The Nurse's Heart attack Attack! PLEASE READ

September 27, 2008

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IF YOU HAVE EVER LOVED A WOMAN OR IF YOU ARE AWOMANNURSE'S HEART ATTACK EXPERIENCEI am an ER nurse and this is the best description of this event that Ihave ever heard. Please read, pay attention, and send it on! Diane K. inAZ FEMALE HEART ATTACKSI was aware that female heart attacks are different, but this is thebest description I've ever read.Women and heart attacks (Myocardial infarction). Did you know thatwomen rarely have the same dramatic symptoms that men have whenexperiencing heart attack ... you know, the sudden stabbing pain in thechest, cold sweat, grabbing the chest & dropping to the floor that wesee in the movies. Here's the story of one woman's experience with aheart attack.'I had a heart attack about 10 :30 PM with NO prior exertion, NO prioremotional trauma that one would suspect might've brought it on.I was sitting all snugly & warm on a cold evening, with my purring catin my lap, reading an interesting story my friend had sent me, andactually thinking, 'A-A-h, this is the life, all cozy and warm in mysoft, cushy Lazy Boy with my feet propped up.A moment later, I felt that awful sensation of indigestion, when you'vebeen in a hurry, grabbed a bite of sandwich and washed it down with adash of water. That hurried bite seems to feel like you've swallowed agolf ball going down the esophagus in slow motion and it is mostuncomfortable. You realize you shouldn't have gulped it down so fast andneeded to chew it more thoroughly and this time drink a glass of waterto hasten its progress down to the stomach. This was my initialsensation---the only trouble was that I hadn't taken a bite of anythingsince about 5:00 p.m.After it seemed to subside, the next sensation was like little squeezingmotions that seemed to be racing up my SPINE (hind-sight, it wasprobably my aorta spasming), gaining speed as they continued racing upand under my sternum (breast bone, where one presses rhythmically whenadminist ering CPR)..This fascinating process continued on into my throat and branched outinto both jaws. 'AHA!! NOW I stopped puzzling about what was happening-- we've all read and/or heard about pain in the jaws being one of thesignals of an MI happening, haven't we? I said aloud to myself and thecat, Dear God, I think I'm having a heart attack!I lowered the footrest dumping the cat from my lap, started to take astep and fell on the floor instead. I thought to myself, If this IS aheart attack , I shouldn't be walking into the next room where thephone is or anywhere else ...on the other hand, if I don't, nobody willknow that I need help, and if I wait any longer I may not be able to getup in a moment.I pulled myself up with the arms of the chair, walked slowly into thenext room and dialed the Paramedics... told her I thought I was havinga heart attack due to the pressure building under the sternum andradiating into my jaws. I didn't feel hysterical or afraid, just statingthe facts. She said she was sending the Paramedics over immediately,asked if the front door was near to me, if so, to unbolt the door thenlie down on the floor where they could see me when they came in.I unlocked the door, laid down on the floor as instructed and lostconsciousness. I don't remember the medics coming in, theirexamination, lifting me onto a gurney or getting me into theirambulance, or hearing the call they made to St. Jude ER on the way. Ibriefly awaken when we arrived and saw that the Cardiologist was alreadythere in his surgical blues and cap, helping the medics pull mystretcher out of the ambulance. He was bending over me asking questions(probably something like 'Have you taken any medications?') but Icouldn't make my mind interpret what he was saying, or form an answer,and nodded off again, not waking up until the Cardiologist and partnerhad already threaded the teeny angiogram balloon up my femoral arteryinto the aorta and into my heart where they installed 2 side by sidestents to hold open my right coronary artery.'I know it sounds like all my thinking and actions at home must havetaken at least 20-30 minutes before calling the Paramedics, but actuallyit took perhaps 4-5 minutes before the call, and both the fire stationand St. Jude are only minutes away from my home. My Cardiologist wasalready to go to the OR in his scrubs and get going on restarting myheart (which had stopped somewhere between my arrival and the procedure)and installing the stents.'Why have I written all of this to you with so much detail? Because Iwant all of you who are so important in my life to know what I learnedfirst hand.'1. Be aware that something very different is happening in your body notthe usual men's symptoms but inexplicable things happening (until mysternum and jaws got into the act). It is said that many more womenthan men die of their first (and last) MI because they didn't know theywere having one and commonly mistake it as indigestion, take some Maaloxor other anti-heartburn preparation and go to bed, hoping they'll feelbetter in the morning when they wake up ... which doesn't happen. Myfemale friends, your symptoms might not be exactly like mine, so Iadvise you to call the Paramedics if ANYTHING is unpleasantly happeningthat you've not felt before. It's better to have a 'falsealarm'visitation than to risk your life guessing what it might be!2. Note that I said 'Call the Paramedics.' And if you can take anAspirin. Ladies, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE! Do NOT try to drive yourself to the ER - you are a hazard to otherson the road. Do NOT have your panicked husband who will be speedingand looking anxiously at what's happening with you instead of theroad. Do NOT call your doctor -- he doesn't know where you live andif it's at night you won't reach him anyway, and if it's daytime,his assistants (or answering service) will tell you to call theParamedics. He doesn't carry the equipment in his car that you needto be saved! The Paramedics do, principally OXYGEN that you needASAP. Your Dr. will be notified later.3. Don't assume it couldn't be a heart attack because you have anormal cholesterol count. Research has discovered that a cholesterolelevated reading is rarely the cause of an MI (unless it's unbelievablyhigh and/or accompanied by high blood pressure). MI's are usually causedby long-term stress and inflammation in the body, which dumps all sortsof deadly hormones into your system to sludge things up in there. Painin the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and beaware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive.A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life.**Please be a true friend and send this article to all your friends(male & female) you care about!**>

