Early the other morning I woke up feeling nauseous, lightheaded, cold, clammy and ill. I never felt that way before so I called for an ambulance to take me to the emergency room. I always remember that women present themselves differently when it comes to heart problems.
Arriving to the ER my vitals were taken and blood drawn. The ER doctor came in to go over the information. He told me that my white blood count was slightly lower and that I was slightly anemic. He asked me to describe exactly what I had experienced during the early morning hours. He listened very carefully and said that he was going to order more blood work and an EKG. When all the tests were done the doctor came in to the room to discuss the findings. He told me that, not only was the EKG from a previous one, but the blood work ( specifically the HS-troponin) was also different. He told me he was calling in the cardiology team to go over all these findings. After many more blood tests the cardiology team said that I needed a catherizaton. I was totally shocked. They rushed me into the cath lab and started the procedure. It turned out that one of my arteries had a clot which broke. (I am not using the correct medical terms). The cardiologist checked all the other arteries and everything else was fine. The doctor felt that what I experienced was when the clot broke.
How fortunate was I to have a wonderful ER doctor.
Bottom line: if something doesn’t seem right get checked out.
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And added to that bottom line - don't be in denial and don't put it off!!! All the best after your trip to the cath lab - I was about to go in for a pacemaker when someone like you jumped the queue having been helicoptered in! I'm waiting for another planned procedure in the next few months - knowing my luck it'll happen again.
Your intuition served you well , good to hear you got the right treatment are recovering and took the time to share your experience you have been brave it all sounded very serious take good care
Good job you acted on your inner voice.All the very best for a good recovery. 💐
So glad you found out what it was so quickly and that your doctor was so brilliant. Here's wishing you an excellent recovery. Thank you for warning others.
I’m glad that you’re ok now, Marsh37. It must have been very worrying for you at the time.
funnily enough, as I was reading more of your post I immediately thought this lady doesn’t live in the UK. You’d have been waiting somewhere on a bed for several hours before being seen🤨
Unlikely with central chest pain delivered by ambulance - even now that is an emergency, the troponin would have been taken and evaluated quickly. The wait would have been for an ambulance if you were unlucky.
I hope you are now recovering well. Woman’s intuition also helps: you know when something is very different and not right. Thank goodness you got help quickly.
Well done you for listening to your body and intuition. I'm so glad you had a great ER doc as I've had to deal with many different ones over the last week, the last one being the best one yet. Take care.
I echo that thought, Author J. I was chatting to my brother (phone) this evening and we were saying how life of late seems to have been one long round of appointments, Consultants, scans etc. It would be so easy to give up and think, I'll wait and see...NOT a good idea, but easily done, I fear. Am so glad that Marsh37 acted appropriately and shared it with us😃
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