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.
schueymcfee said:
I had a big one at 38. Stemi anterior, complete blockage to left ventricle whilst kickboxing. I managed to keep going for an hour until they got me into hospital and theatre. Apparently most people don’t last 5 minutes. Signed the paper work and they went straight into my wrist. Said my main arteries looked like a row of tied up sausages!
Think I had something like 7 stents put in over two operations.
Came out of hospital after 4 days feeling great - until I tried to walk any distance. I was left with severely reduced pump action, heart failure and as it’s PH banned from driving for a month!
You need to start walking when cleared to do so. Took me about a month to walk a 1.6 mile track without stopping and after a few more weeks of walking daily I was up to 9 mile. I was running again within 4 months.
Walk, walk, walk!
Think I had something like 7 stents put in over two operations.
Came out of hospital after 4 days feeling great - until I tried to walk any distance. I was left with severely reduced pump action, heart failure and as it’s PH banned from driving for a month!
You need to start walking when cleared to do so. Took me about a month to walk a 1.6 mile track without stopping and after a few more weeks of walking daily I was up to 9 mile. I was running again within 4 months.
Walk, walk, walk!
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