What's a heart attack like..

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Re: What's a heart attack like..

Not going political to save an enlightening thread!

Sorry... :redface:
The point I was making before I strayed. Doctors can sometimes make a wrong diagnostic but if a test shows negative and the symptoms persist, go see another doctor if you must but keep on it till the problem is found.

My doctor believed the results of several different tests that all showed I was fine, I believed my doctor even though I still had all the symptoms and two months later I almost died.

The test were inconclusive again this time, the symptoms are still here and regardless of what my doctor thinks I know I'm not ok.

Don't "get used" to those little dull aches in your neck, shoulders, chest and learn to live with 'em. cause if you do... you may not have to for long.

Now that I look back, I figure I had at least 6 months of warning before my massive heart attack. If only I had listened to my body.

 

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Re: What's a heart attack like..

After reading all the different symptoms you guys have experienced, I had a scare last weekend.
Was laying on the couch with my girlfriend, when her heart started pounding, and her pulse elevated to above 100bpm. She was complaining of her entire chest hurting. Was refusing to acknowledge anything was wrong, and said it would pass.

I listened to her... for 10 minutes, and she wasn't getting any better. I made her take some aspirin, and told her I wanted to take her to the hospital. When she said no, I told her I was either driving her to the ER, or I was calling for an ambulance.

She gave in, and I drove her into town.

In all, her heart was racing for about 50 minutes. It eased up 5 minutes from the hospital.

Doc said probably palpitations, and to try to lift something really heavy, or jump in a cold shower to shock her body into slowing her heart if it happens again.

In hindsight, it wasn't nearly as big of an issue as it could have been, but my ability to relay all the different symptoms you guys have talked about were a good part of her agreeing to go to the hospital. If she had continued to refuse to go, and things took a turn for the worse, she lives WAAAY out of town, and it would have been forever before an ambulance make it to her house.