# Chest pains! Neat! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 20, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chest-pains-neat/208590 "2003-10-20T22:04:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spacegirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Spacegirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spacegirl)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chest-pains-neat/208590/1 "2003-10-20T22:04:50Z")
Famous last words… ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chest-pains-neat/208590/2 "2003-10-20T22:05:05Z")
:eek: **Otto**? You okay? ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chest-pains-neat/208590/3 "2003-10-20T22:08:24Z")
Yo **OTTO!!!** Where you at? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chest-pains-neat/208590/4 "2003-10-20T22:42:56Z")
I promise I didn’t plan it this way… Well, I typed up a big ol’ opening post but I’m just gonna hit the highlights on the repeat. Woke up yesterday, Hurt to breathe. Got worse today. Went to urgent care. Nurse was incompetent (actually spent time looking for the **ANY** key on the EKG machine). Doctor and x-ray tech were nice. Diagnosis: pericarditis, an inflammation of the pericardium. Treatment: anti-inflammatories. No heavy exertion and no alcohol for several days to a week. The original OP was much more entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chest-pains-neat/208590/5 "2003-10-20T23:51:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Otto \* > **The original OP was much more entertaining.** Perhaps, but you have to admit that there’s no possible better time for the server to lose the OP. Is the pericardium next to the perineum? ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chest-pains-neat/208590/6 "2003-10-20T23:53:13Z")
Well good to see you still drawing breath, what a wacky time to lose an OP. Feel free to ship all the beer in the fridge over to me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chest-pains-neat/208590/7 "2003-10-21T00:13:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wikkit \* > Is the pericardium next to the perineum? Nope. The pericardium is the membrane surrounding the heart. ---
**Author:** ![bojon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@bojon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bojon)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chest-pains-neat/208590/8 "2003-10-21T00:40:21Z")
One thing about Life, you won’t get out alive. I have Cardio-Myopathy, get a new Doctor… ---
**Author:** ![bojon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@bojon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bojon)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chest-pains-neat/208590/9 "2003-10-21T00:46:08Z")
And stay away from Jalapenos… ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chest-pains-neat/208590/10 "2003-10-21T01:07:56Z")
Just glad to know you’re still with us and well. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chest-pains-neat/208590/11 "2003-10-21T01:13:08Z")
_wiping her forehead_ Phew. I was a bit worried. But that **was** the perfect timing for an eaten OP, seeing as you’re fine and all. The hamsters have evil little hamster senses of humor, that much is obvious.