Had a heart attack on Monday.
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Don't remember the exact moment it happened just kept feeling worse and worse until I realised it was serious. I made a call for help and a colleague called the ambulance.
I work in a mechanical role in construction and was on the 7th floor of a new build, it seemed to take forever for the paramedics to get there, I was in agony. When they arrived they took one look at me and just said 'lets go'.
In the ambulance they gave me a little tablet which did nothing, an aspirin which did nothing, three doses of morphine and I was still in agony. Luckily we were five minutes away from the Manchester Royal infirmary.
The ambulance crew were as cool as a cucumber but I knew it was bad, they said no A&E, straight to the heart unit.
Within five minutes I was transferred to a bed for keyhole surgery, a very uncomfortable two and a half hours later and two stents I was sorted.
Apparently it was a bad one and I was lucky to make it.
I was sent home three days later, amazing considering I was at deaths door at the start of the week.
They gave me a lot of tablets to take over the next week, with one to take for a year and I have to take an aspirin a day for ever.
I work in a mechanical role in construction and was on the 7th floor of a new build, it seemed to take forever for the paramedics to get there, I was in agony. When they arrived they took one look at me and just said 'lets go'.
In the ambulance they gave me a little tablet which did nothing, an aspirin which did nothing, three doses of morphine and I was still in agony. Luckily we were five minutes away from the Manchester Royal infirmary.
The ambulance crew were as cool as a cucumber but I knew it was bad, they said no A&E, straight to the heart unit.
Within five minutes I was transferred to a bed for keyhole surgery, a very uncomfortable two and a half hours later and two stents I was sorted.
Apparently it was a bad one and I was lucky to make it.
I was sent home three days later, amazing considering I was at deaths door at the start of the week.
They gave me a lot of tablets to take over the next week, with one to take for a year and I have to take an aspirin a day for ever.
I thought they were for the pain?
O.M.G the pain.
I eat healthy, don't smoke, don't drink, no exercise but have a very active job. I am overweight. No blood pressure issues. Both parents died of heart problems.
They say it is just one of those things, it can happen to people of all ages.
O.M.G the pain.
I eat healthy, don't smoke, don't drink, no exercise but have a very active job. I am overweight. No blood pressure issues. Both parents died of heart problems.
They say it is just one of those things, it can happen to people of all ages.
bigandclever said:
I am no medic 
But the aspirin and (likely) clopidogrel thin the blood and reduce the chances of a clot forming. The morphine was for the pain.
The clot’s already formed, they’re to stop it getting worse. So no, they won’t help the pain but they do help you to stay alive a bit longer. 🙂 But the aspirin and (likely) clopidogrel thin the blood and reduce the chances of a clot forming. The morphine was for the pain.Need any help / advice post on here! 10 years ago I had mine (not much pain just jaw-ache). A&E is best avoided if you have a cardiology specialist centre nearby - A&E gave me Gaviscon. Two stents, lifestyle changes, 6 tablets a day. Never felt better. The tablet you have been given for 12 months prevents clots forming around your stents. If you're offered Cardiac Rehab education and exercise classes, try and attend.
AlexC1981 said:
Is it possible to get checked to see if your tubes are blocking up? Some sort of scan?
I lost my dad to a heart attack in his early 40s and I'm 38 now.
I'm not actually sure. I lost my dad to a heart attack in his early 40s and I'm 38 now.
I had a heart attack back in 2009. Slim build, active job, diet a bit crap, drank a bit too much, very stressed.
5 pills a day forever now.
5 months after the event I got on my heavy old bicycle and did 60 miles to Brighton. Never normally did more than 10 miles.
I've had a few scares since, Atrial Fibrillation in Kos put me in the hospital there over night.
I have a check up based on a blood test once a year and once had a 3D scan of my heart where the doc could actually show me the part of the heart muscle that died.
The pills the paramedics gave you were to thin your blood and a clot buster, as others have said.
Makes me think now when I go on holiday or have thoughts about moving to the country.
Here in SW London I'm close to a good cardiac centre. The ambulance was with me in minutes.
In Kos it took 2 hours and I hear about long waits even if you are just in Surrey.
Stents are amazing, for some reason I couldn't have any, something to do with the blocked vessel being too small. Seems my body had been building bypass vessels which explained the chest pains I had been having on odd occasion over the preceding years.
Get yourselves checked out people.
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