The funny thing is, I'm not at all freaking out about this generally. I've had heart problems, my mother's had heart problems. You go to the doctor, they fix it or tell you what to do, everything's fine. The part when I start to freak out is when people try to downplay the entire thing, or try to convince me to ignore it, usually for transparent personal reasons of their own; either their own views of conventional medicine (my boss) or to get out of having to re-arrange my schedule around doctor's appointments (the receptionist). Then I tend to get aggressive.

Thanks though, for being both comforting and supportive. Basically all my home friends and my parents are all "Yes obviously a doctor is a good idea", but day to day mostly I hear various people acting like I'm crazy for even thinking twice about this.