"They sent me home with Tylenol. It was the widow maker."
Classic symptoms: pain from my neck down my left arm, couldn't get a whole breath, dry cough, brain fog. The ER doctor said my blood tests were normal and my heart was like an 18 year old's. Sent me home with Tylenol and Tums. The next morning I couldn't get out of bed. My husband had to carry me to the car. Turns out I was having a widow maker heart attack โ only 2% survive that one...
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My brother had almost the exact same thing happen. ER said he was fine, sent him home. He made it to his car in the parking lot and had the widow maker right there. He didn't make it. I think about it every day. If that doctor had just LISTENED. I'm glad you survived. My brother wasn't so lucky.
Tylenol and Tums. TYLENOL AND TUMS. For a widow maker. I am so angry reading this. And so glad you're still here to tell it.
I was an ER nurse for 30 years. Women presenting with cardiac events get dismissed at an alarming rate. The symptoms don't always look like what they taught us in school. This story should be required reading for every ER doc.
My wife went through something very similar. I'm going to show her this story. She needs to know she's not alone.