I went to visit a new internist last Friday. My current internist was a nice guy but he didn’t return phone calls for a while and that frustrated me. So I decided to go see a new internist.
I went to see him with the intent of talking about my chest pain with exertion and borderline high blood pressure that I have been experiencing in recent months. Upon arriving their I filled out the necessary paperwork and sat down. Next, I heard some commotion behind the door and heard that some one had passed out. An old man passed out and was laying on the floor. Eventually, an ambulance was called and came to take him to the ER. I never found out what happened to him.
Eventually, I went back and met the doctor. He seemed like a good guy; however, he didn’t seem to know a whole lot about headaches. He tried to recommend the book Heal Your Headache. I told him that I own it, have read it, and didn’t find it to help me at all. He told me all his other patients had thought it was beneficial.
Later on, the internist said I should take Prilosec Over the Counter, for a month, and then come back to see him. He also performed an EKG, which turned out to be normal, and took my blood pressure. Even though my blood pressure is border line high, he didn’t want to give me any medications at this point. Further, he wants me to have a stress echo performed, as he said heart burn doesn’t usually happen with just exertion, and perhaps there is something going on with blood flowing to my heart. I personally just think it’s from all of the medications I have taken for my head pounding and pain.