I love those visits. I've occasionally had sharp chest pains which go away after a number of seconds. They've never been accompanied by typical heart attack symptoms, so I usually ignore it (not smart, I get it).

After one such episode, I decided to schedule an appointment with my general practitioner. They refused to see me if I didn't go to the ER first. I was pretty certain I didn't need an ER visit, but went anyway.

I waited hours, a doctor eventually saw me in the waiting room, and was never admitted. I think it cost $2500 or so, with insurance covering only part.

(For what its worth, I probably have this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precordial_catch_syndrome)

> (For what its worth, I probably have this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precordial_catch_syndrome)

Huh, that's interesting. That matches something that I get sometimes, usually after I've been driving a long distance or sitting at my desk doing mouse-heavy stuff for a long time. I put it down to poor posture.

It hasn't happened quite so much since adjusting the steering to track and centre properly so I'm not constantly pulling the car left away from the middle of the road, and raising my seat a bit by unscrewing the seat from its base, putting in about 8cm worth of wooden spacers, and screwing it back down with long studs and nuts instead of the daft wee screws, so it's not sitting at its "most extended" height.

I don't know, it might help you too.

Better posture has definitely helped me as well. I most often have the pain when hunched over.

My BP pressure has slowly creeped up over the years to 155/95 range, despite being quite fit with no real lifestyle issues. Was told to monitor it. Did a reading a few weeks ago: 190 over something. Not good. Went to A&E where they confirmed the reading with their cuff. Sat there for several hours. BP kept climbing until it reached something like 235 over something (probably partly due from a feedback effect of knowing my BP was high). Felt fine, apart from the anxiety related to the BP reading. Did a few tests, but no-one seems to know why it spiked. They gave me some meds and it slowly dropped. They let me go when it dropped below 180. Now taking a calcium channel blocker and it is very slowly trending down. Now about 160 over 100.