My recent absence

August · 07-29-07, 08:44 AM

Yesterday i just got back from the hospital where i had just finished enjoying a forced two day stay, all courtesy of a heart attack i had wednesday morning.

Late tuesday night I began feeling pain in my left arm, jaw and chest all of which were attributable to other causes so I didn't think much of it. The pain kept me up most of the night so i took wednesday off work and slept it off.

The next day when i went back to work i happened to mention the episode to the nurses who run the schools medical assistant program and they hooked me up to an ekg machine. Two hours later i was at the hospital getting two stents put into my right coronary artery.

Word to the wise. Heart attack symptoms are very easy to ignore/explain away. I got lucky. Had i not happen to mention it to the right people i might be dead right now.

07-29-07, 08:44 AM	#1
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	My recent absence Yesterday i just got back from the hospital where i had just finished enjoying a forced two day stay, all courtesy of a heart attack i had wednesday morning. Late tuesday night I began feeling pain in my left arm, jaw and chest all of which were attributable to other causes so I didn't think much of it. The pain kept me up most of the night so i took wednesday off work and slept it off. The next day when i went back to work i happened to mention the episode to the nurses who run the schools medical assistant program and they hooked me up to an ekg machine. Two hours later i was at the hospital getting two stents put into my right coronary artery. Word to the wise. Heart attack symptoms are very easy to ignore/explain away. I got lucky. Had i not happen to mention it to the right people i might be dead right now. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.