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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 77599"><p>It's so frustrating. I was feeling really bad for a long time and was just blown off time and again and it was just getting progressively worse to the point that I was barely functional. In fact, I had put a sheet of paper in my desk at work with emergency contact info on it because I was feeling so poorly and was afraid something might happen. I was thinking it was about a year or so ago. I pulled it out the other day. It had the numbers of the elementary and middle schools on it which means difficult child was in 4th grade and easy child was in 8th. They are now in 7th and 11th, respectively. That means, I had been feeling that bad for at least 2 1/2 years!</p><p></p><p>In the end I was very lucky. I had a minor heart attack with no permanent heart damage. With the amount of blockages I had, the doctor's said I should have had a massive heart attack resulting in permanent disability or death. If I hadn't gone to the hospital when I did, it probably would have escalated to that point. I almost didn't go because I had just been blown off so many times by doctors and was worried that the doctor's would think I was just a hypochondriac. *I* was beginning to think maybe I was. I no longer care what they think. I know my body.</p><p></p><p>I've talked to so many women who have expressed the same concerns. One woman has had 3 heart attacks and her doctor still insists it's reflux every time she complains of angina. The last time that happened, she had a heart attack 3 days later. She says she's instructed her sister to have her headstone inscribed with, "I told you it wasn't reflux."</p><p></p><p>We have to educate ourselves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 77599"] It's so frustrating. I was feeling really bad for a long time and was just blown off time and again and it was just getting progressively worse to the point that I was barely functional. In fact, I had put a sheet of paper in my desk at work with emergency contact info on it because I was feeling so poorly and was afraid something might happen. I was thinking it was about a year or so ago. I pulled it out the other day. It had the numbers of the elementary and middle schools on it which means difficult child was in 4th grade and easy child was in 8th. They are now in 7th and 11th, respectively. That means, I had been feeling that bad for at least 2 1/2 years! In the end I was very lucky. I had a minor heart attack with no permanent heart damage. With the amount of blockages I had, the doctor's said I should have had a massive heart attack resulting in permanent disability or death. If I hadn't gone to the hospital when I did, it probably would have escalated to that point. I almost didn't go because I had just been blown off so many times by doctors and was worried that the doctor's would think I was just a hypochondriac. *I* was beginning to think maybe I was. I no longer care what they think. I know my body. I've talked to so many women who have expressed the same concerns. One woman has had 3 heart attacks and her doctor still insists it's reflux every time she complains of angina. The last time that happened, she had a heart attack 3 days later. She says she's instructed her sister to have her headstone inscribed with, "I told you it wasn't reflux." We have to educate ourselves. [/QUOTE]
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