FW: NO prior emotional trauma // this could save you!!! Marty

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please read and send to all your friends, it could save your life!

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danielle

 

 

 

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> NO prior emotional trauma // this could save you!!! Marty

>

>

> I've meant to send this to my women friends to warn

> them that it's true that women rarely have the same

> dramatic symptoms that men have when experiencing a

> heart attack...you know, the sudden stabbing pain in

> the chest, the cold sweat, grabbing the chest &

> dropping to the floor that we see in the movies. I had

> a completely unexpected heart attack at about 10:30 pm

> with NO prior exertion, NO prior emotional trauma that

> one would suspect might've brought it on.

>

> I was sitting all snugly & warm on a cold evening,

> with my purring cat in my lap, reading an interesting

> story my friend had sent me, and actually thinking, " A-

> A-h, this is the life, all cozy and warm in my soft,

> cushy Lazy Boy with my feet propped up. " A moment

> later, I felt that awful sensation of indigestion,

> when you've been in a hurry and grabbed a bite of

> sandwich and washed it down with a dash of water, and

> that hurried bite seems to feel like you've swallowed

> a golf ball going down the esophagus in slow motion

> and it is most uncomfortable. You realize you

> shouldn't have gulped it down so fast and needed to

> chew it more thoroughly and this time drink a glass of

> water to hasten its progress down to the stomach. This

> was my initial sensation--- the only trouble was that

> I hadn't taken a bite of anything since about 5:00

> p.m. After that had seemed to subside, the next

> sensation was like little squeezing motions that

> seemed to be racing up my SPINE (hind-sight, it was

> probably my aorta spasming), gaining speed as they

> continued racing up and under my sternum (breast bone,

> where one presses rhythmically when adminstering CPR).

> This fascinating process continued on into my throat

> and branched out into both jaws. AHA!! NOW I stopped

> puzzling about what was happening--we all have read

> and/or heard about pain in the jaws being one of the

> signals of an MI happening, haven't we?

>

> I said aloud to myself and the cat, " Dear God, I think

> I'm having a heart attack ! " I lowered the foot rest,

> dumping the cat from my lap, started to take a step

> and fell on the floor instead. I thought to myself " If

> this is a heart attack, I shouldn't be walking into

> the next room where the phone is or anywhere

> else.......but, on the other hand, if I don't, nobody

> will know that I need help, and if I wait any longer I

> may not be able to get up in moment. " I pulled myself

> up with the arms of the chair, walked slowly into the

> next room and dialed the Paramedics.. . I told her I

> thought I was having a heart attack due to the

> pressure building under the sternum and radiating into

> my jaws. I didn't feel hysterical or afraid, just

> stating the facts. She said she was sending the

> Paramedics over immediately, asked if the front door

> was near to me, and if so, to unbolt the door and then

> lie down on the floor where they could see me when

> they came in. I then laid down on the floor as

> instructed and lost consciousness, as I don't remember

> the medics coming in, their examination, lifting me

> onto a guerny or getting me into their ambulance, or

> hearing the call they made to St. Jude ER on the way,

> but I did briefly awaken when we arrived and saw that

> the Cardiologist was already there in his surgical

> blues and cap, helping the medics pull my stretcher

> out of the ambulance. He was bending over me asking

> questions (probably something like " Have you taken

> any medications? " ) but I couldn't make my mind

> interpret what he was saying, or form an answer, and

> nodded off again, not waking up until the Cardiologist

> and partner had already threaded the teeny angiogram

> balloon up my femoral artery into the aorta and into

> my heart where they installed 2 side by side stents to

> hold open my right coronary artery.

>

> I know it sounds like all my thinking and actions at

> home must have taken at least 20-30 minutes before

> calling the Paramedics, but actually it took perhaps

> 4-5 minutes before the call, and both the fire station

> and St. Jude are only minutes away from my home, and

> my Cardiologist was already to go to the OR in his

> scrubs and get going on restarting my heart (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 I want all of you who are so

> important in my life to know what I learned first

> hand.

>

> 1. Be aware that something very different is happening

> in your body .not the usual men's symptoms, but

> inexplicable things happening (until my sternum and

> jaws got into the act ). It is said that many more

> women than men die of their first (and last) MI

> because they didn't know they were having one, and

> commonly mistake it as indigestion, take some Maalox

> or other anti-heartburn " preparation, and go to bed,

> hoping they'll feel better in the morning when they

> wake up....which doesn't happen. My female friends,

> your symptoms might not be exactly like mine, so I

> advise you to call the Paramedics if ANYTHING is

> unpleasantly happening that you've not felt before. It

> is better to have a " false alarm " visitation than to

> risk your life guessing what it might be!

