Comments on: Things That Happen Right Before a Heart Attack http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=things-that-happen-right-before-a-heart-attack Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:16:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Lorenzo http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-47621 Lorenzo Tue, 11 Jun 2013 04:02:25 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-47621 I go to see every day some websites and blogs to read content, but this weblog provides quality based content. I go to see every day some websites and blogs to read content,
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]]> By: coronary heart disease http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-46766 coronary heart disease Fri, 31 May 2013 03:10:00 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-46766 It's an awesome piece of writing for all the online users; they will obtain benefit from it I am sure. It’s an awesome piece of writing for all the online users; they will obtain benefit from it I am sure.

]]> By: congestive heart failure http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-46621 congestive heart failure Wed, 29 May 2013 11:00:25 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-46621 Hi there! Someone in my Facebook group shared this site with us so I came to give it a look. I'm definitely enjoying the information. I'm bookmarking and will be tweeting this to my followers! Excellent blog and excellent design. Hi there! Someone in my Facebook group shared this site with us so
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Excellent blog and excellent design.

]]> By: anxiety attack heart http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44172 anxiety attack heart Thu, 16 May 2013 07:29:14 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44172 Excellent post! We are linking to this particularly great post on our site. Keep up the good writing. Excellent post! We are linking to this particularly great post on our site.
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]]> By: congestive heart disease http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44140 congestive heart disease Wed, 15 May 2013 22:00:35 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44140 It's a pity you don't have a donate button! I'd without a doubt donate to this fantastic blog! I suppose for now i'll settle for bookmarking and adding your RSS feed to my Google account. I look forward to fresh updates and will share this blog with my Facebook group. Chat soon! It’s a pity you don’t have a donate button!
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I look forward to fresh updates and will share this blog with my Facebook
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]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44088 Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Wed, 15 May 2013 05:13:05 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44088 We are so happy too that you are doing ok!! Thank you for sharing with us your story...many times we women do not take seriously our pains. So, if you feel " different" " strange" or any of the above stymptoms, get to the ER right away!! And please be and ADVOCATE for yourself, tell your doctor, you want to have a blood test, you do not want her to tell you are OK, you want to know you are OK!! In sisterhood Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Editor Women's Press We are so happy too that you are doing ok!!
Thank you for sharing with us your story…many times we women do not take seriously our pains.
So, if you feel ” different” ” strange” or any of the above stymptoms, get to the ER right away!!
And please be and ADVOCATE for yourself, tell your doctor, you want to have a blood test, you do not want her to tell you are OK, you want to know you are OK!!

In sisterhood
Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva
Editor
Women’s Press

]]> By: Kim http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44035 Kim Tue, 14 May 2013 21:51:32 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44035 Just wanted to share the unusual symptom I had with my heart attack 2 years ago at 54 years old. I woke up at 5:30 am to go get some water from the refrigerator because I had a cold and had been coughing. I took a swig of cold water and right after had a very sharp stabbing pain IN MY THROAT. I took some pepcid thinking it was severe indigestion ( never had it like that) and went back to bed. It slowly went into my jaws....and my right arm. Still didn't think it was anything but did cross my mind "could it be heart related." I was overweight with very high cholesterol and not taking anything because of the terrible joint and muscle pain I experienced from the meds. Then my left arm ached. I decided to go on computer to put in for a sub for work and while doing that thought I was going to pass out, throw up, or something. Got very sweaty. Went back to bed. Started having light chest pressure...End of story is that after 12 hours I went to the walk in clinic because I felt I was getting a bladder infection and figured I would have the chest thing checked out too. While there they did blood pressure, ekg, oxygen level and everything was normal. Thank God the doctor decided to do the blood test for the enzyme showing muscle damage from heart attack. They were just getting ready to send me home with steroids for the cough when the lab person knocked on the door. The doctor said an ambulance was on the way as the normal for the blood test was 0.0something to 0.0 something and mine was 7.5. I ended up with 2 stents for 3 blockages...2 were in the "widow maker" at 65percent and 97 percent and the one that caused the heart attack was the OM at 100 percent. So..... insist on the simple 10 minute blood test if you aren't getting anywhere and you know there is something wrong. I had a normal ekg in the ambulance too with normal blood pressure. Take your cholesterol meds....muscle aches are better than being dead. I have been told over and over I am lucky to still be here. Also....don't wait 12 hours, that was really stupid. Just wanted to share the unusual symptom I had with my heart attack 2 years ago at 54 years old. I woke up at 5:30 am to go get some water from the refrigerator because I had a cold and had been coughing. I took a swig of cold water and right after had a very sharp stabbing pain IN MY THROAT. I took some pepcid thinking it was severe indigestion ( never had it like that) and went back to bed. It slowly went into my jaws….and my right arm. Still didn’t think it was anything but did cross my mind “could it be heart related.” I was overweight with very high cholesterol and not taking anything because of the terrible joint and muscle pain I experienced from the meds. Then my left arm ached. I decided to go on computer to put in for a sub for work and while doing that thought I was going to pass out, throw up, or something. Got very sweaty. Went back to bed. Started having light chest pressure…End of story is that after 12 hours I went to the walk in clinic because I felt I was getting a bladder infection and figured I would have the chest thing checked out too. While there they did blood pressure, ekg, oxygen level and everything was normal. Thank God the doctor decided to do the blood test for the enzyme showing muscle damage from heart attack. They were just getting ready to send me home with steroids for the cough when the lab person knocked on the door. The doctor said an ambulance was on the way as the normal for the blood test was 0.0something to 0.0 something and mine was 7.5. I ended up with 2 stents for 3 blockages…2 were in the “widow maker” at 65percent and 97 percent and the one that caused the heart attack was the OM at 100 percent. So….. insist on the simple 10 minute blood test if you aren’t getting anywhere and you know there is something wrong. I had a normal ekg in the ambulance too with normal blood pressure. Take your cholesterol meds….muscle aches are better than being dead. I have been told over and over I am lucky to still be here. Also….don’t wait 12 hours, that was really stupid.

