Heart attack or government conspiricy?

[Fyrtwuck]

If you have:

Pains in your shoulder, chest, arms,
Shortness of breath,
Very sweaty,
Nausea, vomiting,
Feeling of pressure in your chest,
Dizziness, lightheaded.

Go to the ER right now or call 911.

The nausea, vomiting and pressure is the most deceiving. A LOT of heart attacks are mistaken for indigestion. Part of that problem is that middle aged and older persons will not accept or admit that they are having a heart attack, that they are too young or it can't happen to them and blame it on indigestion hoping it will just go away. Then by the time they admit it's time to go get checked, it's too late and could have been stopped.

I too, have stents. I had a 95% and an 89% blockage. I had just turned 47 and thought I was doing fine. I was driving back to my office and started feeling light headed and dizzy. I started to pull over to the side of the road and call in on the radio. I looked in the rear view mirror and one of my co-workers pulled in behind me and I decided to drive the additional mile to the office. If things got worse, he could have stopped and helped me.

When I got to my office, I immediately went to my Chief's Office and had her call an ambulance. They took me to the ER and found my problem. They had to do an angiogram to find the blockages. BUT, I am here today.

 

[Old Fart]

Had one almost 20 years ago.
Don't want another.
Take care of yourself.
Follow your doctors orders.
Take your meds.

 

[Okie4570]

Glad you went to get checked out. The VFD that I work with runs on chest pain/unresponsive males often. Usually the chest pain patients are in their 60's and 70's. The unresponsive, no history of cardiac problems, are in their 40's and 50's.

 

[reddog1]

So... were the unresponsive ones dead okie?

 

[BadgeBunny]

If you have:

Pains in your shoulder, chest, arms,
Shortness of breath,
Very sweaty,
Nausea, vomiting,
Feeling of pressure in your chest,
Dizziness, lightheaded.

Good Lord, that sounds just like a hot flash ...

 

[Okie4570]

So... were the unresponsive ones dead okie?

Sadly yes, but not all were confirmed cardiac. Have only had one out the last several years make a full recovery after using AED. Patient had no prior health problems, wife found him unresponsive, late 40's, AED twice, regained pulse, spent a week in the hospital and has been good ever since.

I'm only 39 and have gone and done the tests just for peace of mind. My dad had his first bypass at 50, had problems afterward as well, passed away at 56. Other cardiac history in my family as well, have been type I diabetic since I was 20. Start stacking all those things together and you might say the odds are stacked against me, no reason to not do what I can do maybe prevent something more serious.

 

[Popjim]

Hope you have a complete recovery soon!