>

> 2. Note that I said " Call the Paramedics " . Ladies,

> TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE! Do NOT try to drive yourself

> to the ER--you're a hazard to others on the road, and

> so is your panicked husband who will be speeding and

> looking anxiously at what's happening with you instead

> of the road.

> Do NOT call your doctor--he doesn't know where you

> live and if 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 the Paramedics. He

> doesn't carry the equipment in his car that you need

> to be saved! The Paramedics do, principally OXYGEN

> that you need ASAP. Your Dr. will be notified later.

> 3. Don't assume it couldn't be a heart attack because

> you have a normal cholesterol count. Research has

> discovered that a cholesterol elevated reading is

> rarely the cause of an MI (unless it's unbelievably

> high,and/or accompanied by high blood pressure.)

> MI's are usually caused by long-term stress and

> inflammation in the body, which dumps all sorts of

> deadly hormones into your system to sludge things up

> in there.

>

>

> Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's

> be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better

> chance we could survive...

>

> A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail

> sends it to 10 people, 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 you care about**

>

>

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[Guest guest]

, " pete and danielle "

<wrathchilde wrote

 

The more we know, the better chance we could survive...

 

While this may be true, it is not the description of the " symptoms "

which provides the knowledge to survive this sort of episode, it is

educating yourself in the types of antioxidants which will protect and

sustain you to the point where you will literally NEVER have to ENDURE

The sordid scenario outlined in the previous message or even have to

consider a trip to the ER or making this call to 9-11!! This is an

alternative medicine forum, Pullllleeeeze!!

We don't visit cardiologists, remember????

 

> > A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail

> > sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save

> > at least one life.

 

These are the antioxidants that will save you from any unnecessary

trips to the ER and the ensuing " drug addiction " ...

Take these on a daily basis and you will never have to worry!

 

Bypassing Surgery through Nutrition...

 

CoEnzyme Q10 - Energizes the heart cells

CoQ10 - For Heart Recovery

 

Magnesium - Boost heart energy, improves heart rhythem and lowers

blood pressure

 

L-Carnitine - Increases the heart's ability to make use of energy

 

Vitamin E & C - Preserves and protects and heart and circulatory system

 

Garlic - Blood thinner, lacks aspirin's harmful side effects

 

B Vitamins - Folic acid, B=-6 and B-12

 

B-3 - may cause a flush in large doses however is extremely effective

in lowering LDL levels and preventing deadly oxidation

 

Norwegian Fish Oil

 

Selenium - Protects against inflammation caused by free radicals.

 

Dr. Michael Murray, a naturopathic physician also advises Gingko and

Hawthorn Berry, two herbs which protect against stroke.

He suggests they have very good results in the early stages of heart

failure!!

 

 

> > **Please be a true friend and send this article to all

> > your friends you care about**

 

 

Please DON'T! These are just a few of the " scare tactics " utilized by

allopathic medicine. It is totally unnecessary to read this when we

are already beseiged by false advertising on TV and unlimited

pharmaceutical ads. IT is everywhere,.....in magazines,ad finitum...

Just reading it may bring it on... certainly speeds it up anyway! <LOL

 

JG

[Guest guest]

Jo Anne ,

those supplement /herb recommendations DO WORK! Been there and done that!!!

Nora G

 

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JoAnn Guest

Saturday, April 07, 2007 5:19 PM

Re: FW: NO prior emotional trauma //

this could save you!!! Marty

 

 

, " pete and danielle "

<wrathchilde wrote

 

The more we know, the better chance we could survive...

 

While this may be true, it is not the description of the " symptoms "

[Guest guest]

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Nora Gottlieb

 

Monday, April 09, 2007 3:44 PM

Re: Re: FW: NO prior emotional trauma //

this could save you!!! Marty

 

 

Jo Anne ,

those supplement /herb recommendations DO WORK! Been there and done that!!! Nora

G

 

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JoAnn Guest

 

Saturday, April 07, 2007 5:19 PM

Re: FW: NO prior emotional trauma // this

could save you!!! Marty

 

, " pete and danielle "

<wrathchilde wrote

 

The more we know, the better chance we could survive...

 

While this may be true, it is not the description of the " symptoms "