I was really hot, pain in right shoulder, upper back and my ears and throat hurt really bad. Collapsed and taken to er 100% blockage and received stent
It's so scary and sad to read these stories. I have heart palpitations sometimes. And sometimes (not at the same time) I have chest pain. Not major. It feels like a muscle cramp or sprain sometimes. And sometimes it feels like a shooting pain. I have had EKGs and they're always fine. One nurse said she didn't think the heart palps were anything to worry about. I can't seem to find (or afford) any doctor or hospital that will give me a halter monitor or any other tests other than an EKG. I've looked. So until I get rich, I guess I just have to hope for the best.
Felt sick. I thought I had the flu coming on. Plus "heartburn" (which was not what it was, obviously). Then my arm started to hurt a lot. Ended up with two stents.
I thought it was my normal anxiety and that I was very tired. Legs and arms very heavy...thought I needed a new bra!! I had this slight discomfort below my right breast. I was 49 and that Monday I called my mother at work and said I didn't feel any better and was going to the doctor....I ended up going to the ER since the doctor wasn't open yet. I ended up calling my mother from the ER to come to the hospital. Nothing like watching you mother (79 yrs) from the window of an ambulance and her standing in that garage. I ended up with a 99% blockage and one stent. That was 5yrs ago this April.
Felt like, heartburn, indigestion. Felt like a big rock going thru a small straw.
Pressure right shoulder area broke out in sweats and vomiting 100% blockage and 1 stent going on 3yrs ago and im 44 now
My mother has had 3, the 1st one was a charley hoarse in the right arm and she had an emergency bypass that night, the 2nd one she thought she had the stomach bug and got tired of throwing so went to the er and had stents, the 3rd one she actually had chest pain and got more stents, then started having more chest pain while she was still in the cath lab so they went back in and restented her 1st stent she had gotten. She's lucky to still be with us!!
Scary!!! I feel pretty much screwed! I m a cardiac pt diagnosed with IHSS I see the Dr regularly I do get chest pain along with arm pain on my left side neck pain, jaw pain ,stomach pain I go to the dr a lot I'm always thinking I'm having a heart attack but when I go and have test done they tell me what I already know about my heart and they say tell me I haven't had a heart attack which is Good but tired of these dr visits and emergency visits. I even have muscle spasm right now on my shoulders and neck had to get injections to relax my muscles they say its stress but I don't think I'm stressing.
Stewart Sutton I never saw this coming! I had a heart attack at the age of 52 while suffering from a severe case of the flu. I remember the night very well but attributed all of my symptoms to the flu. I called the doctor the next morning and was given a stronger antibiotic. After a couple of days I actually started to feel better. I was set to return to work on Monday morning but had developed a strange case of “blinking.” My eye lids were like a shutter on a camera so I went to the ER instead. The doctor decided to do an EKG and from there an Echo cardiogram. The test results were showing some indication of a heart attack. I was not aware of ever having a heart attack but once we started talking about different things, the previous week’s episode that occurred while suffering from the flu started to take a different direction. I was then told that I would be admitted for an overnight observation but they needed to perform a CT scan first. The next thing I remembered was someone telling me that I need to calm down before they put me in the helicopter or I wasn’t going to make it. Talk about a wake up call. Apparently while in the CT scan machine I went into cardiac arrest. The doctors had their hands full considering I went into cardiac arrest a total of four times. A few days later I underwent a quadruple bypass, along with mitral and aortic value repairs. Eight days after surgery I went into cardiac arrest again and had a defibrillator/pacemaker implanted in my chest. Four years later I am doing well but have had to have angioplasty with stenting twice during this period to open arteries in my legs.
wow, all of these stories are great and help alot. My father died at 38 y.o. of a massive heart attack. That evening he had some heartburn and thought it was from the Hot Italian Sausages he had at the picnic. He went to bed early but only hours later was rushed to the hospital. Two acute heart attacks and then a massive one while in the ER. It's been 17 years since and I worry all the time about my heart health but have never taken the first most important step to help. My first step starts now! after reading these stories, I'm not smoking another cigarette!
had first one on the OR table second one was silent pain in between shoulder blades headache dizziness
heart burn and sweating
My husband had the suddenly, no warning, no symptoms type. He died, he was only 35 :(
My husband had a case of heavy sweating, but no pain, I pleaded with him to let me call 911 and he kept insisting he was fine. He died at home shortly after in his recliner at home. He was 52.
I have had for over a year now a very sharp pain 9/10 PS right over my Heart. Only on the LT side of Chest. It feels like I have been carrying a fat Knitting Needle stuck through my Heart. I can not afford to go get it checked out. So, I have completely resigned myself that when I do finally go into Sudden Cardiac Death I hope I am not driving, or doing CPR on one of my Patients. Not a good way to go. I hope it's in my sleep. Just would be nice to have a full Cardiac Workup. Stress Echo, 72 Hour Holter Event Monitor, etc. What with no $$$$ can't afford to get er' dun........
