone! I am
new to this forum and am actually writing
in with a question for my father, who
refuses to go see a doctor. He is 45 years
old, and has been a smoker since before my
time (i'm 21). The last couple of months
he has been experiencing pain in his
chest, sharp or dull pain i'm not sure (my
parents both speak vietnamese fluently and
i dont so it's hard for me to ask specific
questions like that sometimes). they last
anywhere from 1 to 2 minutes long and he
can't breath, and it happens a few time
every week, sometimes more than once or
twice a day. When the pain occurs my mom
says that he has to hold his breath and
it's very difficult and painful for him to
breathe. Mom also said sometimes he would
just be laughing and it would happen. I
know i dont have that much details but if
there are any questions that you have
about symtoms he is experiencing or
anything like that please feel free to ask
me and i will call my mother and ask her.
I just didn't know what type of questions
to be asking her earlier and my mind is
just so overwhelmed and i'm so worried
right now that i still can't think of
anything. I just know that if i can get
some idea of what he may have i can use
that to talk to him and try to get him to
understand how serious this could be so
that he will go see a doctor! PLEASE
HELP!!!!
