Yesterday about 2 PM, I developed what I thought was a bad case of GERD. It just wouldn’t go away. So I went upstairs to lay down after taking some Tums. That didn’t help, so I headed back downstairs to grab the BP cuff we have. It was calibrated to our PCP in Spartanburg so I was reasonably sure it was accurate. My typical BP is around 110/60. I got 173/111. Took into Charles and it goes, that ain’t right. So I go take it again. Only slightly better, 165/101, he says ER, I said yes.
So we headed off to the WVU ER, about 25 miles away. Calling an ambulance would have taken about as long. I get there and am whisked in.
Yes, I was having a heart attack. After the heart cath a bit later, and placement of a stent, they told my husband it was 99% blocked. This morning when we saw the cardiologist, turns out it was the widow maker artery! Typical survival rate of that type of heart attack is 12%. I’m damned lucky to be here.
Always know your body. Know heart attack symptoms, women’s are different from men’s.
I had GERD feeling, pain in my upper back, and pain radiating down my arms. It was only later that the elephant sat on my chest. Even if nothing is wrong, GO!
So we headed off to the WVU ER, about 25 miles away. Calling an ambulance would have taken about as long. I get there and am whisked in.
Yes, I was having a heart attack. After the heart cath a bit later, and placement of a stent, they told my husband it was 99% blocked. This morning when we saw the cardiologist, turns out it was the widow maker artery! Typical survival rate of that type of heart attack is 12%. I’m damned lucky to be here.
Always know your body. Know heart attack symptoms, women’s are different from men’s.
I had GERD feeling, pain in my upper back, and pain radiating down my arms. It was only later that the elephant sat on my chest. Even if nothing is wrong, GO!