When Life Gives You A Heart Attack

It is a blessing to be alive. I was overweight, and no matter how much weight shaming I received throughout my life, I was always humble and steadfast. I was a nurse and I always thought that heart attacks were an old age thing but after my experience I would only recommend one thing, never self-diagnose. Do not wait till you see the light flashing before your eyes. Get yourself examined properly, even with a slightest scare so that worse could be avoided. All this has been made easier now with the electronic health record software in the market.

It was like any other day, getting summoned at different floors, helping doctors walking round the ward, but I felt more exhausted and stressed out that day.   There was this pressure on my chest so instead of going back to the nursing floor after checking up on a patient, I sat at the corner of his bed. I thought it was because I hadn’t slept for two days but that wasn’t it. I was sweating which wasn’t normal but I still pulled myself together and went on completing my shift.

I managed to make it back home and started looking up my symptoms and all my queries were directed towards a heart disease but I was not willing to believe that. I just needed a good night sleep.

The next day was worse I was sweating like crazy and there was pain in my chest with a burning sensation. I came home early and the last thing I remember was, somebody knocked at the door and I stood up. I woke up with IV’s in my arm. I was lucky that the guy outside the door heard something fall inside. He forced himself in and called the ambulance.

When life gives you lemons you make lemonade but when life gives you a heart attack you better reconsider your life choices and tell the tale so that others don’t fall victim (by avoiding the symptoms or thinking that cardiovascular disease are an old age thing) to a silent heart disease leading to a heart attack.