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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fyrtwuck" data-source="post: 1919166" data-attributes="member: 23">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.</blockquote>