Survivor hopes his experience helps someone else recognize heart attack symptoms

If you were having a heart attack, would you be able to recognize the symptoms, or would you be in denial? One man hopes his experience serves as a warning to others.

[dommedanielle]

My boss ate healthy and was a long distance runner his entire life. He had his first heart attack at 52. His brother who drank alcohol regularly and didn’t care to watch what he ate had his heart attack at the same age. Sometimes we just don’t know.

[IDontWannaHandleYT]

Last thanksgiving I went to the hospital due to chest pain, left arm was numb, a very strange sensation in my chest by the time I got to the hospital. It turned out to be nothing. $2, 000 later, I’ll be forever scared to get it checked out again.

[rogerquirantes]

I suffer from anxiety chest pains . I always get worried about heart attacks. Glad you ok.

[davidburns]

Back in July I had a slight burning pain in the upper left part of my chest. I had been moving some sheets of plywood around and I thought I had strained a muscle. The next day I felt fine. Went outside and did some work around the farm and the same pain returned. Went in and took a shower. Got out of the shower and felt fine, then it hit me. The pain in my chest was bad enough but my left arm felt like it was being crushed. My wife drove me to the emergency room at a high rate of speed. Heart attack. Two stents later I feel fine. Considering my family history, I feel lucky to be alive. My Dad died at 54 and my older brother at 59 with heart attacks. PS: All told the hospital bill was just under $ 100, 000.00

[BamaDan]

Just had a heart attack 5 days ago.I had been to the grocery store to help my Mother get her groceries. That was hard enough. Then getting back and unloading them felt like I was dying. I would carry a load in and have to sit down and catch my breath, then go for one more trip. When I brought the second load in I told my Mother I had to stop and sit down for a while and she would have to get the rest. I sat there for close to an hour hoping it would get better. It didn't. Told my Mother to cal 911 and she took me to the ER instead. I was having extreme pain in the center of my chest and tightness. On the way to the ER I was having trouble breathing. Not sure if it was the heart attack or a panic attack because I was hurting so bad, or both. Both hands went numb but that could be because I was clinching them so tight from the pain I was in. Very scary. They put one stent in but couldn't fix the other two. The one they call the widow maker was 99% blocked. Doc put me on new blood pressure meds, heart meds and a blood thinner. Hopefully things will get better with diet and what exercise I can do but I'm still in danger of the other 2 that couldn't be fixed.

[defeatthematrix]

I used to consume a lot of soda daily, and I also drank an energy drink from time to time and I was also a smoker, and a week ago, I felt a little pain on the left side of my chest and I didn't think it was serious, and a few hours later I got angry and out of the blue I feel that my heart hurts a lot, I sat down and thought I was going to die that evening, my luck is that my nephew and sister were at home, she took me to the emergency room and I stayed there all night, and my left hand hurt for several days, It was like my left hand was paralyzed. those who say that the heart attack doesn't hurt are lying, the heart attack hurts a lot, I don't want to experience that pain again for the rest of my life. I'm young, I'm 26 years old and I thought that soda and cigarettes couldn't kill me, but I was wrong and I almost died.

[anthonylomasney]

Went to the hospital with severe chest pain, racing heart, confusion. Actually thought I was dying. Rushed to the ER. They freaked out and started checking me immediately, EKG, CHEST X-rays, blood tests, etc…. They then told me that I was just stressed and I should cut back on caffeine.

[rolandemorgan]

I had left arm pain chest and back pain. Drove myself to ER saved my life.😊

[ralphcantrell]

A different kind of classic heart attack causes a "numb" sensation across the entire chest cavity with no numbness at all or loss of function in either arm, and a slight numbness in the throat, including a slight sensation of loss of voice.

[CelestialTrailblazer]

Heart attack survivor says doctors blamed symptoms on anxiety

[Guthrie]

If I have a heart attack or heart failure I'm not going in to the hospital with treatment

[sweetlife]

That dr. Would give me a heart attack too 🌹

[lameas]

I just had a major. The most painful experience and I HAD NO IDEA IT WAS A HEART ATTACK.

[Star-vgix]

My mom couldn't breathe and she had severe back and abdominal pain when she was having a heart attack.

[roberttrout]

My issue is if I think about the symptoms of a heart attack or some type of medical issue.Ill start feeling the symptoms 60 sec later and freak myself out for a good 5 hours

[randomthoughtstoday]

The video kind of misses one major point of more emphasis, he was a smoker. That's one the major causes

[amarikristopher]

I recently have been told my cholesterol is so high it's 139. Which is not good. It's risks of a heart attack. Left arm was numb weak and heavy, I already have bad anxiety so, , I'm also sweating a lot more due to my anemia, and worse of all, chest pains, especially pain where my heart is. Sucks more having depression so I dunno if I should just accept my fate or continue to struggle despite God telling me I should give up.

[risquecat]

For me, I was feeling like my heart was double skipping every 10 beats. But it comes and goes. I bought me a statoscope and sure enough, not only I can feel it, now I can hear it. Then one day, I wasn't feeling well and was kind of short of breath. Went to the emergency room, went to the observation room, and the nurse plug me in to a heart machine, EKG ( I think that's what you call it) 3 hours I stayed there and the head nurse said " We see nothing wrong ". Went home and the irregular beat started again. This went back and forth with the nurses and doctors telling them 3 months that something ain't right. Went for my usual physical exam and right there that damn skipping started again. When the nurse walked in, I told her " before anything else, please listen to my heart beat for at least a minute. She listened and said something is there, took a heart test ( don't know what is called but the testy only took 2 minutes and saw the dip in the paper graph. Went to the emergency, got cat scan/mri, stress test where they gave a shot to act like I've been running, and found out one of the artery is 95% blockage. And that is considered a mild heart attack. That was in July 2023. Now I'm having the same feeling in April 2024.

[caiz]

I always tell doctors something is wrong with me but my ecg always comes back normal but I know what anxiety feels like I’m not feeling anxious

[shivling-cxjf]

I'm having same symptoms, holiday not yet granted by my branch and HR what to do, how long can I continue to work, when is the last time I can visit doctor 😢