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Last night, while sitting in the worst traffic jam ever (and that's saying something for Seattle!), I started having chest pains. Other than that, I felt fine -- no sweating, no shortness of breath, no shooting pains down my arm. So I got through traffic and went to the emergency room.

It was a quick visit, only there for two hours, and they did an EKG, x-rays, and blood tests. Everything turned out normal (well, we're waiting on the results of one test -- I have the raw numbers, which look normal to me, but haven't heard the doctor's interpretation).

I feel much better today but still feel something there.

The doctor figured that it was an inflammation of a chest lining due to a cold I had several weeks ago ... unless the other test result shows that I have inflammation of the heart lining itself (which again, the results I've seen, data-wise, appear not to indicate).

At any rate, the prescription is rest and Alleve, no matter what the actual cause was -- at least it was NOT a heart attack!