]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-42827 Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Mon, 06 May 2013 01:00:25 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-42827 Dear sister, Was a chest x ray taken at the ER? If so, did your lungs and ribs looked ok? I wonder if you pulled a muscle or cracked a rib, do you remember hurting yourself? I recommend you make an appointment with a Cardiologist ( heart specialist) and also talk to your OB-Gyn doctor, and bring the results from both ER visits. ( you can stop by the hospital and go to medical records, and request a copy of the complete lab, and doctor's notes, a good idea is when you visit the ER in the future, to have a copy given to you and also a copy sent to your primary care physician, that way everyone has the same information ) Do not take any medicine even over the counter ones, before talking to your doctor, remember you are pregnant now.. Good luck and let us know!! Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Editor Women's Press Dear sister,

Was a chest x ray taken at the ER? If so, did your lungs and ribs looked ok?
I wonder if you pulled a muscle or cracked a rib, do you remember hurting yourself?
I recommend you make an appointment with a Cardiologist ( heart specialist) and also talk to your OB-Gyn doctor, and bring the results from both ER visits.
( you can stop by the hospital and go to medical records, and request a copy of the complete lab, and doctor’s notes, a good idea is when you visit the ER in the future, to have a copy given to you and also a copy sent to your primary care physician, that way everyone has the same information )
Do not take any medicine even over the counter ones, before talking to your doctor, remember you are pregnant now..
Good luck and let us know!!

Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva
Editor
Women’s Press

]]> By: Jericah http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-42826 Jericah Mon, 06 May 2013 00:34:38 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-42826 I am a 19 year old female, 34 weeks pregnant, with no history of heart disease. I was a smoker for about 5 years. I quit when I got pregnant. For 3 days now, I've been having this constant chest pain on the left side of my chest that has not and does not gone away or eased up. It is not a sudden or sharp pain at all. It feels like a deep, squeezing or crushing pain. It radiates to my left upper back and my left arm and wrist hurts as well. The back and chest pain, although not sharp hurts very badly. It also feels like my heart skips a beat and then the next beat is really hard, almost like a thump. I went to the ER and they did 10 second EKG that "seemed normal" and they also did lab work to check to see if it was my gallbladder and that checked my cardiac enzymes. Which they said all seemed normal. The doctor said I don't really fit the description of someone likely to have a heart attack or heart problems. However, I did read that pregnancy increases your risk of blood clots so I am worried. They sent me home and I immediately took some Maalox and drank a lot of milk, incase it was acid reflux or heartburn. It took me a long time to get to sleep because of the pain (which does not ease up when I am at rest at all). When I woke up, I woke up still hurting and took some Prilosec OTC and have not been eating or drinking anything acidic at all. None of the medicine I took helped. At all. I am still having the pains and they do not go away with anything that I do. I went back to another ER last night because it is still constant pain and they did blood work and ekg and monitored me. I am having PVC's like every third beat and sinus tachycardia, which the doctor said was normal. They then sent me home. All my pains are still there. It still feels like my chest is being crushed and my upper back hurts terribly. It's like a band of crushing pain. My arm and wrist and shoulder and hand are hurting pretty bad now. I am very very scared. I don't know what to do because if I go back to the ER, they will just say and do the same thing and then send me home, but if it is something serious, I do not want to stay home and have a heart attack. Help?! I am a 19 year old female, 34 weeks pregnant, with no history of heart disease. I was a smoker for about 5 years. I quit when I got pregnant. For 3 days now, I’ve been having this constant chest pain on the left side of my chest that has not and does not gone away or eased up. It is not a sudden or sharp pain at all. It feels like a deep, squeezing or crushing pain. It radiates to my left upper back and my left arm and wrist hurts as well. The back and chest pain, although not sharp hurts very badly. It also feels like my heart skips a beat and then the next beat is really hard, almost like a thump. I went to the ER and they did 10 second EKG that “seemed normal” and they also did lab work to check to see if it was my gallbladder and that checked my cardiac enzymes. Which they said all seemed normal. The doctor said I don’t really fit the description of someone likely to have a heart attack or heart problems. However, I did read that pregnancy increases your risk of blood clots so I am worried. They sent me home and I immediately took some Maalox and drank a lot of milk, incase it was acid reflux or heartburn. It took me a long time to get to sleep because of the pain (which does not ease up when I am at rest at all). When I woke up, I woke up still hurting and took some Prilosec OTC and have not been eating or drinking anything acidic at all. None of the medicine I took helped. At all. I am still having the pains and they do not go away with anything that I do. I went back to another ER last night because it is still constant pain and they did blood work and ekg and monitored me. I am having PVC’s like every third beat and sinus tachycardia, which the doctor said was normal. They then sent me home. All my pains are still there. It still feels like my chest is being crushed and my upper back hurts terribly. It’s like a band of crushing pain. My arm and wrist and shoulder and hand are hurting pretty bad now. I am very very scared. I don’t know what to do because if I go back to the ER, they will just say and do the same thing and then send me home, but if it is something serious, I do not want to stay home and have a heart attack. Help?!

]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=things-that-happen-right-before-a-heart-attack Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:16:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Comments on: Things That Happen Right Before a Heart Attack http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=things-that-happen-right-before-a-heart-attack Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:16:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Lorenzo http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-47621 Lorenzo Tue, 11 Jun 2013 04:02:25 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-47621 I go to see every day some websites and blogs to read content, but this weblog provides quality based content. I go to see every day some websites and blogs to read content,
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]]> By: coronary heart disease http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-46766 coronary heart disease Fri, 31 May 2013 03:10:00 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-46766 It's an awesome piece of writing for all the online users; they will obtain benefit from it I am sure. It’s an awesome piece of writing for all the online users; they will obtain benefit from it I am sure.

]]> By: congestive heart failure http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-46621 congestive heart failure Wed, 29 May 2013 11:00:25 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-46621 Hi there! Someone in my Facebook group shared this site with us so I came to give it a look. I'm definitely enjoying the information. I'm bookmarking and will be tweeting this to my followers! Excellent blog and excellent design. Hi there! Someone in my Facebook group shared this site with us so
I came to give it a look. I’m definitely enjoying the information. I’m bookmarking and will be tweeting this to my followers!

Excellent blog and excellent design.

]]> By: anxiety attack heart http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44172 anxiety attack heart Thu, 16 May 2013 07:29:14 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44172 Excellent post! We are linking to this particularly great post on our site. Keep up the good writing. Excellent post! We are linking to this particularly great post on our site.
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]]> By: congestive heart disease http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44140 congestive heart disease Wed, 15 May 2013 22:00:35 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44140 It's a pity you don't have a donate button! I'd without a doubt donate to this fantastic blog! I suppose for now i'll settle for bookmarking and adding your RSS feed to my Google account. I look forward to fresh updates and will share this blog with my Facebook group. Chat soon! It’s a pity you don’t have a donate button!
I’d without a doubt donate to this fantastic blog! I suppose for now i’ll settle for bookmarking and adding your RSS feed to my Google account.
I look forward to fresh updates and will share this blog with my Facebook
group. Chat soon!

]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44088 Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Wed, 15 May 2013 05:13:05 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44088 We are so happy too that you are doing ok!! Thank you for sharing with us your story...many times we women do not take seriously our pains. So, if you feel " different" " strange" or any of the above stymptoms, get to the ER right away!! And please be and ADVOCATE for yourself, tell your doctor, you want to have a blood test, you do not want her to tell you are OK, you want to know you are OK!! In sisterhood Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Editor Women's Press We are so happy too that you are doing ok!!
Thank you for sharing with us your story…many times we women do not take seriously our pains.
So, if you feel ” different” ” strange” or any of the above stymptoms, get to the ER right away!!
And please be and ADVOCATE for yourself, tell your doctor, you want to have a blood test, you do not want her to tell you are OK, you want to know you are OK!!