Felt like severe heart burn or acid reflux for several weeks. Severe jaw pain the day of. Wanted to take a knife and put a hole in my throat to relieve it. Cold and clammy. Started passing out when I stood up. Called 911, had stent and double bypass. Was 47 years old. No chest pain, no arm pain, no shortness of breath. Had actually worked out for 45 minutes an hour before.
I went to work driving a tractor trailer. I drove 499 miles that day!! I had pain in my shoulder blade intermittently. It then wouldn't go away. I drove myself to the ER to find out I was having a heart attack.
I had a dull aching pain in my left shoulder and neck. I was a hairstylist so I thought I pulled a muscle or something after being busy at work. Worked right through a MI I didn't realize I had, which led to double bypass surgery two years ago! I was 37. Women's symptoms are so much different from a man's.
Didn't have a heart attack but, paid attention to the warning signs i.e. shortness of breath when doing yard work or climbing stairs. Ended up having a triple bypass. Had 90% blockage in main artery. If you suspect something is wrong please get it checked out. It's been 2 years since my surgery and I feel great.
My heart attack was actually a kind of a crazy experience. I was expecting my family for dinner that night so I had been cleaning on my house, I had felt a little sluggish that whole day but no pain or anything.I decided to go ahead and take my shower and get dinner going, that's when things started going wrong.Got out of the shower and started sweating profusely and felt so weak and just did not feel right, thought my blood sugar might have been low had only been snacking because of my feast that i was going to prepare that evening.so i went and laid on the bed and just knew something was not right so I called 911 and within a few minutes I was on my way to my local ER.On the way I was given 2 aspirins, still having no pain just weakness.ER test showed nothing bad, EKG , cardiac enzymes were all good.Doc sent me to x-ray and I guess that's when the HA decided to happen when I got back to my room in the ER ny sister was there and I told her that I was going and I did.I started having a seizure and went into V-Fib and had to have my heart shocked back.Happy to say my life was spared that day had I not called 911 the ER docs said I prob would not be here today to tell my story.Please if anyone that reads this has the slightest idea that something is wrong and your internal self says somethings just not right by all means call 911 or get help immediately.Life is precious so handle with care.
Mine started out with shortness of breath with no activity, loss of appetite and overall fatigue, went to my primary doctor on Friday, sent to cardiologist for Monday, showed enlarged heart then, sent home to come back next day for stress test, had heart attack Monday night, I thought I was just having a panic attack from the stress of the day. Ended up with 3 blocked arteries and had triple bypass surgery. Still recovering, has only been 4 weeks since I left the hospital. I am only 37, I had no previous warning signs except my family history and diabetes.
Some of my mom's last words were simply, "I don't feel good."
I suffered my heart attack four months ago tomorrow. Didn't recognize it for what it was, with resulting heart damage. Started slow with only mild discomfort. Then severe back pain and halted breathing. A 9-1-1 call and an ambulance ride to the hospital made all the difference in helping to save my life. If you can say to yourself "Something's really wrong here" don't hesitate to make the decision to call 9-1-1, to see your doctor, to go to a hospital to get checked out. Whatever. Don't wait until it's too late. I nearly did.
I wish more people could see these and pay attention, I wish my mom and I had known it could present as heartburn.
Had my HA while home alone but thought it was extreme acid reflux with severe chest pain, skyrocketing blood pressure. Lay on bed doing deep breathing for 3 hrs.until felt better. Attributed pain in left arm to chronic neck spondylosis and tingling in jaw to clenched teeth. Looking back, realized I was in denial. Went zydeco dancing following Sunday & became concerned at shortness of breath so went to ER on Monday.
I've had a stent for a year now plus medication & low sodium-fat-cholesteral diet.......doing great!
Do not stay in denial!! Had i called 911 in the beginning, perhaps i would not have a damaged heart!!
I GOT OUT OF BREATH when i went up and downstairs, mild discomfort in chest that radiated to the back, sweating profusely, and felt like i was going to vomit:( ended up that i had a heart attack and then had a double bypass.
I`ve had 5 and all were different . 1st 2 were more indigestion and the others had left jaw pain and feeling of extreme weakness . Never really had chest pain .
