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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 134477"><p>Lisa - </p><p></p><p>I know what you mean. We see people on tv or in the movies grabbing their chest and falling to the ground and the reality is much less dramatic.</p><p></p><p>I have unstable angina, which means I have angina at rest. However, when I had my heart attack, the pain was definitely much worse with exertion and would ease - but not go completely away - at rest.</p><p></p><p>Like you, I went out to dinner and picked at my food. My symptoms started on Friday night and I didn't go to the ER until Monday evening. I went out to dinner on Saturday (and to wallie world - LOL - are we twins?) and even took difficult child to the doctor 30 minutes away on Monday. The burping is what threw me. I figured I would go to the ER and get a script for Nexium. But, a friend convinced me to go. By that time, I had the symptoms at rest, but they were barely noticeable compared to when I was moving. I think when I couldn't walk across the living room without the pain intensifying and feeling like I couldn't breathe is what finally convinced me to go. Even then I felt like I was being dramatic.</p><p></p><p>The thing is when you have a chronic disease like you have, you're used to not feeling so great a lot of the time. I had felt so bad for so long, too, that it's hard to gauge just how bad the symptoms really are. If you're walking around with no issues you're going to feel the symptoms more strongly than someone who has been sick for a long time. </p><p></p><p>And the timing was terrible. easy child had OGT's that week that I was in the hospital (and I was only in for that long because of the hemorrhage - otherwise I would have been home Tuesday night), I had to make arrangements for difficult child to stay with a friend on top of making arrangements for easy child to get to his tests. difficult child was spiraling at that time and I was worried how this was going to affect her. My mom was supposed to be leaving to visit my brother in Georgia. Who was going to take care of the pets? What about my job? I worked for a CPA firm and managed to have my heart attack during tax season. These are all things we're thinking about instead of thinking about ourselves.</p><p></p><p>The reality is, the world is not going to come to a screeching halt if we are down for a few days or even weeks. Nothing that happens during that time is unfixable. </p><p></p><p>If it makes you feel better, unless you have complications, you go home the same day as an angiogram or within 24 hours. You wouldn't be gone from home for long.</p><p></p><p>(((((hugs)))))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 134477"] Lisa - I know what you mean. We see people on tv or in the movies grabbing their chest and falling to the ground and the reality is much less dramatic. I have unstable angina, which means I have angina at rest. However, when I had my heart attack, the pain was definitely much worse with exertion and would ease - but not go completely away - at rest. Like you, I went out to dinner and picked at my food. My symptoms started on Friday night and I didn't go to the ER until Monday evening. I went out to dinner on Saturday (and to wallie world - LOL - are we twins?) and even took difficult child to the doctor 30 minutes away on Monday. The burping is what threw me. I figured I would go to the ER and get a script for Nexium. But, a friend convinced me to go. By that time, I had the symptoms at rest, but they were barely noticeable compared to when I was moving. I think when I couldn't walk across the living room without the pain intensifying and feeling like I couldn't breathe is what finally convinced me to go. Even then I felt like I was being dramatic. The thing is when you have a chronic disease like you have, you're used to not feeling so great a lot of the time. I had felt so bad for so long, too, that it's hard to gauge just how bad the symptoms really are. If you're walking around with no issues you're going to feel the symptoms more strongly than someone who has been sick for a long time. And the timing was terrible. easy child had OGT's that week that I was in the hospital (and I was only in for that long because of the hemorrhage - otherwise I would have been home Tuesday night), I had to make arrangements for difficult child to stay with a friend on top of making arrangements for easy child to get to his tests. difficult child was spiraling at that time and I was worried how this was going to affect her. My mom was supposed to be leaving to visit my brother in Georgia. Who was going to take care of the pets? What about my job? I worked for a CPA firm and managed to have my heart attack during tax season. These are all things we're thinking about instead of thinking about ourselves. The reality is, the world is not going to come to a screeching halt if we are down for a few days or even weeks. Nothing that happens during that time is unfixable. If it makes you feel better, unless you have complications, you go home the same day as an angiogram or within 24 hours. You wouldn't be gone from home for long. (((((hugs))))) [/QUOTE]
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