Sing me the song choir.
So since it's about genetics and lifestyle....that's about what it boils down too. My dad died at age 64 of kidney failure/heart attack from his diabetes. I do NOT have diabetes. My maternal grandfather was very slender and died of a stroke.
I'm not too overwieght and my blood pressure wasn't all that high in previous dr. visits.
When I applied for life insurance they accepted me.
I've had LOADS of stress these past years and have been making the quick and easy choices regarding meals...and just neglecting myself essentially and taking care of everyone else...you know the story mom's and dad's....
On the 5th I went to bed with a crick in my neck for several days it lingered...waited for it to go away.
On the 6th I woke up at 5 am with pain in between my shoulder blades in the middle of my back. By 9 am my mom took me to a walk in--he told me I'm too young to have heart problems and sent me home with a muscle relaxer, said I was having a muscle spasm.
By 8 pm...I felt like I was going to pass out, I had pain in my neck, jaw, teeth, back, chest, and going down my arms, so I called 911. A community Pastor stayed with my kids until my mom was contacted. By 1:20am I was admitted and had my own room and told it was my heart. The next morning I had an angiogram and I had 99.9% blockage of my left atrium so they put in a stent. There was some other bumps and they said they'd use medicines for those.
6+ meds I am to take now and to start cardiac therapy in a week.
No wonder I was tired and had no energy.
My family, friends, and church family are rallying around me and it is quite a blessing.
So if I were to pass on any sound advice...It would be to take your bodies warning signs serious...demand things of your dr.'s because apparently...you can never be "too young to have heart problems."
If anyone would like to help me understand dropping cholestorol and recipes....It would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks all for being my crazy chicken family.
hugs,
gretchen
So since it's about genetics and lifestyle....that's about what it boils down too. My dad died at age 64 of kidney failure/heart attack from his diabetes. I do NOT have diabetes. My maternal grandfather was very slender and died of a stroke.
I'm not too overwieght and my blood pressure wasn't all that high in previous dr. visits.
When I applied for life insurance they accepted me.
I've had LOADS of stress these past years and have been making the quick and easy choices regarding meals...and just neglecting myself essentially and taking care of everyone else...you know the story mom's and dad's....
On the 5th I went to bed with a crick in my neck for several days it lingered...waited for it to go away.
On the 6th I woke up at 5 am with pain in between my shoulder blades in the middle of my back. By 9 am my mom took me to a walk in--he told me I'm too young to have heart problems and sent me home with a muscle relaxer, said I was having a muscle spasm.
By 8 pm...I felt like I was going to pass out, I had pain in my neck, jaw, teeth, back, chest, and going down my arms, so I called 911. A community Pastor stayed with my kids until my mom was contacted. By 1:20am I was admitted and had my own room and told it was my heart. The next morning I had an angiogram and I had 99.9% blockage of my left atrium so they put in a stent. There was some other bumps and they said they'd use medicines for those.
6+ meds I am to take now and to start cardiac therapy in a week.
No wonder I was tired and had no energy.
My family, friends, and church family are rallying around me and it is quite a blessing.
So if I were to pass on any sound advice...It would be to take your bodies warning signs serious...demand things of your dr.'s because apparently...you can never be "too young to have heart problems."
If anyone would like to help me understand dropping cholestorol and recipes....It would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks all for being my crazy chicken family.
hugs,
gretchen
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