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    i am going to share this with you because we never expect it to happen to us and is really does.

    first off i would invite you to go to uhn's web site. they have a very informative area about heart attacks. symtoms, reasons etc.

    heart attacks are nothing like we have seen on TV. it is not the great chest clutching pain in the heart, at least for men women present differently. it is not the big arteries that go into our heart that get blocked. it is the small arteries that are connected to the outside of our heart and feed the heart muscle. these arteries are only 2mm diameter so if we think about how small that is then it is not hard to block them. you rally have to watch your colestrol because when that goes bad your arteries start to block. too much junk food, beer etc.

    women present with pain to the heart and it goes to there back. men tend to get arm pains. i am not sure what happens to trans mtf and wether estrogen has any effect on presentation? Nikki any knowledge of this?

    my heart attack was essentially brought on by stress. i was a smoker, very moderate drinker and ws not overweight and had a fairly decent diet.
    the stress of a year and a half caused my colestrol to go from good to bad and my blood pressure sky rocketed to a point it scared m md one day. in the past i had had panic attacks and the day my heart attack started i thought it was another one. panic attacks are resolved by proper breathng and snce i smoke that change my breathing pattern and so i went out back to have a smoke. i had a slight pressur in my chest but not enough to think it was anything. in about ten minutes from start i got pain in my left arm that was increasing. i remembered this as a sign of a heart attack and went inside. i got my cell phone, wallet and coat and called 911. by now i knew i was having a serious heart attack becasue the pain was in both arms and very intense, my forehead was sweating like crazy and my left hand had gone cold. 911 kep me on the phone talking until help arrived. firemen were first responders and when they cam in i knew i wanted to lie down and die. they could get no pulse on my left side and grabbed me and made me focus on them to keep from going. the paramedics arrived and i was given a life saving shot of heparin. it is a very strong blood thinner and will kill you or break the block. i was also given morphine for the pain and asprin and nitro.
    i was wheeled into emerge where a team of ten or more was waiting for me. emergency proceedure and angioplast. i has to be zapped back before they could do the angioplast.

    so in effect i had died twice that day. having survived has made me be in a great rush to get on with life. i drive faster and live faster. i have no patience. this great rush of mine has cost me a very importan and dear friend. and i have undergone some massive changes in lifestyle. i cant help rushing because i know how short life can be. if i was younger i might be able to slow down. this has obviously had effects on me and i have lashed out in anger where none should have existed.

    you have to believe me a heart attack will change your life so much so i ask you to check out uhn and heart and stroke. see if you have any of the 'bad' habits and what your chances are and dont for one minute beleive it will not happen to you.

    please look after yourselves. i left it too late. they did tell me after that had i not have phone for another ten minutes to a half hour i would have died.

    love you all
    according to some, not trangendered

  • #2
    Originally posted by kristopin;190246

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    they did tell me after that had i not have phone for another ten minutes to a half hour i would have died.[/B]
    There!! How lucky you are.
    People tend to blame things and forget other things that they should be blessed with

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    • #3
      I had double pneumonia when I was three and almost died. My parents took me to the GP and he said it was normal and fine. My parents being the overcautious people they are took me to the ER. Had I slept the night I wouldn't have woken up as the doctors said.

      My father had two heart attacks and prostate cancer due to an inactive lifestyle and poor eating. It is hereditary in my family. I can do what I can to mitigate it but it should and will come eventually. Make the best of life is my philosophy. I suggest you don't sweat the small stuff and just enjoy the greater things in life.

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      • #4
        you are very very lucky

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        • #5
          Here's my tale to add to this thread on heart attacks.

          My experience will be testament to the fact that a heart attack is nowhere near the end of the line, at least for me anyway. Unknowingly, I discovered I'd already survived two without being aware of them and so luckily, I have been able to avoid the next upcoming one!

          Four years ago, almost to the day, I was sent for stress test which I failed miserably, lasting only seconds on the treadmill rather than minutes. The Dr. who was monitoring me on the treadmill could see that I was in trouble from the tracings on the screen, stopped the test and in my presence, phoned my Family Dr. who had ordered the test, telling him I needed an angiogram a.s.a.p..

          A few days later, after the angiogram, the Cardiologist showed me the results - a 95% blockage in a main artery and the visible evidence (deep scarring) of previously having had two heart prior attacks, of which I knew nothing, except that I could remember waking in the night, perspiring profusely, but at no time was any pain ever experienced. My indicators then, were profuse perspiration and faintness.


          He then advised me that I was not going home that morning, that he had arranged an air ambulance, as I was to be flown that afternoon to Sudbury for surgery. I was on my way in about four hours and there in Sudbury, several days later I finally made it onto the operating table. Each day, and every time I was slated for the O.R., I was bumped for someone in more urgent need of surgery than I. On the Friday morning, I was slated to be first on the table, was bumped yet again more than once, but thankfully I made it as the next to last surgery for that week.

          In the Surgery, I was sedated but still able to watch much of the surgery, as they went in through my groin and threaded what they needed up and around and then down through the arteries and into my heart. The Surgeon stood at my right side and worked from the screen, which was on my left and on which I could clearly see my heart and the instuments etc.. At one point I recall him saying "more sedative" then woke as I was being taken off the table. I probabaly missed the best part!

          It was a wonderful experience to see the operation of such a fantastic team - the surgeon, his assistants, several nurses, computer techs of some sort. Talk about teamwork! WOW!

          I ended up with three stents and several angioplasties besides. I am now on three pressure meds, another to slow my heart rate, and an anti-coagulant and aspirin for the rest of my life.
          Last edited by toban; 05-04-2009, 07:39 PM.

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          • #6
            sharing

            the main reason i put this thread out was to inform. please look into the issue if you think it may pertain to you.

            i was not looking for pity or anything, just trying to share and inform.

            the emotional part of having had a heart attack is another issue. i see most people at my rehab and they have a lost look in their eyes. i thought i was doing great. changed many habits, was physically stronger etc. the trauma of it has just hit. i will get thru it.

            but you really do have to look into this issue for yourselves.
            according to some, not trangendered

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