Phil had a heart attack on Monday. No radiating pain just severe pain in the centre of his chest.He insisted it cant be a heart attack and that it was just heartburn or something. After an hour or arguing and waiting to see if the chewable heartburn pills eased it off I rang 000 and put him in the car and headed to our local ambo station 15kms away. This is a vollie station so it could have taken 30 minutes to get to us due to roadworks and having to find a crew. The ambos arrived a few minutes after us and had him in the van and started treatment before transferring him to Joondalup. As he had no radiating pain just severe worsening pain, greyness and clammy even the cardio team weren't sure. After hours of medication and every test known to man then all repeated again they finally came up with that yes it was a heart attack and whipped him off for an angiogram and he had a stent fitted. He said that within minutes that 15ton elephant standing on him had gone. He was lucky that I over rode him and got help when I did or the results would have been a lot worse. They said that sometimes there is no radiating pain but if the pain continues or gets worse you should always seek medical attention. They would rather treat you for heartburn than bury you.
Hopefully he will be home this arvo but 3 weeks of complete rest and no driving is going to kill him . After 50 years together we will get thru this but if he ticks me off too much all bets will be off!!
So if you have any chest pain please get it checked. Dont be tough. get it checked out.
sorry to hear about Phils attack but im glad he is ok now
when he gets home im sure you will take care of him
make sure he does as the doctors (and you ) say and that he goes to the
follow up appointments
best wishes
Brian and Jan
With my late husband's first heat attack, no pain, just dizziness, nausea, hot and cold chills. He came home, went to dr's, they did a few tests and sent him home. He went to work the next day, felt fine, the dr rang home, and said he has had a heart attack, I want him in hospital today - like NOW! Before mobile phones, so had to do a call around some of his workmates to find him, found him eventually, told him, he drove from Port Melbourne to Frankston Hospital, they rang me. All was fine that time. Next one was a bit more severe, but he survived it, and got a stent.
Phil will be fine, I am sure Sue, see you soon, at Head of Bight
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jules "Love is good for the human being!!" (Ben, aged 10)
Hi Sue. {Phil's heart do sounds exactly like mine (last Oct). Just severe pain in mid chest region. We did call ambos & then once we got to Bundaberg hospital I was flown to Nambour hosp. in a helicopter & a stent inserted there. Been ok since so hopefully Phil will be fine. Best regards to you & Phil.
He is home now, whinging about having to stay indoors and doing nothing!! Len has cut short his holiday, he was up near Port Hedland area on a slow meander south when I let him know and he turned up at lunch time today to take over Phils jobs and to sit on him when he gets out of hand!! We have jigsaws and lots of puzzle books and he can supervise Len occasionally so hopefully we will get thru this period . Once he is allowed to potter (after a whole week!!) things will improve. One neighbour has offered gaffa tape to tape him to his chair, another has a lump of 4 x 2 ready to sedate him and lots of other creative offers from friends and neighbours who all know that he cant sit and do nothing!!
Yes, us blokes can sometimes be too casual. I had a triple bypass in 2002, and after all the excitement my Specialist said that I had had several Heart Attacks previously. Then the penny dropped, I was working at Dampier Salt about 70 Kms north of Carnarvon, right out in the sticks. On many occasions I had severe chest pains and just thought it's angina and carried on doing my job as a Maintenance fitter. Knowing what I know today, I can only say I am BLOODY lucky.
