FR folks listen up.It feels like someone is leaning on your chest.You can't get comfortable, arm shoulder pain....
Happened to me 3 years ago and I was 36. I am a EMT ( emergency medical technition) so I knew the symptoms. I will say I still walked around denying it for 10 min. before I called 911. Screw embarrassment, when I called I knew who would be coming to my house! This is not a time to be prideful just call and let them take you.
I will tell you why, the faster you get in the less damage you will have. I went in on a monday, had a stint put in wednesday out thursday and went camping in yosemite on saturday. No joke. Cardiac medicine has changed so much in the last 20 years. If I decided to sleep it off most likely it would have been a funeral on saturday.
Dont be a prideful SOB, just call and if you are wrong everyone can be overjoyed... if you are right you will live to see another day, Lord willing.
I really appreaciate that since I'm paranoid about dropping dead. There is so much more I have to do yet. Everytime I feel a buzz in my arm I get nervous. I suppose if I cack from something like that, I would rather be asleep and not even know about it.
I can appreciate your comments. 20 plus years as a cardiovascular physiologist. It was September 16, 2003 I experienced those symptoms...first there was there denial. I know for a fact that if a cold Dr. Pepper doesn't relieve the symptoms get your butt to the ER. Within 2 minutes upon my arrival to the ER I had IV's going, ECG done, nitro onboard, 30mg morphine administered, first dose of the clot buster administered and a cardiologist at my bedside. Within 50 minutes I was at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas in the cath lab. 5 hours later I was the proud owner of 67mm of stents (97% occulsion of the RCA) and a new outlook on life. This coming Friday I'm scheduled for another PTCA and additional stents. I experienced chest pains recently and decided not to screw around this time.
So glad you're still here!
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