Heart Attack
@nanette64 (20364)
Fairfield, Texas
March 5, 2020 1:05pm CST
My chest (under the Sternum) has been hurting for about a month so I've been taking an aspirin a couple of times a day for it to stop. I ran out of aspirin on Saturday so when I went into my pharmacy on Tuesday to pick up a lot of my other meds, I grabbed a bottle of aspirin (since my SS check finally showed up).
I was dizzy and my chest was killing me; so I asked the girls to open the bottle of aspirin and get me some water (since I was hanging onto the counter to keep from fainting). It took 20 minutes but I was okay.
I saw the doctor this morning and he did an EKG and apparently I've had a heart attack within the last 2 years (since that was the last EKG that I had and it was fine.)
He's sending me to Jacksonville, Tx (which is about an hour or so from my place) to get a specialized test but in the mean time, he ordered some Metoprolol Succinate Er and some Nitroglycerin tablets to deal with the continuing chest pains.
Gee; I wonder if I will make it to my BD at the end of April.
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@LadyDuck (458689)
• Switzerland
7 Mar 20
@nanette64 Oh my goodness, send away those horrible thoughts.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
7 Mar 20
@LadyDuck I'm just mad because I can't do all the things I use to do because of the physical disabilities. Just cleaning the house is a pain in the butt.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
7 Mar 20
Sometimes when I go to bed at night I tell myself, "Please don't wake up." @LadyDuck
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
13 Apr 20
Even though I take BP meds; my pressure is all over the place @CarolDM .
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
13 Apr 20
@CarolDM He wants me to have some specialized heart tests done. I'm really pissed at him because he just moved his office from being only 3 miles from me to 45 miles away.
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@CarolDM (203451)
• Nashville, Tennessee
13 Apr 20
@nanette64 Maybe you need to see your doctor again. If you take meds, it should be normal. The dosage has to be adjusted sometimes.
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@marguicha (215640)
• Chile
5 Mar 20
I´m glad you went to the doctor. He know best what to do.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
5 Mar 20
I'm just glad it wasn't a "knock me down, in the hospital" one @marguicha .
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
6 Mar 20
@marguicha I know. Just another challenge in my life.
@rebelann (111235)
• El Paso, Texas
7 Mar 20
You never know @nanette64 just don't tempt fate.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
6 Mar 20
Yeah; my Momma lived to be 77, my Dad 88 and my daughter said I should live to be 99 (all double digits). I told her to lay off the Scotch; she was nuts. LMAO.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
6 Mar 20
I'm in so much pain all the time @JudyEv that I tend to blow off a lot of it that occurs.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
7 Mar 20
@JudyEv 
Oh I love that one; I'm gonna have to remember it.
Oh I love that one; I'm gonna have to remember it.1 person likes this
@JudyEv (326102)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Mar 20
@nanette64 I'm sorry to hear that. I would be like a bear with a sore head if I were in chronic pain.
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@Courtlynn (66918)
• United States
5 Mar 20
Yikes! So glad you got to see your doctor and found that out so you have answers and. Hopefully get better.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
6 Mar 20
Yeah, it came as a surprise @Courtlynn ; that's for sure. Considering all my blood work came back normal except for the HDL (cholesterol), who would have thought.
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@Courtlynn (66918)
• United States
6 Mar 20
@nanette64 surely not me. But then I'm not a doctor lol
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
6 Mar 20
Thank you @kanuck1 ; I'll give it a shot.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
18 Mar 20
Thank you @Stefoo ; I appreciate it.
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