Coping With Heart Attack

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Massive Coronary Survivor
by: Amy on Thu, Sep 11 2008

God willing, it will be 2 years on Nov. 21, 08 that I will have survived a massive coronary. I had 100% blockage in the LAD and was care flighted to a city hospital. It was the most terrifying experience of my life.

My problem is I live every day scared that I’m going to die. The surgeon told me that if I smoked and had another one that I would die. I was able to stop smoking for the first 4 or 5 months after my M.I. but became so depressed that I picked it back up.

Normally with all my medical problems I can make jokes about them. I can’t make peace with my heart attack I was 33 years old and am 35 now. I’m trying and praying and begging anyone to give me hope and a sense of peace.

I take all of my medications as prescribed and my last angioplasty was “beautiful”. All of my life I’ve had panic attacks/agoraphobia which doesn’t help with the ‘no stress’ suggestion after an M.I.

I really need support. Is there anyone who can help me make peace with this or have any ideas? Please?

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Tue, Sep 23 2008
Amy, I completely understand where you're coming from. My husband is 43 years-old. He had his first heart attack when he was 37. He was really a har...Read

September 2008

Massive Coronary Survivor - by Amy - (Thu, Sep 11 2008)
God willing, it will be 2 years on Nov. 21, 08 that I will have survived a massive coronary. I had 100% blockage in the LAD and was care flighted to a city hospital. [more..]
Heart attack - by Mike - (Tue, Sep 02 2008)
I wanted to say my symptoms want the usual ones, i had pain in my for arms and mt left shoulder blade and my hands at times, this went on for about 4 days then it got worse , my wife took me to ER and i had suffered a a heart attack [more..]

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