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myself $If this is a heart attack, I shouldn't be walkin! into
the net room
where the phone is or anywhere else.......but, on the other
hand, if I don't,
nobody will know that I need help, and if I wait any lon!er I
may not be
able to !et up in moment.$
$I pulled myself up with the arms of the chair, walked slowly
into the netroom and dialed the aramedics.. . I told her I thou!ht
I was havin! a heart
attack due to the pressure buildin! under the sternum and
radiatin! into my
9aws. I didn't feel hysterical or afraid, 9ust statin! the
facts. 2he said she
was sendin! the aramedics over immediately, asked if the front
door was
near to me, and if so, to unbolt the door and then lie down on
the floor
where they could see me when they came in.$I then laid down on
the floor as instructed and lost consciousness, as I
don't remember the medics comin! in, their eamination, liftin!
me onto a
!urney or !ettin! me into their ambulance, or hearin! the call
they made to
2t. >ude 68 on the way, but I did briefly awaken when we
arrived and saw
that the 7ardiolo!ist was already there in his sur!ical blues
and cap, helpin!
the medics pull my stretcher out of the ambulance. #e was
bendin! over me
askin! 5uestions (probably somethin! like $#ave you taken
any
medications< $) but I couldn't make my mind interpret what he
was sayin!,
or form an answer, and nodded off a!ain, not wakin! up until
the
7ardiolo!ist and partner had already threaded the teeny
an!io!ram balloon
up my femoral artery into the aorta and into my heart where they
installed ?
side by side stents to hold open my ri!ht coronary artery.
$I know it sounds like all my thinkin! and actions at home must
have takenat least ?&-& minutes before callin! the
aramedics, but actually it took
perhaps @-4 minutes before the call, and both the fire station
and 2t. >ude
are only minutes away from my home, and my 7ardiolo!ist was
already to
!o to the +8 in his scrubs and !et !oin! on restartin! my heart
(which had
stopped somewhere between my arrival and the procedure) and
installin!
the stents.
$Why have I written all of this to you with so much detail<
0ecause I want
all of you who are so important in my life to know what I
learned first
hand.$
%. 0e aware that somethin! very different is happenin! in your
body not
the usual men's symptoms, but ineplicable thin!s happenin!
(until my
sternum and 9aws !ot into the act ). It is said that many more
women than
men die of their first (and last) MI because they didn't know
they were
havin! one, and commonly mistake it as indi!estion, take some
Maalo or
other anti-heartburn preparation, and !o to bed,hopin! they'll
feel better in
the mornin! when they wake up....which doesn't happen. My
female
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friends,your symptoms mi!ht not be eactly like mine, so I advise
you to
call the aramedics if *13#I*= is unpleasantly happenin! that
you've not
felt before. It is better to have a $false alarm$ visitation
than to risk your
life !uessin! what it mi!ht be:
?. *ote that I said $7all the aramedics$. /adies, 3IM6 I2 +A
3#66226*76: Do *+3 try to drive yourself to the 68--you're a haard
to others
on the road, and so is your panicked husband who will be
speedin! and
lookin! aniously at what's happenin! with you instead of the
road. Do *+3
call your doctor--he doesn't know where you live and if it's at
ni!ht you
won't reach him anyway, and if it's daytime, his assistants (or
answerin!
service) will tell you to call the aramedics. #e doesn't carry
the e5uipment
in his car that you need to be saved: 3he aramedics
do,principally +B1=6*
that you need 2. 1our Dr. will be notified later.
. Don't assume it couldn't be a heart attack because you have
a
normal cholesterol count. 8esearch has discovered that a
cholesterol
elevated readin! is rarely the cause of an MI (unless it's
unbelievably
hi!h,and;or accompanied by hi!h blood pressure.) MI's are
usually caused
by lon!-term stress and inflammation in the body, which dumps
all sorts of
deadly hormones into your system to slud!e thin!s up in there.
ain in the
9aw can wake you from a sound sleep. /et's be careful and be
aware. 3he
more we know, the better chance we could survive...
cardiolo!ist says if everyone who !ets this mail sends it to
%& people, you
can be sure that we'll save at least one life.
CClease be a true friend and send this article to all your
friends you care
aboutCC
