Terrified
I have been struggling with chest pain for the past 2 years and constantly got dismissed by doctors paramedics and nurses telling me it’s anxiety. I had my first cardiologist appointment 2 days ago and officially got diagnosed with pericarditis I am so terrified this is going to kill me. I still have to no idea what type I have or anything he just diagnosed me and gave me colchicine but I do know my echo was perfect that I got 6 months ago so no fluid that I know of. I am only 19 years old and probably the most terrifying news I’ve ever received, I knew the whole time something wasn’t right but it got brushed off as anxiety, my question also is the pain has been constant not off and on constant I have chest pain but some times worse than others but I also have acid reflux aswell that has damaged my esophugus so what one was really causes me so much pain for the last 2 years? During my appointment I also got diagnosed with POTS which I definitely knew I had already.
But my follow up appointment is in 6 months what if things get worse by then or what if this medication doesn’t work and I have it for the rest of my life this is terrifying and even more terrifying that I knew the whole time and absolutely no one believed me to the point it came up in my dreams that when I have my endoscopy they will say they found nothing but I have something wrong with my heart and that is to a T what happened to me I really need to support or help with this