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I had my 3rd heart attack Monday, at work. Had gone to use the porta john and was walking back to the building when I started having trouble breathing, broke out in a sweat all over and had stabbing pains in my chest and pressure like a knife blade digging into my back by my shoulder blade. Made it to the loading dock and sat down, managed to radio a co worker who came down and called 911. I had my nitro so they started giving me that; once the ambulance got there I was wheeled away and taken to the hospital. EKG showed a lower MI. My blood pressure was 63/35. They did 3 stents in the cath lab, the attending physician told me I should’ve been sent to the hospital downtown for open heart surgery. I guess that’s the next time… Came home Thursday afternoon.

I knew something was off when we started onsite about a month ago. I’d make it up three sets of stairs and would have to stop, my heart pounding with a weird “tingling” pain in my chest and my left hand would go tingly numb. I’d have to wait about 5 minutes and then everything would calm down and I’d be fine until the next time I had to go up the stairs. Walking around on a flat surface was fine and no issue.

 

Been there done that, I've got 6 now...

RJ

 

Evenin' Y'all!

 

Hi!!! Guess where we are!!

Glad you were able to see you needed to get to the doctor and are now here to tell us the tale.

@CVYota I’m late to this but Happy Anniversary.

 

Happy Friday!!!

 

Glad to see that your able to tell us. Take care of yourself.

 

I'm glad you survived. Maybe next time you're feeling warn out and tingly you'll take heed of what your body is telling you. After three of them, you're damn near an expert and should know to seek some medical assistance before the fourth heart attack happens.

 

I'm back in Tennessee, and oh what a difference a few hundred miles make in the humidity level.

 

https://youtu.be/huBQA6xOY08

 

Afternoon everyone

 

https://youtu.be/TFjmvfRvjTc

 

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Afternoon and or Evening everyone

 

I thought that I was watching a rerun of the 'Love Boat'

 

it’s weird because the other two heart attacks I had terrible pain in my left arm and nowhere else. First one was from shoveling snow, second one was from a clot that formed a week prior from knee surgery.
5 more years and I can retire after a 40 year run. I’d like to do it now but I know I won’t get a disability ruling from social security.