Had a heart attack on Monday.
Discussion
OP, really glad to hear you're on the mend, best advice I can pass on is if you're tired it means you're not mending!
I'm in the Stent Club,as it's not the Fight Club I'll talk about it
Without much warning the lining of my main artery split when I was 49, cardiac arrest at home, dead 10 mins, jump start (me not the ambulance), very fast ambulance ride, quick stent op, 3 days ice packed induced coma, week intensive care, 2.5 weeks sat on the couch and 6 months later back on my snow board
I get on with life just the same as I did as I'm the same mentally and physically before I was dead only now sometimes when I wake up after a really good nights sleep my first thought is 'Am I alive?'
I'm in the Stent Club,as it's not the Fight Club I'll talk about it
Without much warning the lining of my main artery split when I was 49, cardiac arrest at home, dead 10 mins, jump start (me not the ambulance), very fast ambulance ride, quick stent op, 3 days ice packed induced coma, week intensive care, 2.5 weeks sat on the couch and 6 months later back on my snow board
I get on with life just the same as I did as I'm the same mentally and physically before I was dead only now sometimes when I wake up after a really good nights sleep my first thought is 'Am I alive?'
Piginapoke said:
Glad you’re ok OP.
Does anyone know how effective exercise really is in preventing heart disease? I’m 50 and run 6 or 7 days a week, but always wonder whether it’s just genetics and I’m wasting my time
You could stop exercising and see what happens! Once you've had a heart attack, the primary goal is to reduce your risk of another one, so medication, exercise and diet are in your control. Annoyingly, you still have to pay for prescriptions.Does anyone know how effective exercise really is in preventing heart disease? I’m 50 and run 6 or 7 days a week, but always wonder whether it’s just genetics and I’m wasting my time
The latest Apple Watch has an ECG function, is this any good? Lots of heart issues in my family so I’m worried for the future. My dad had an attack out the blue needing bypass, he ended up in ICU then brain damage. A weird feeling seeing someone go from high functioning to below average. At the same time my step dad (smoker and drinker) had a triple bypass in Germany using keyhole surgery and was out of hospital in two weeks.
I really want some kind of test is well but not invasive like an angio.
I really want some kind of test is well but not invasive like an angio.
i was thinking about getting one of these watches, to track my heart rate.
https://www.withings.com/uk/en/move-ecg
https://www.withings.com/uk/en/move-ecg
Firstly glad you're ok OP and lets hope it stays that way .
Stumbled across this thread as my wife is having issues ( age 51) with an erratic heartbeat/palpitations so have started a thread elsewhere within this section.
We have now engaged Bupa to get her a a decent cardiologist but her lifestyle has always been clean and fit shall we say.
Worrying times when her resting heartbeats goes to 150BPM and you can visibly see her chest pounding.
So far two doctors have said its not the menopause....
Stumbled across this thread as my wife is having issues ( age 51) with an erratic heartbeat/palpitations so have started a thread elsewhere within this section.
We have now engaged Bupa to get her a a decent cardiologist but her lifestyle has always been clean and fit shall we say.
Worrying times when her resting heartbeats goes to 150BPM and you can visibly see her chest pounding.
So far two doctors have said its not the menopause....
My dad died of a heart attack at the age of 54. His younger brother had his first attack at 45, and a fatal one at 48. His son (my cousin) had a massive attack at 48 but survived - he lives in the US and had excellent medical care.
I'm now 62 and haven't had one...but about nine months ago I occasionally had a tightness in my chest accompanied by pain in the jaw. After this had happened for the third time I made an appointment with my GP who turned a whiter shade of pale and immediately packed me off to A&E!
They ran a shed load of tests including an ECG, blood tests and a scan of my heart and concluded that it might be angina, but there were no signs of it having been a heart attack.
I was already on medication for high blood pressure and high chloresterol, but they added 75mg asprin and Bisoprolol to the mix, and I carry a squirty container of Nitrolingual which I have to use if required.
I gave up smoking many years ago, do drink a bit more than I should and am slightly overweight. I also invested in a cheap blood pressure monitor and have discovered that after taking voluntary redundancy my blood pressure has dropped a great deal!
Oh, and OP, glad to hear you're on the mend.
I'm now 62 and haven't had one...but about nine months ago I occasionally had a tightness in my chest accompanied by pain in the jaw. After this had happened for the third time I made an appointment with my GP who turned a whiter shade of pale and immediately packed me off to A&E!
They ran a shed load of tests including an ECG, blood tests and a scan of my heart and concluded that it might be angina, but there were no signs of it having been a heart attack.
I was already on medication for high blood pressure and high chloresterol, but they added 75mg asprin and Bisoprolol to the mix, and I carry a squirty container of Nitrolingual which I have to use if required.