October 10, 2008

Men have heart attacks mainly by the narrowing of blood vessels through build-up of calcified plaque. Women have heart attacks mainly by inflammation in the blood vessels. Because these vessels do not plaque up as in men, the vessel "heals itself" shut just as your skin would heal a cut. Low cholesterol levels aggravate this condition. High homocysteine, lipoprotein-a and Lipoprotein-b levels contribute to the cause.

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IF YOU HAVE EVER LOVED A WOMAN OR IF YOU ARE AWOMANNURSE'S HEART ATTACK EXPERIENCEI am an ER nurse and this is the best description of this event that Ihave ever heard. Please read, pay attention, and send it on! Diane K. inAZ FEMALE HEART ATTACKSI was aware that female heart attacks are different, but this is thebest description I've ever

read.Women and heart attacks (Myocardial infarction). Did you know thatwomen rarely have the same dramatic symptoms that men have whenexperiencing heart attack ... you know, the sudden stabbing pain in thechest, cold sweat, grabbing the chest & dropping to the floor that wesee in the movies. Here's the story of one woman's experience with aheart attack.'I had a heart attack about 10 :30 PM with NO prior exertion, NO prioremotional trauma that one would suspect might've brought it on.I was sitting all snugly & warm on a cold evening, with my purring catin my lap, reading an interesting story my friend had sent me, andactually thinking, 'A-A-h, this is the life, all cozy and warm in mysoft, cushy Lazy Boy with my feet propped up.A moment later, I felt that awful sensation of indigestion, when you'vebeen in a hurry, grabbed a bite of sandwich and washed it

down with adash of water. That hurried bite seems to feel like you've swallowed agolf ball going down the esophagus in slow motion and it is mostuncomfortable. You realize you shouldn't have gulped it down so fast andneeded to chew it more thoroughly and this time drink a glass of waterto hasten its progress down to the stomach. This was my initialsensation--- the only trouble was that I hadn't taken a bite of anythingsince about 5:00 p.m.After it seemed to subside, the next sensation was like little squeezingmotions that seemed to be racing up my SPINE (hind-sight, it wasprobably my aorta spasming), gaining speed as they continued racing upand under my sternum (breast bone, where one presses rhythmically whenadminist ering CPR)..This fascinating process continued on into my throat and branched outinto both jaws.. 'AHA!! NOW I stopped puzzling about what was happening--

we've all read and/or heard about pain in the jaws being one of thesignals of an MI happening, haven't we? I said aloud to myself and thecat, Dear God, I think I'm having a heart attack!I lowered the footrest dumping the cat from my lap, started to take astep and fell on the floor instead. I thought to myself, If this IS aheart attack , I shouldn't be walking into the next room where thephone is or anywhere else ...on the other hand, if I don't, nobody willknow that I need help, and if I wait any longer I may not be able to getup in a moment.I pulled myself up with the arms of the chair, walked slowly into thenext room and dialed the Paramedics.. . told her I thought I was havinga heart attack due to the pressure building under the sternum andradiating into my jaws. I didn't feel hysterical or afraid, just statingthe facts. She said she was sending the Paramedics over

