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Was the A-fib confirmed? I'd like to know Dr. Kim's answer. I have been a sufferer of stomach woes for about 4 years(looking for a remedy is how I found Dr.Kim)... not having insurance I ignored them, until they put me in the hospital (a year ago) 35 lbs lighter from not being able to eat.(down to 140 on a 5'9" frame, not too fat at 175 because I worked out alot... but couldn't do that either.) So I thought for sure it was my heart... they cleared me and so I got a job at that hospital, got insurance, and went to the Doctor. After an upper GI scope, I was diagnosed with severe gastritis(I couldn't eat anything solid especially veggies, too hard to digest, but found a wonderful "green juice" because of it...was not going to take their meds!), Hiatal Hernia, B-12 Anemia, and Barrett's esophagus.(they lasered some of that)I have tried to changed my eating habits (the green juice is now too expensive), but my wife has to prepare for 5 kids and we've lost our income and home so on food stamps, it's hard to eat right. I just eat less and do as much "cheap" raw as possible (Hard when the wife eyeballs me for not eating what the kids are having and telling them to eat!)

So, all that to say, recently I've been getting pains again,(maybe stress of no job, no home, and no $ to eat healthy) but now with fluttering in my chest and light-headedness, I just tell myself, "must be really bad stomach spasms from gastritis because a year ago, no heart problems". I just stop, check my racing pulse, suffer a little anxiety, and say, "I need a job with benefits soon!"

So is there a correlation? Should I be concerned? I'm a slim 155lbs,51 year old male whose parents both died of heart disease (mom 47; dad 67, but 1st heart attack at 51) and I suspect I have high blood pressure. It is always boarder-line high until I relax and ask for the person to take it a second time. And my cholesterol ratio is always "bad" (but, total is usually below 200).

Sometimes the pain just stops me dead in my tracks. I wish it would stop. 1.5 years ago I could play pick up basketball with a group of 15 yo boys on the black top, I could out sprint and out jog all the 12-16 yo kids on my soccer team, I could bench press 150lbs 10 times 3... now I walk about a mile and try to jog an additional half mile and struggle. I've got a 17 month old daughter, 2 year old son, and 4, 13, 16 year old daughters (I married late and my wife of 20 years is 10 years younger than me)... Help! Thanks for hearing me.