Immediate First Aid for Heart Attack (by one who's been there.)

Life's experience ^ | July 15, 2002 | basil

[basil]

Hope I haven't bored the warts off a hog with this! Please remember;

AT THE FIRST SYMPTOM OF A HEART ATTACK, SWALLOW ONE WHOLE GENUINE ASPIRIN!!!

Hint #2--don't try to get up and walk to the kitchen during a heart attack--

I have been assured by both of my physicians that I have sustained no damage to my heart muscle. I give sincere thanks to Almighty God.

[ken5050]

Glad you're better..."Taking stock", as you phrased it, can be traumatic, especially like today....and in the interests of full disclosure and transparency, I assume that you don't own stock in an aspirin factory..(g)..........

[Fred Mertz]

Thanks muchly for the valuable advice. You know, you had lots of us worried out here in Freeperland.

I'm glad you're back on your way to a speedy recovery. God bless.

Love,

Fred

[Technocrat]

Freaky! Glad you're OK. The electric shock/convulsion feelings are reported by astral projectionists as "vibrations", which supposedly occur just before their astral body leaves their physical body for a "trip".....

[onedoug]

I'd heard of your heart attack and was on your prayer thread. So glad it seemed to help not only you, but perhaps countless others through your good advise.

Best to you always, and God Bless....

[goodform]

No, you didn't bore me. This was quite interesting. This reminds me of the saying, "Life is Fragile; handle with prayer." :-)

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Incredible story and a great post! I don't think your mind was playing tricks on you, I think you were having a near death experience. The essential 'you' wasn't going to die, you were just close to leaving your earthly body. This can help people who are near death themselves to understand what will happen. Good advice for everyone here basil. Glad you made it and decided to stick around for awhile;-)

[Ditter]

Thank you so very much for this true life account. I am so glad that there is no heart damage. I have heard the asprin advice before & have taken one several times when I didn't know where the pain came from. Thankfully, in my case it was a pinched nerve or something, not a heart attack. Again I thank you & I will remember.

[Squantos]

Heart Attack ?!?!?!? Oh My Gosh ! You OK now ?? Aspirn now in my pocket Basil !

Thank the Good Lord your OK.........Stay SAFE !!

[RightWhale]

The aspirin reduces clotting. Was your incident the result of a clot?

[zeaal]

What a great thing to see :basil: posting a message and not someone posting on her behalf! Hoo-ray!

Thank you so much for your advice about the aspirin. I shall place one in my purse right now, as well as various locations throughout the house and cars.

May God continue to bless your recovery and give you more energy and inspiration than ever before. There is still work to do and we are glad you are still on the mission.

God Bless You!

[basil]

ping

[freemama]

Wow. That is an amazing report. Thank you for sharing. And my asprin are in my purse!

Maybe a bumper sticker is in order:
Do you know where the nearest asprin is?

[technochick99]

I will make sure all of my family has aspirin nearby! Good thinking on Mandy. She's a beauty, but a darn tough dog. (Must get that from her mommy!!). Does she blame the Mr. basil for the colors on your face??

[catpuppy]

Thank you for recording your experience. I had a similar one and also took an aspirin, thinking that I was just feeling bad and never dreaming that a heart attack was happening. Like your cardiologist, mine said that the aspirin probably saved my life.

Now it has been over seven years and I am stronger than ever. You will be too.

[mombonn]

Thank you so much for posting your experience. You never know how many lives may be saved by this post.

I'm so glad you're still with us.

Howlin did a similar service nearly 2 years ago - we all need to look out for one another.

[mystery-ak]

Glad you didn't see or go to the *light*....welcome home.

btw....good advice about aspirins.

[Cool Guy]

Good to see ya back to posting mode.

[Billthedrill]

Saying a little prayer of thanks now...so glad you're all right. I'll surely remember that aspirin trick!

You don't have to be embarrassed about the black eye and the swollen nose - just lie to your friends and tell them you got them in a bar fight.

[Inspectorette]

God bless you and hope you have a speedy recovery.

I can relate - I too had a heart attack ten years ago at the age of 47, and I had to be defibrillated twice by the EMTs (thank God for them) on the way to the hospital. Of all things, mine happened during a treadmill test! I kept telling the Dr. who was administering the test that I was in distress; I didn't have real bad chest pains at first, but I had the "elephant on the chest", along with the feeling of impending doom and the cold sweat. He just kept telling me I was doing fine - After all, I was a pre-menopausal woman - who'd a thunk it?

They finally took me off the treadmill (I actually passed the test!), and soon after that I felt like I was being stabbed repeatedly in the chest.

It all got crazy after that, but lucky for me, I had no permanent damage to my heart muscle either. I still have arrhythmia, but I'm taking Cardizem, along with an aspirin a day, plus Vitamin E, plus (gulp!) Prempro!

Hang in there, basil, you've been given another lease on life - every day is precious, and this experience will make you aware of that with every breath.

Prayers are with you and your family.