My first HA happen during the night. Woke up really not feeling good, I started rolling on the floor for about a hour got up and went back to bed. Got up and went to work ( I worked for a doctor ) I told the dr I wasn't feeling well, only symptom I had was shortness of breath but I has asthma. He told me to see my dr in a day or two. Kept working and still felt bad, when I got off I drove to the er. Told the nurse everything I told you and they just put me in a room. Than they took my blood and did a chest X-ray. I was alone in the room for a hour or so when all of a sudden my room was full of people starting I've putting me on 02 and nitro, I then ask what was going on. Than a cardiologist came in and said I'm having a HA and I'm going to surgery. I was only 39, and had three daughters. I told them I wasn't going to surgery until my daughters were there. After they came I kissed them and told a few jokes and off I went. No stents cause the blockage was to low for the dr to get. Was In the hospital for two weeks. A month later had my 2nd HA and my third I 2006. I never had the typical signs. So go get seen no matter what.
I was overwhelming tired that day and had tightness across my back, nausea and I couldn't swallow or take in a deep breath. I had someone take me right to the hospital and they were able to stop the heart attack in its tracks and therefore I suffered no heart damage. I was a healthy 45 year old at the time that walked and bicycled everywhere (still do). While I didn't prevent mine hopefully I can help prevent another woman from having one if she reads this.
I had my heart attack almost 2 years ago while mountain biking with a buddy. I just started throwing up after a couple of miles in. Thought it was food poisoning so I tried to tough it out for a day. I realized my symptoms were not getting better after some 36 hours so I had my girlfriend drive me to the ER. Doctor told me I was lucky. Had I fallen asleep that night, I would not have gotten up. I was 38 when that happened.
I am only 38 and have no family history of heart problems, so it was a complete shock to me when I had my heart attack last October. The only signs I had which were easily chalked up to other things were shortness of breath and pain in my chest, which I attributed to gas or my gall stones. Turns out it was much worse than that. The pain got so intense my family (against my will) called 911, when the paramedics arrived my bp was 220/180, they did an ekg and said I was having a heart attack. They found I had 2 arteries 98% blocked and it was too dangerous for a stint so I was sent to another hospital for a double bypass. I have been told that I am lucky to be alive. My advice to anyone having any type of chest pain or shortness of breath is to do what you have to and have it checked out ASAP!
Sept 8, 2008 I was taking heavy antibiotics for an infection to have a root canal done. I woke up vomiting and thought it was from the antibiotics so laid back down then got a sharp pain in shoulder blade that I knew wasn't from work as I do manual labor then the heavy sweating started like I was on fire. I didn't know it was a HA but googled my symptoms and found out it was a possibility. Called 911 and went to the ER. 7 hours later 2 stents.
I was 15 when I had mine. I'm almost 26 now and in good shape. It was scary though, considering I was home alone. I was in so much pain. I collapsed. It came on so fast, I didn't have any warning. I had open heart surgery not even a week prior.
My father's left arm was hurting for couple of days, went to the doctor EkG was done. He was sent to the ER, the following day he had open heart surgery. That was over ten years. Thank God we caught it in time.
I wish I'd known 15 months ago that stomach pain was indicative of a heart attack or heart failure (I'm not sure what the difference is). Had I (we) known, my husband might still be with us. :>(
The hospital let me go home saw my primary he wanted to give me a anti depressant haha i was getting married in 2 weeks i demanded to see a cardio dr if not i wold have been dead well 4 stents later and 100 percent blockage in 4 arteries can u believe it i should have died
I was taking a shower, and I all of a sudden felt like someone shot me in the chest and punched me in the jaw and then my left arm was weak and kind of tingly. Luckily, I have a shower bench, so I sat down for a couple minutes waiting to see if it would pass, but I was in TEARS!
It didn't pass, and I could feel my heart absolutely RACING and it wasn't beating right either...it was skipping a bunch of beats. It was racing, and then it would stop for a couple of seconds and then start back up again
So, I literally crawled naked to my bed, which is in my living room, and called 911. When the ambulance crew finally arrived, they assessed me, and my pulse was 211 and my O2 sats were only 84. They wrapped me in my bathrobe and CARRIED me out of the house and out into the ambulance and put me on the stretcher. There wasn't enough time to bring the stretcher into the house and get me on it and bring me out on it. They started 4 i.v.'s and hooked me up to a bunch of machines IN the ambulance before we even got to the hospital. They had to incubate me because I couldn't get enough oxygen on my own. And they couldn't knock me out completely because they didn't have the right medications, so they just gave me a bunch of morphine to sedate me while they incubated me. So I was awake while they put the tube down my throat and breathed for me.It was SO scary. I was in the Cardiac ICU for 6 days. All of my blood levels were completely messed up, and they couldn't figure out why. But while I was in the ER, they put me on a ventilator for only about 2 hours until I could breathe on my own and get enough oxygen on my own with just a regular oxygen face mask But my heart rate was so high that they had to give me nitro twice. The first one lowered my blood pressure pretty bad, so they had to give me medications to get it back up then they gave me the second nitro, and it lowered it so bad that they put me into cardiac arrest. They thought that it might, so instead of defribulating me, they restarted my heart with Adenazine and that medication is a BASTARD! IT HURTS!!!!!!