immediately,asked if the front door was near to me, if so, to unbolt the door thenlie down on the floor where they could see me when they came in.I unlocked the door, laid down on the floor as instructed and lostconsciousness. I don't remember the medics coming in, theirexamination, lifting me onto a gurney or getting me into theirambulance, or hearing the call they made to St. Jude ER on the way. Ibriefly awaken when we arrived and saw that the Cardiologist was alreadythere in his surgical blues and cap, helping the medics pull mystretcher out of the ambulance. He was bending over me asking questions(probably something like 'Have you taken any medications? ') but Icouldn't make my mind interpret what he was saying, or form an answer,and nodded off again, not waking up until the Cardiologist and partnerhad already threaded the teeny angiogram balloon up my femoral arteryinto

the aorta and into my heart where they installed 2 side by sidestents to hold open my right coronary artery.'I know it sounds like all my thinking and actions at home must havetaken at least 20-30 minutes before calling the Paramedics, but actuallyit took perhaps 4-5 minutes before the call, and both the fire stationand St. Jude are only minutes away from my home. My Cardiologist wasalready to go to the OR in his scrubs and get going on restarting myheart (which had stopped somewhere between my arrival and the procedure)and installing the stents..'Why have I written all of this to you with so much detail? Because Iwant all of you who are so important in my life to know what I learnedfirst hand.'1. Be aware that something very different is happening in your body notthe usual men's symptoms but inexplicable things happening (until mysternum and jaws got into

the act). It is said that many more womenthan men die of their first (and last) MI because they didn't know theywere having one and commonly mistake it as indigestion, take some Maaloxor other anti-heartburn preparation and go to bed, hoping they'll feelbetter in the morning when they wake up ... which doesn't happen. Myfemale friends, your symptoms might not be exactly like mine, so Iadvise you to call the Paramedics if ANYTHING is unpleasantly happeningthat you've not felt before. It's better to have a 'falsealarm'visitation than to risk your life guessing what it might be!2. Note that I said 'Call the Paramedics.' And if you can take anAspirin. Ladies, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE! Do NOT try to drive yourself to the ER - you are a hazard to otherson the road. Do NOT have your panicked husband

who will be speedingand looking anxiously at what's happening with you instead of theroad. Do NOT call your doctor -- he doesn't know where you live andif it's at night you won't reach him anyway, and if it's daytime,his assistants (or answering service) will tell you to call theParamedics. He doesn't carry the equipment in his car that you needto be saved! The Paramedics do, principally OXYGEN that you needASAP. Your Dr. will be notified later.3. Don't assume it couldn't be a heart attack because you have anormal cholesterol count. Research has discovered that a cholesterolelevated reading is rarely the cause of an MI (unless it's unbelievablyhigh and/or accompanied by high blood pressure). MI's are usually causedby long-term stress and inflammation in the body, which dumps all sortsof deadly hormones into your system to sludge things up in there. Painin the

jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and beaware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive.A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life.**Please be a true friend and send this article to all your friends(male & female) you care about!**>

October 10, 2008

All disease starts with mineral deficiency.

Bonnie

http://www.managemyownhealth.com

Men have heart attacks mainly by the narrowing of blood vessels through build-up of calcified plaque. Women have heart attacks mainly by inflammation in the blood vessels. Because these vessels do not plaque up as in men, the vessel "heals itself" shut just as your skin would heal a cut. Low cholesterol levels aggravate this condition. High homocysteine, lipoprotein-a and Lipoprotein-b levels contribute to the cause.

October 11, 2008

You are right, but not completely right. The imbalance of minerals and the presence of toxic minerals and chemicals is the cause of most disease.

For instance, zinc is essential for a healthy immune system among other things. An oversupply of zinc will displace copper and result in a decrease in immunity. Too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. All of this is the basis for Orthomolecular Medicine.--- On Fri, 10/10/08, Bonnie <cybermail wrote:

Bonnie <cybermailRe: The Nurse's Heart attack Attack! "PLEASE READ" Date: Friday, October 10, 2008, 12:25 PM

All disease starts with mineral deficiency..

Bonnie

http://www.managemy ownhealth. com

Men have heart attacks mainly by the narrowing of blood vessels through build-up of calcified plaque. Women have heart attacks mainly by inflammation in the blood vessels. Because these vessels do not plaque up as in men, the vessel "heals itself" shut just as your skin would heal a cut. Low cholesterol levels aggravate this condition. High homocysteine, lipoprotein- a and Lipoprotein- b levels contribute to the cause.