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Posted 5/1/2021 3:58 PM (GMT 0)
Hello everyone,

On the 12th of this month I was awakened by external nausea, chest pressure, sweats, and a pending sense of doom as I’ve seen it called. I felt like I was dying and my mind knew it. It lasted maybe 5 minutes or so. I had a virtual consult and the NP thought It was GERD. I took her word for it because I’m only 37 and thought well it’s unlikely it was a HA anyways. Well I told my normal NP about it on Wednesday and he said well we can do an ekg to rule it out. That one came up abnormal like I had a prior HA. Then later that night I think I had an anxiety attack and ended up in the ER. My ekg was normal there. I still have an appointment with a PA of my cardiologist. ( I already had one from covid health problems ) no permanent damage found from covid. I have had high cholesterol for several years and have had a poor diet my whole life. I’ve never really been more than 15 lbs over weight. But anyways has anyone had a similar experience?
Posted 5/1/2021 4:19 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Fordex, keep in mind a heart attack can present itself with many different symptoms. Hind sight 2020, I wish you had called 911 on the first incident. Besides an EKG, ER could have done labs & even an Echo of your heart to check for a heart attack. By all means keep your appt with the cardiologist. With your high cholesterol, I think they will order the appropriate tests, they can tell if you actually had one by way of testing.

I had a mild heart attack & a blood clot hit my left lung. I had some other things that were going on at the time & things were not looking good for me for several days. I was too sick to know what was happening in other words.

Yes, 37 is young, however, you have some issues so don't get hung up on the old "I am too young for this to happen". Good luck with your appointment & let us know how it goes. I won't go into detail about your diet, but at some point you need to start addressing your eating habits.
Posted 5/4/2021 11:06 AM (GMT 0)
Susie on the spot, 42, double by pass for me.
Bloods, echo and cholesterol check up for sure. EKG can be abnormal, stress,
anxiety, etc. And alike me a heart attack at night, now know it, yup missed the signs got the bus
in the morning to doc, ekg and an ambulance called. The rest is something i'd rather not remember.
when it ya ticker, or related, never mess about.
get fully checked out.

Keep strong, HT
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