Posted on 09/16/2006 9:25:30 PM PDT by 60Gunner
Great. I hate people who don't yield the right of way to an emergency vehicle.
In March I had my second heart attack. My shoulders ached like crazy and I was short of breath. Knowing that was what happened the first time, I went right to the hospital ER. They took care of me right away and all ended well (had a stent put in at a teaching hospital in Syracuse). Women's heart attack symptoms often differ from men. They're more apt to have the chest pain. I never have. It's a good idea to read up on these differences.
As much as I hate a chopper medvac that didn't show up when they were suppose to? ; )
I'm very sorry for your loss.
It is very common for heart attack victims to be embarrassed...They often go somewhere alone or refuse to allow an ambulance to be called.
Probably not. At least someone can do something about those drivers sometimes. I'm glad she got pushed into the ditch. I wonder what her ins. co. thought of that?
Oh no, it can't be for men and women are the same. ; )/s
Seriously speaking however, all in all we have the best medical capabilities in the world and when someone's life is in danger like mine was back in '00 (I'm six years old in my second life)there is no better place to be then the USA.
I was surprised to find that when I went to post heart attack therapy (I never had a heart attack and at my request was removed from this therapy) that a patient that was part of treatment was on insulin for diabetes for years before he had bypass surgery and after bypass surgery he no longer needed his daily dose of insulin.
Sorry for my babbling ....
I would like to thank you both for doing the jobs you do. My DIL is an emergancy room nurse, I always knew it was a stressful job but I will now treat her with even more respect!
Awful story. She probably had viral cardiomyopathy.
It is the flu that goes wickedly rampant and attacks the heart.
Usually the only treatment is transplant.
I'm sorry for your loss.
Always carry a heart attack first aid kit. I have one I carry all the time. It is home made but quite servicable.
I have a small metal can, the size of a quarter that contains two aspirin tablets.
Simple but very effective.
I'm sorry for your loss.
Sounds like your mom could have had a dysrhythmia...Could have been heart attack related but some times it happens without one.
Usually very sudden.
Chew the aspirin...Tastes awful but "works more better"....
The evening before she died she asked the nurse "Am I going to die tonight" the nurse responded "not on my watch". The nurse finished her shift at 11pm and Loni passed away at 5:30am.
I think my niece new.
Sad story..Viral Cardiomyopathy is a scourge for any one but it tends to attack the young..
Your niece may have known.
Thanks for lettimg me share my story with you.
Doctors suck.
Don't know about any other women, but speaking personally, I can tell you that my initial symptoms were a clammy, cold sweat-type feeling, heaviness in my arms, and a feeling of exhaustion. The chest pains came later.
This actually happened during a treadmill test as part of a job-related physical, with a doctor and a nurse right there in the room. I was also hooked up to an EKG, which didn't show any unusual activity.
I told the doctor and the nurse that I wasn't feeling well, but they insisted I was doing fine. The doctor told me I was too far back on the treadmill, and to step a little closer. He then increased the speed and the elevation.
After about ten minutes of this, I told them I had to stop. They informed that that this was OK, I had passed the treadmill test, and that I could lie down and rest for a few minutes, then I could proceed to go to work.
A few minutes later, they decided to get me up to send me on my way. At that point, I felt knife-like stabbing me repeatedly in the chest. Naturally, all hell broke loose.
Next thing I knew I was in the ambulance on the way to the ER. I went into ventricular fibrillation and had to be defibrillated TWICE in the ambulance. Thank God for the EMTs - they will always be my heroes.
I was 47 years old, non-smoker, and in excellent condition. The angiogram showed that I have a congenitally malformed left anterior descending artery. The cardiologists advised against a stent, because the wall of the artery is too thin.
The treatment protocol for the past 14 years has been medication, and attention to lifestyle.
No, I didn't sue.
I'm grateful for every day that I have.
From a longtime Freeper, dittoes!
Sorry to repeat myself, but just in case my post got lost unnoticed among those that appeared since...
People here mention a number of emergency conditions. Does anyone here have experience with pulmonary thrombosis? How common is it these days, and how best can it be detected?
Hug to you.
We all have lost someone we care deeply about.
Some times it seems so senseless and so useless and just so darn wrong.
I'm honored you shared with me.
That's scary.
Thanks for telling about your own experience. I found the page about women's heart attack symptoms that was linked on an earlier FR thread. By the way, did you have "feelings of impending doom"?
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