Heart Attack Support Group
Heart attack is a serious, sudden heart condition usually characterized by varying degrees of chest pain or discomfort, weakness, sweating, nausea, vomiting, and arrhythmias, sometimes causing loss of consciousness. It occurs when the blood supply to a part of the heart is interrupted, causing death and scarring of the local heart tissue.
Hi all, I'm new here. I am a 53 year old mom of two amazing daughters and.i am a heart attack survivor. It was 6 years ago and I was lucky because I waited till the next day to go in! It was mild but I did have 2 stents put in my heart.
I have been fine until the last 2 days, I have had this odd pain/discomfort in my diaphragm/sternum area, pain in my back, and pain in my left arm. I have had gas, a little burping, but none of it helps much. For the most part I don't think it's my heart, except that the one thing that makes all the symptoms go away is my nitro.... I always have nausea due to a different problem, so the gas and stuff could be from that, but the left arm pain is what worries me, and the fact that the nitro makes everything better. Am I making the same mistake as before and ignoring the problem?
Any thoughts, suggestions, advice is appreciated!
It doesn't sound like a heart attack, but still you need to speak to a medical doctor to determine whether you need medical care.
But I have a message into my cardiologist and am waiting for a reply. I dont have a car at the moment so if I can avoid asking for a ride I have too.
The last time I waited, I actually had a friend here who was a nurse who told me it did not sound like heart! The next day though I felt like I had been beaten with a baseball bat, so I drove myself to the Dr!!! Next thing I know I'm in an ambulance going to a hospital 2 hours away and having 2 stents put in!
My symptoms then; neasea for a.couple days, then nausea alternating with chest pain, with the arm pain. But all mild, not what I expected of a heart attack! And I was only 47. But, heart disease runs in my family. I beat my brother in age by 1 year. He was 48. My dad, 58, triple bypass.
Really???? Excuse me? I sent back " ummmm is that all? Is there anything I should do? Anything to watch for? Anything at all? Does this mean you think I'm totally ok? I am very confused!" No response yet.
It doesn't help that I am dealing with another Doctor about a different issue that was supposed to be resolved two weeks ago and I just found out it wasn't! I'm thinking my heart is just fine because I have steam coming out my ears, my head is about to explode, but my heart? It's doing just fine today!!!
That said, I would suggest, if you haven't already you notify your primary care physician and see what he/she says. If it does become more bothersome, go to urgent care or the hospital. I know what a pain in the derriere that is, my last visit I was incarcerated for three weeks and wound up incapacitated for 6 months, but it's in your best interest. Good luck to you.