Let me try this again.
I was on the track team in High School
In 1978 I enlisted in the Marine Corps
In 1979 I was diagnosed with Sinusitis and Exercise Induced Asthma after doing PT, I was never tested for it nor was I treated. I did receive a single treatment for my sinuses
Until I was Honorably discharged in 1982, even though having been reassigned to different duty stations, I was never tested for EIA
(Jump Forward: I was informed by my first Rating Officer that it was military regulations that required anyone with EIA to receive a Medical Discharge and that this regulation was non-waiverable)
I then enlisted in the Army Reserves and they had full access to my full military records.
Since 1979, I have been treating my EIA symptoms by avoiding my trigger (avoiding Exercise), which is the standard medical advice given to people with Asthma.
I started going to the VA for my medical care since about 2011 or 2012 and received my ratings for Asthma in 2013. Even though I have been tested for regular Asthma only, I never received any testing as required for EIA and the chest pains that I had.
During the course of my treatments for Asthma, I receive a number of different medications and none of them were able to help will all of my EIA symptoms, primarily the chest pain. Likewise, with slight physical exertion of normal everyday activities would cause breathing difficulties of not being able to get enough O2 even while I receive good Peak Flow Meter readings.
I have spent numerous times at the VA ER for chest pain that "Baffled" the Cardiac team, including the head of Cardiac.
I received all the regular tests in order to check my heart against heart attacks.
Early on, I received a chemical induced stress test, two heart caths and a treadmill stress test.
Recently, I discovered that Cardiology stated in my medical records that I had all the symptoms of Unstable Angina, this entry was made back in 2013.
It took until 2015 before I was informed of Unstable Angina and the Head of Cardiology informed me that most normal heart tests do not reveal Unstable Angina and put in a request for a special test which ended getting denied. Instead, I was given medication to reduce my chances for chest pain. It helped lessen the occurrence for a short time. Then I was given an additional medication to help manage the chest pain.
This new medication reduced my diastolic blood pressure to the point that I blacked out while driving home from church. (To this date, I greatly restrict my driving alone and totally restrict my driving long distances without another driver with me.) By the time I was at the VA ER, they said that my blood pressure was high and did not believe my low readings.
Later, I submitted several days with low diastolic readings with symptoms of low blood pressure. The most common symptom was extreme fatigue and the inability to think totally focused, I had to force myself to focus and it still felt like I was in a cloud and it affected my speech.
Back to the EIA, I received several different inhalers and breathing treatment. One time at the ER, I was asked by the pulmonary technician if I was breathing while he was listening to my lungs.
Back in late 2014 or early 2015 I was given Symbicort for my EIA treatments to help treat my chest pain, (I said the medications that I was currently on did not help with all my EIA symptoms.)
To my knowledge, I have never been tested for Low Bone Density as required both by the source that makes the medicine and the warning papers that Pharmacy provided at the time they first gave me the medication.
I also never was tested for Low Bone Density during the entire time that I have taken the medication. In spite that both those source require regular examinations for Low Bone Density.
2014 or 1015 I was given an appointment with the VA Allergist and nothing was discovered even though I told him that my Asthma medications did not do anything for my chest pain.
Late 2015 or early 2016 I was given another Allergist through the Choice Program. This time, I was given more than the simple blood test that the VA Allergist used. It was discovered that I have a slight sensitivity (reaction) to ragweed, I was also informed that my Asthma was Not Allery based and that my chest has nothing to do Asthma.
During my two Heart Caths, it was discovered that I have myocardial bridging of the lad. Since I never had symptoms before joining the Marines, the intense physical requirements complicated the myocardial bridging.
Both EIA and Unstable Angina are potentially extremely deadly.
By failing to diagnose my actual condition, my life has been placed at risk. This poor medical practice is compounded by the side effect that I received from Symbicort, which is Osteoporosis, or they gave me medications for something that I do not have as a preventative for using Symbicort without ever testing me.
Either way, there have been several acts of malpractice and failure to follow medical procedure.