Good to hear your still vertical Barry; you got a lot of livin' yet to do. Enjoy your recovery and get some relax time in aka, hunting and shooting.
Maybe a good idea if you would elaborate on what you now know might have been symptoms that you over looked or ignored? Might be some valuable information to your insight?
I agree, Vic. And Thank You for the well wishes.
The symptoms when the actual event was going on fooled me the first time it happened on Feb. 10th because I was having some respiratory issues at the time, and thought that what I was feeling was because of that. But, it wasn't.
The symptoms come on very quickly and get your attention.
I felt a pressure throughout my chest. Not a small pressure, but a MAJOR pressure that I can only describe as what it would be like if a hot, prickly pear balloon were inflated in your chest. You can't breathe well, get a cold sweaty feeling on your face, and have a pain as well. The location of the pain often varies in location. It can be in your shoulder or somewhere else. Mine was shooting from my back, between my shoulder blades, and going up through my neck, clear to my jaw. I had an electronic pulse/oxygen sensor here where I live, and put that on my finger and my pulse was clocked at 130+...
The heart incidents I was having lasted perhaps a bit longer than half an hour before subsiding.
You also have a feeling of distress. Like you are going to die, but can't do anything about it... kinda like being held underwater, and not being able to reach the surface.
Trust me, that is not a feeling you ever want to experience.
I'm just glad to have been close to advanced medical facilities that had the equipment and highly trained doctors and staff to take care of the problem before it killed me. Check your local hospitals and emergency centers and find out who has an accredited Chest Pain Center... THAT is where you want to be when this happens.