I gave up smoking many years ago, do drink a bit more than I should and am slightly overweight. I also invested in a cheap blood pressure monitor and have discovered that after taking voluntary redundancy my blood pressure has dropped a great deal!
Oh, and OP, glad to hear you're on the mend.
Hi Randonmeddy
If's any help the two tablets given were probably aspirin (which you knew) the other would be glyceryl trinitrate which helps open up the blood vessels.
Hope you make a good recovery, you will very likely to be on aspirin, a beta blocker and a cholesterol lowering tablet (statin) for the rest of your life.
If's any help the two tablets given were probably aspirin (which you knew) the other would be glyceryl trinitrate which helps open up the blood vessels.
Hope you make a good recovery, you will very likely to be on aspirin, a beta blocker and a cholesterol lowering tablet (statin) for the rest of your life.
Sorry for bumping this thread. I hope the OP is doing fine. I want to say that it is important to share such stories as they can save someone's life. My Dad had a heart attack last year, so he also didn't understand what was going on at first. I guess it would be great if we all had a better understanding of the medical conditions.
Nibes said:
Sorry for bumping this thread. I hope the OP is doing fine. I want to say that it is important to share such stories as they can save someone's life. My Dad had a heart attack last year, so he also didn't understand what was going on at first. I guess it would be great if we all had a better understanding of the medical conditions.
Good advice - I'd just say it's a tricky thing to summarise as each individuals experience is unique. Feeling hungover with a sore jaw were my symptoms - nothing else, no chest pain, no left arm pain and unlike a lot of actors, I didn't clutch my chest, grimace and fly across the room.
I think I posted earlier on this about having a heart attack at 46, I'm now 59.
Before Christmas I was having a pretty hard time with work, drunk ex wife, girlfriend had dumped me and I started having palpatations and dizzy spells plus chest pains.
Luckily I have insurance with my work so I got to see a top cardiac consultant.
He did an ECG, an ultrasound and fitted me with a monitor for 2 weeks. From the ultrasound he could already say that my heart was in decent health and that he could not tell that I had had a previous attack.
3 weeks later he had gone through the results of my monitor and stuck me on a running machine whilst attached to an ECG.
He really pushed me, like a personal trainer, and I went for it thinking I was in the best place if I did indeed collapse.
He did another ultrasound whilst I recovered as a big sweaty lump.
He said my heart was fine and strong and I just need to get help for my stress.
Just posting to say there is hope and a chance of a healthy life after such a serious situation.
Good luck all.
Before Christmas I was having a pretty hard time with work, drunk ex wife, girlfriend had dumped me and I started having palpatations and dizzy spells plus chest pains.
Luckily I have insurance with my work so I got to see a top cardiac consultant.
He did an ECG, an ultrasound and fitted me with a monitor for 2 weeks. From the ultrasound he could already say that my heart was in decent health and that he could not tell that I had had a previous attack.
3 weeks later he had gone through the results of my monitor and stuck me on a running machine whilst attached to an ECG.
He really pushed me, like a personal trainer, and I went for it thinking I was in the best place if I did indeed collapse.
He did another ultrasound whilst I recovered as a big sweaty lump.
He said my heart was fine and strong and I just need to get help for my stress.
Just posting to say there is hope and a chance of a healthy life after such a serious situation.
Good luck all.
One of my drinking pals had a heart attack without knowing at the time. He had just got out of his HGV to do a walk around to check all was ok before setting off, when he suddenly felt out of breath even though he hadn't done anything energetic. Following day he still felt tired and his wife made him go to the doctors, who sent him straight to hospital, Within a few hours he'd had a stent fitted.
He's now on a bunch of tablets each day, but sadly sone of them give him side effects of impotence and the skin on his hands easily splits, but he's grateful to be alive. Heart problems are hereditary in his family.
He's now on a bunch of tablets each day, but sadly sone of them give him side effects of impotence and the skin on his hands easily splits, but he's grateful to be alive. Heart problems are hereditary in his family.
Edited by LeadFarmer on Sunday 3rd April 20:20
LeadFarmer said:
One of my drinking pals had a heart attack without knowing at the time. He had just got out of his HGV to do a walk around to check all was ok before setting off, when he suddenly felt out of breath even though he hadn't done anything energetic. Following day he still felt tired and his wife made him go to the doctors, who sent him straight to hospital, Within a few hours he'd had a stent fitted.
He's now on a bunch of tablets each day, but sadly sone of them give him side effects of impotence and the skin on his hands easily splits, but he's grateful to be alive. Heart problems are hereditary in his family.
Hereditary in my family too so a concern . He's now on a bunch of tablets each day, but sadly sone of them give him side effects of impotence and the skin on his hands easily splits, but he's grateful to be alive. Heart problems are hereditary in his family.
Edited by LeadFarmer on Sunday 3rd April 20:20
Hope to kill the stress in a year and restructure my life but maybe the damage is done !
Well done to all those in here that have survived !
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