Right then bit of a long story so bear with me I'll condense it down, , I'm a 49yo male and in Dec 21 I suffered a mild heart attack! Didn't see that coming but warning signs were there! Three months prior starting in September I was getting odd back pains just below my shoulder blades it was quite random not big pain but a mild ache that sometimes went down both triceps too, felt like a mild kick in the balls type of ache, so I went to doctors in October and he fobbed me off saying its nothing but he did book me in for an xray, that didn't show anything so in Nov I started going to a chiropracter, after four sessions she said there's something wrong here it's not muscular or skeletal, so she wrote to my gp to organise an mri scan, so fast forward to early Dec and we were out for a walk about 1/2 mile from the house when I said I need a sit down and rest, I was getting worried then I was still getting this random back pain too, we carried on and I said I need to go home, felt OK when I got in and laying on the bed, next day I went to work, parked the car up walked 100 yards in and same thing out of breath etc, so phoned the doctors as soon as I could then a few hours later the nurse phoned back and said I gotta go down A and E today, not tomorrow but now as they are heart attack symptoms!! so drove home, only 10 mins away phoned an ambulance which said could take up to 5 hours! So my other half dropped me in, now I was all worked up and I was having chest pains in the car on the way in, got to a and e waiting room and it was there I had a mild heart attack, of all places! They got me in did a blood test and confirmed by troponin levels that I did indeed suffer a mild heart attack, had all sorts of tests over three days in hospital and cut a long story short one of my supply arteries was 90% blocked, had a stent fitted there and then, four months off work and big lifestyle changes to come and tablets for the rest of my life, took me a while to get my head around that!I blame it on BBC1 and BBC2, Beer, Biscuits and Chocolate , Bread, Butter and Cheese! And a bit of bad luck as the cholesterol blockage was all in the one spot, 48 years of eating sh1te basically!
Now I eat much more healthy but still have the odd treat but moderation is the key, I've cut down my alcohol consumption and now I'm only a social drinker. I've lost almost 2 stone and feel better for it, I took up swimming in Jan 21 and went from swimming 1 length to 64 (1mile)! I still go regularly twice a week swimming a mile each time, I do 6 mile runs although I used to run before and also I do 100 doorframe pull ups and chin ups 4-5 times a week, I'm fitter than ever now, I weigh 10.5 stone was in the mid 12s before. I also put a claim in on my life insurance on critical illness and 5 months later in May they paid out! That was a celebration I can say, paid off my mortgage and a nice bit of change too!
So to conclude if anyone has any abnormal back pain don't ignore it get it checked out!
Life's good now and it's definitely changed my outlook for the better.
So here I am writing this in Costa rica about to celebrate my 50th birthday next week!
How often should a heart condition take place.
One year on
HA and further blockages
Aortic stenosis and angina
Update from A&E visit 
