I had a heart attack this weekend...please, please read.

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  • stefanieceleste0530
    stefanieceleste0530 Posts: 177 Member
    Wow! So glad you're ok! Take care of yourself!!
  • Sumo813
    Sumo813 Posts: 566 Member
    all the ppl MUST take exercising seriously....
    I had this cousin, he was my age.. sooo into fitness and going to the gym and doing weights everyday. His heart couldnt handle and he died one hour after his workout.
    Glad and happy you are still with us!, but please to all the ppl that exercise a lot, specially if you do weights, take it seriously, go to the doctor and hire a personal trainer if possible.

    There was an article in Men's Health about the stress that marathon runners put on their heart... pretty scary that being "fit" can actually be harmful to our healthy. Sorry to hear of your cousin. But hopefully people understand the message and listen to their body.
  • Justacoffeenut
    Justacoffeenut Posts: 3,749 Member
    Glad you got to the doctor in time. Hope you will recover quickly. And hope everyone else is safe and listens to there bodies.
  • Papillon22
    Papillon22 Posts: 1,160 Member
    I'm glad you're ok!
  • Donnacoach
    Donnacoach Posts: 540 Member
    Glad you are still with us. Take care of you.
  • w8sarge
    w8sarge Posts: 4,100 Member
    Glad you are OK. Don't worry about being on meds for a very long time, just concentrate on feeling better. Things can change for the better bit by bit just like we all learn here on mfp.

    You did everyone a great service by posting your story. Best wishes for a full recovery and renewed health.
  • SwimTheButterfly
    SwimTheButterfly Posts: 265 Member
    I am glad you shared this and that you went to the ER. Good to hear that you are recovering. I hope you slowly work back to working out.

    Yeah, it is really hard to know when that will happen. We had a friend die a year ago who was NEVER overweight. He had normal blood pressure. He was a FIREFIGHTER and was running about 110miles a month. He had every test in the world while getting checked before becoming a firefighter...treadmill blood oxygen levels, blood tests, EKGS,....everything except a CAT scan & MRI..which were the only ways they could have found his blocked arteries...he died while running a cross country road race here in Oregon. One minute our friend Joe Brooks was alive..the next dead. There are no guarantees in this life.

    I constantly monitor my HR while working out. I am obese, but work out hard. But I have worked up to that. One must elevate the heart rate to burn fat and one must elevate the heart rate to improve the heart rate.

    Exercise can improve and prevent a heart attack. A study done by a German Cardiologist: Rainer Hembrecht found that heart patients who exercised could improve heart function to a greater degree than those who did not exercise but got a heart stent or other medical technology intervention. This year long study showed that those heart patients who exercised had an 88% rate of NO incidents, as opposed to those who had medical intervention, who had a rate of 70% of no incident after the medical procedure.


    " Regular exercise in patients with stable coronary artery disease has been shown to improve myocardial perfusion and to retard disease progression. We therefore conducted a randomized study to compare the effects of exercise training versus standard percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stenting on clinical symptoms, angina-free exercise capacity, myocardial perfusion, cost-effectiveness, and frequency of a combined clinical end point (death of cardiac cause, stroke, CABG, angioplasty, acute myocardial infarction, and worsening angina with objective evidence resulting in hospitalization)."

    Here is the link to the study Rainer Hembrecht study: http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/109/11/1371

    Here is a great lecture about the benefits of exercising, even just 1/2 hour a day, by Dr. Evans:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUaInS6HIGo
  • ser0630
    ser0630 Posts: 223
    Glad to hear that you're okay! That is scary. Speaking of that, you're the second person I've heard of that has had a heart attack--even when working out regularly. A friend's dad was a regular runner for 25 years and is now having issues with his heart.
  • Kristinemomof3
    Kristinemomof3 Posts: 636 Member
    That is scary. Did the doc say anything could have prevented it?

    Nope, it may have jst been a fluke. No way of knowing for sure, but said lighter exercise from now on. Hopefully I can go home tomorrow.
  • JoolieW68
    JoolieW68 Posts: 1,879 Member
    Very glad you are ok!

    I had a heart scare recently, too, and immediately had it checked out and after an echocardiogram got a clean bill of health. I also have reflux and a hiatal hernia, both of which can cause pain I the chest, so I am extra vigilant about knowing if a pain hits when to have it checked out.
  • themedalist
    themedalist Posts: 3,218 Member
    Thank you so much for posting this...you may indeed have saved some lives today. So happy to hear you are still with us! As an avid walker, I can tell you walking can be great exercise. We have a MFP group: Walkers United
  • babygurl48
    babygurl48 Posts: 1,237 Member
    Glad u are ok and are still with us!
  • Nette_54
    Nette_54 Posts: 265 Member
    So pleased they found out what it was and that you went to the ER, a lot of people would of brushed it off me included. I had heart trouble one night and put it down to stress and was going to just go to bed but it got so bad I went to the hospital and it turns out I have a genetic heart condition call Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome so I too have to be careful and have to remind myself not to over do it. I really feel for you as it is a scary experience, I am happy to hear you are going to be okay and thank you for sharing as it is important for people to know these things
  • Kristinemomof3
    Kristinemomof3 Posts: 636 Member
    Thank you so much for posting this...you may indeed have saved some lives today. So happy to hear you are still with us! As an avid walker, I can tell you walking can be great exercise. We have a MFP group: Walkers United

    Thanks, I love to walk and have always done that. It was in October that I kicked it ip a little bit and started do Turbo Jam and then Chalean. I would rather just get a refund while I still can and just go with something lighter. I do plan to do rehab, they had already talked to me about that.
  • jfan175
    jfan175 Posts: 812 Member
    A post like this can save a life! Thank you.
  • debilyn574
    debilyn574 Posts: 92 Member
    Wanted to make sure as many people as possible see this. Glad you went to the ER and will be ok!
  • scg7932
    scg7932 Posts: 1
    I also had a heart attack just last week. Although I have lost over 100 lbs in the last 8 years, I still have around 50 that needs to go bye-bye. The good news was there was no blockage in the main arteries. However there were some in the smaller ones. Although only 1% of my heart was affected, I am too on medicines forever now. Also, that 1% can cause heart attacks.

    Ladies, if you have pressure in your chest, pain in your shoulder and back, pain in your neck and jaw and this is pain or a sensation that you have never dealt with or you think is "weird" then GO GO GO to the ER. Being wrong is better than being gone!!!!!

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