I've had to go the other way, that the doctors thought it was my asthma complicated by the infection I was fighting off, but it was actually heart problems.
But...that doctor is an idiot. Did he do any tests on your heart? So sorry it happened to you and I hope you're recovering from that attack. The bad ones can really wipe you out.

i am so sorry that happend to you. i hope you feel better real soon. hugs

The doc office did an ekg along with all the other emergency tests, the firefighters did an ekg, the emts did an ekg all within 5 minutes of the intial call. One firefighter was certain it was panic attack. By the time I was in the ambulance I think the emts knew it wasnt heart. After triage in the er, and one ekg in the ambulance and one at the er, the doc came in to go over my symptoms. I looked him straight in the eyes and told doc I knew it wasnt panic attack, and i had had similar pain from asthma before. With that he sat down and we had a good talk.

The good thing is, I had one doc (quite seeing him in Jan) put a "?" mark next to asthma and another also wonder. We now know I most assuredly have asthma.

BTW, I've had upper chest pain since Sunday, its better but still there. on steriods and have went from neubilzer every three hours to every four. Dont sleep much. Should I be concerned about the continued pain?

oh and a quick recap, Dec 24 I had a bad asthma attack, got better, then it got worse and worse. Docs chased all sorts of things down, and would get one symptom to go away and we'd find another, my body is that way. Then I had the allergist figure out it was acid from the stomach getting into the brochile tube. After endoscope and er visit and more tests they found out my gallbladder was bad. For ten years I deal with acid reflux, all along it was the gall bladder. Doing much better, and that is why I have symptoms I never had before, I had the surgery in April.

no...the pain is normal. You are in pain because your diaphragm is working hard to breathe....unfortunately its part of the fun of being an asthmatic. Take some ibuprofen (not asprin cause that can exasperate your asthma) and try to get some sleep. The gall bladder thing I personally would like to hear more about.

Yeah I know what you mean about the gall bladder, the day of the surgery i wanted so bad to run the hell out of there, when they took me into the or and began working on me (machines, un dressing, etc) I wanted to bolt.

As for the medical issues, on December 24, 2010 I had an asthma attack with no other symptoms. Generally it accompanies my allergies. I have had allergies since I was at least a teen, but never fully diagnosed. I got over the asthma and all seemed okay until the 30th when I was driving back from Colorado. I still didnt think it was serious and even hiked Palo Duro on January 1, with breathing problems. During January and February I couldnt shake it, doctors kept saying it was bronchitis or cough or something. Mid February I was seen at Texas med clinic for abdominal pain and other things. Late February the allergist diagnosed me with Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Disease believing that the diagnosis of Gastroesophageal reflux disease from 2001 was inaccurate, this was not connected to the abdominal pain. His theory was that stomach acid was washing into the bronchial tube.

Mid March I had another attack similar to that of four weeks prior. By this time I was being seen by a stomach doctor. Late March they did the upper endoscopy and only found signs of acid reflux. At the post appointment they were not going to change anything until I brought up the abdominal pain in March and February which prompted further testing on the gall bladder which in turn caused the urgent surgery to remove it. Since having it removed I am off all medications for the reflux. I still need to follow up with the allergist for allergies and asthma.

I TRULY BELIEVE THE DOC GOT IT WRONG 10 YEARS AGO. For anyone with constant acid reflux, I suggest a simple Hida Scan with TKG or what ever the hormone is to test the gall bladder. It will be mostly pain free 2-4 hour test that is uncomfortable, but its what caught the bad gall bladder that everything else missed.