Has anyone here had a heart attack?
 

What was it like?

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none..and hope not to experience that.

None yet but i'm a big guy so I expect one someday...

Definitely not the way i want to die.

Everybody hopes sexped has one

My dad died of one at 58 at his office in NYC. His assistant said he was sitting there working and just fell face forward into his desk.

The paramedics revived him, but it was 7:30 AM with NYC traffic it took forever to get over to Bellevue and then he had another one when they got him there and that was it. End of story.

Its still is hard to deal with not getting to say goodbye and just going out so suddenly.

I just found out that a guy I know had a heart attack a couple of years ago when he walked in on his gf cheating with another guy. He actually collapsed on the floor of their bedroom and the (now ex) gf had to call 911 with the new guy still there.

Apparantly he has a genetic heart disorder that did not surface until then... The shock and stressed caused a trigger and he was in the hospital for almost a month.

I hope the bitch felt guilty :1orglaugh

Fuck, that is just horrible. What a note to go out on.

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I hope that's the way I die. One massive cardiac. It's better than laying around in a hospital wasting away for years. I don't think there is any easy way out of this life for most of us.

i'd much rather go instantly, than a long drawn out death.

im actually making an appointment tomorrow to get my heart checked. I have been experiencing some weird things like flutters and tightness.

Yeah, if you've ever spent time working in a hospital this is the conclusion you'll come to. It's disgusting what you see in there. The people in their barely resemble human beings anymore. Can't eat, can't talk, can't walk, in pain, bed ridden, sores and sickness, coughing, body fluids running wild, tubes coming out of every orifice.

Heart attacks are one of the scariest things in life. What if your driving in traffic and all the sudden Booom, attack!! WTF this is totally horrible.

Sex is good for cardio

Just to clarify, he's doing great now... This happened about 2 years ago, he recovered, and hasn't had one since (although he takes medication for it).

I'm with you....I think besides drawn-out torture (or being hung/crucified/etc...), one of the worst ways to die would be drowning :2 cents:

I'd rather just be shot and be done with it (if its a nice clean one-shot kill)

i used to work in a hospital as a food prep guy during highschool. then later on i worked as a porter during the summer of my 1st year in university. plus, my mom's a nurse. i completely agree with you, hospitals are terrible places.

and my recent stay in one myself a couple of weeks ago has only confirmed just how much i'd hate living in one.

Good luck. There's a lot of natural supplements you can take for your arteries to keep them healthy.

Also an 80mg bayer aspirin daily is recommended once you hit your late 30's and early 40's.

Hospitals in Canada are as bad as the US?

I thought the health care system was better up your way.

An older guy we had hired as a legal writer just dropped dead from one about a year back. A friend of mine went over to pick up some papers at his apartment and the guy just fell over on his bed dead then and there and that was it...

With all the stress I am under recently I am beginning to become concerned about this....Taking the fish oil every day now.

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Shit, that's exactly what I take. That CO Q10 is amazing. The minute you start taking it you can feel your arteries seem stronger.

Another quick and painless(?) way to go would be to have something large fall on you from a tall building . . . like a piano.

The worst would be if the piano somehow only crushed your legs or something and you were left wide-awake to feel and enjoy everything.

We had a city council member who was walking downtown and was hit by a chunk of brick or cement falling off of a tall building. It somehow only crushed his leg. He lived, but he lost his leg.
And he sued!

Yeah that would suck if something missed and you don't die form it...then you are worse off than when you started.

You could always set off a grenade right on your lap...pretty sure it'll explode hard enough you won't survive with your body half-burned or something.

Are you a fan of vinegar?? I've read it has some great benefits towards helping blocked arteries, lowering chances of heart diseases, eliminating fatigue (some guy won a nobel prize for proving this) etc etc.....

Not yet....:winkwink:

I recently had a cholesterol test . . . . . . . they found bacon.

Yeah... and from what I've read the Vitamin C + Lysine combo is like draino for your arteries.

It doesn't take a two time nobel prize winning genius to figure out that an industry making 100's of billions per year would do whatever they could to keep information like this away from the masses.

I use a lot of vinegar in salads. Also a glass of wine each day is great for the arteries. Cabernet Savignon is supposed to have the most potentcy.

In Montreal I used to always add vinegar to things like Poutines and people would laugh....but damn it was tasty and as it turns out the vinegar could atleast help with some of the poutine's negatives :winkwink:

I'm thinking to open a small Poutine place here in the mall, to try and make it popular...they love fries and they love cheese, so its not much of a long shot. That way I can make my gf take care of it too....

Only have like 10 types of poutines and some drinks. Easy and cheap to run =)

Has anyone here had a heart attack?

yep, 10 days in the hospital. 15 years ago in my 30s.

The experience varies depending on what type of heart attack you've have. My symptoms seamed a-typical to me at the time, but now I know.

What were your symptoms?

In your 30's???

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Tightness in my jaw and my joints ached. Felt like the flew. Had the chills and then the sweats. Also a knot in the center of my back. I did fall, but did not pass out. The next morning, I went to a doctor cause it seemed like the thing to do. Would have been better to get my ass to the ER. I called the ER (was late) and the stupid nurse I talked to should have urged me to come in. The symptoms were classic. The earlier the treatment, the less damage.

Not yet but I expect to have one within a year if things keep going the way they have been :(

Yep, best thing that happened. I was killing myself. Smoking n drinking way to much. Was over-weight and ate wrong. Plus no exercise. Gee, like a typical webmaster. I was asking for it.

Stress is a BIG factor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No, but if bush wins next month I just might:helpme