In sisterhood
Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva
Editor
Women’s Press

]]> By: Kim http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44035 Kim Tue, 14 May 2013 21:51:32 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44035 Just wanted to share the unusual symptom I had with my heart attack 2 years ago at 54 years old. I woke up at 5:30 am to go get some water from the refrigerator because I had a cold and had been coughing. I took a swig of cold water and right after had a very sharp stabbing pain IN MY THROAT. I took some pepcid thinking it was severe indigestion ( never had it like that) and went back to bed. It slowly went into my jaws....and my right arm. Still didn't think it was anything but did cross my mind "could it be heart related." I was overweight with very high cholesterol and not taking anything because of the terrible joint and muscle pain I experienced from the meds. Then my left arm ached. I decided to go on computer to put in for a sub for work and while doing that thought I was going to pass out, throw up, or something. Got very sweaty. Went back to bed. Started having light chest pressure...End of story is that after 12 hours I went to the walk in clinic because I felt I was getting a bladder infection and figured I would have the chest thing checked out too. While there they did blood pressure, ekg, oxygen level and everything was normal. Thank God the doctor decided to do the blood test for the enzyme showing muscle damage from heart attack. They were just getting ready to send me home with steroids for the cough when the lab person knocked on the door. The doctor said an ambulance was on the way as the normal for the blood test was 0.0something to 0.0 something and mine was 7.5. I ended up with 2 stents for 3 blockages...2 were in the "widow maker" at 65percent and 97 percent and the one that caused the heart attack was the OM at 100 percent. So..... insist on the simple 10 minute blood test if you aren't getting anywhere and you know there is something wrong. I had a normal ekg in the ambulance too with normal blood pressure. Take your cholesterol meds....muscle aches are better than being dead. I have been told over and over I am lucky to still be here. Also....don't wait 12 hours, that was really stupid. Just wanted to share the unusual symptom I had with my heart attack 2 years ago at 54 years old. I woke up at 5:30 am to go get some water from the refrigerator because I had a cold and had been coughing. I took a swig of cold water and right after had a very sharp stabbing pain IN MY THROAT. I took some pepcid thinking it was severe indigestion ( never had it like that) and went back to bed. It slowly went into my jaws….and my right arm. Still didn’t think it was anything but did cross my mind “could it be heart related.” I was overweight with very high cholesterol and not taking anything because of the terrible joint and muscle pain I experienced from the meds. Then my left arm ached. I decided to go on computer to put in for a sub for work and while doing that thought I was going to pass out, throw up, or something. Got very sweaty. Went back to bed. Started having light chest pressure…End of story is that after 12 hours I went to the walk in clinic because I felt I was getting a bladder infection and figured I would have the chest thing checked out too. While there they did blood pressure, ekg, oxygen level and everything was normal. Thank God the doctor decided to do the blood test for the enzyme showing muscle damage from heart attack. They were just getting ready to send me home with steroids for the cough when the lab person knocked on the door. The doctor said an ambulance was on the way as the normal for the blood test was 0.0something to 0.0 something and mine was 7.5. I ended up with 2 stents for 3 blockages…2 were in the “widow maker” at 65percent and 97 percent and the one that caused the heart attack was the OM at 100 percent. So….. insist on the simple 10 minute blood test if you aren’t getting anywhere and you know there is something wrong. I had a normal ekg in the ambulance too with normal blood pressure. Take your cholesterol meds….muscle aches are better than being dead. I have been told over and over I am lucky to still be here. Also….don’t wait 12 hours, that was really stupid.

]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-42827 Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Mon, 06 May 2013 01:00:25 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-42827 Dear sister, Was a chest x ray taken at the ER? If so, did your lungs and ribs looked ok? I wonder if you pulled a muscle or cracked a rib, do you remember hurting yourself? I recommend you make an appointment with a Cardiologist ( heart specialist) and also talk to your OB-Gyn doctor, and bring the results from both ER visits. ( you can stop by the hospital and go to medical records, and request a copy of the complete lab, and doctor's notes, a good idea is when you visit the ER in the future, to have a copy given to you and also a copy sent to your primary care physician, that way everyone has the same information ) Do not take any medicine even over the counter ones, before talking to your doctor, remember you are pregnant now.. Good luck and let us know!! Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Editor Women's Press Dear sister,

Was a chest x ray taken at the ER? If so, did your lungs and ribs looked ok?
I wonder if you pulled a muscle or cracked a rib, do you remember hurting yourself?
I recommend you make an appointment with a Cardiologist ( heart specialist) and also talk to your OB-Gyn doctor, and bring the results from both ER visits.
( you can stop by the hospital and go to medical records, and request a copy of the complete lab, and doctor’s notes, a good idea is when you visit the ER in the future, to have a copy given to you and also a copy sent to your primary care physician, that way everyone has the same information )
Do not take any medicine even over the counter ones, before talking to your doctor, remember you are pregnant now..
Good luck and let us know!!

Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva
Editor
Women’s Press

]]> By: Jericah http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-42826 Jericah Mon, 06 May 2013 00:34:38 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-42826 I am a 19 year old female, 34 weeks pregnant, with no history of heart disease. I was a smoker for about 5 years. I quit when I got pregnant. For 3 days now, I've been having this constant chest pain on the left side of my chest that has not and does not gone away or eased up. It is not a sudden or sharp pain at all. It feels like a deep, squeezing or crushing pain. It radiates to my left upper back and my left arm and wrist hurts as well. The back and chest pain, although not sharp hurts very badly. It also feels like my heart skips a beat and then the next beat is really hard, almost like a thump. I went to the ER and they did 10 second EKG that "seemed normal" and they also did lab work to check to see if it was my gallbladder and that checked my cardiac enzymes. Which they said all seemed normal. The doctor said I don't really fit the description of someone likely to have a heart attack or heart problems. However, I did read that pregnancy increases your risk of blood clots so I am worried. They sent me home and I immediately took some Maalox and drank a lot of milk, incase it was acid reflux or heartburn. It took me a long time to get to sleep because of the pain (which does not ease up when I am at rest at all). When I woke up, I woke up still hurting and took some Prilosec OTC and have not been eating or drinking anything acidic at all. None of the medicine I took helped. At all. I am still having the pains and they do not go away with anything that I do. I went back to another ER last night because it is still constant pain and they did blood work and ekg and monitored me. I am having PVC's like every third beat and sinus tachycardia, which the doctor said was normal. They then sent me home. All my pains are still there. It still feels like my chest is being crushed and my upper back hurts terribly. It's like a band of crushing pain. My arm and wrist and shoulder and hand are hurting pretty bad now. I am very very scared. I don't know what to do because if I go back to the ER, they will just say and do the same thing and then send me home, but if it is something serious, I do not want to stay home and have a heart attack. Help?! I am a 19 year old female, 34 weeks pregnant, with no history of heart disease. I was a smoker for about 5 years. I quit when I got pregnant. For 3 days now, I’ve been having this constant chest pain on the left side of my chest that has not and does not gone away or eased up. It is not a sudden or sharp pain at all. It feels like a deep, squeezing or crushing pain. It radiates to my left upper back and my left arm and wrist hurts as well. The back and chest pain, although not sharp hurts very badly. It also feels like my heart skips a beat and then the next beat is really hard, almost like a thump. I went to the ER and they did 10 second EKG that “seemed normal” and they also did lab work to check to see if it was my gallbladder and that checked my cardiac enzymes. Which they said all seemed normal. The doctor said I don’t really fit the description of someone likely to have a heart attack or heart problems. However, I did read that pregnancy increases your risk of blood clots so I am worried. They sent me home and I immediately took some Maalox and drank a lot of milk, incase it was acid reflux or heartburn. It took me a long time to get to sleep because of the pain (which does not ease up when I am at rest at all). When I woke up, I woke up still hurting and took some Prilosec OTC and have not been eating or drinking anything acidic at all. None of the medicine I took helped. At all. I am still having the pains and they do not go away with anything that I do. I went back to another ER last night because it is still constant pain and they did blood work and ekg and monitored me. I am having PVC’s like every third beat and sinus tachycardia, which the doctor said was normal. They then sent me home. All my pains are still there. It still feels like my chest is being crushed and my upper back hurts terribly. It’s like a band of crushing pain. My arm and wrist and shoulder and hand are hurting pretty bad now. I am very very scared. I don’t know what to do because if I go back to the ER, they will just say and do the same thing and then send me home, but if it is something serious, I do not want to stay home and have a heart attack. Help?!

]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-47621 Lorenzo Tue, 11 Jun 2013 04:02:25 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-47621 I go to see every day some websites and blogs to read content, but this weblog provides quality based content. I go to see every day some websites and blogs to read content,
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]]> Comments on: Things That Happen Right Before a Heart Attack http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=things-that-happen-right-before-a-heart-attack Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:16:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Lorenzo http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-47621 Lorenzo Tue, 11 Jun 2013 04:02:25 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-47621 I go to see every day some websites and blogs to read content, but this weblog provides quality based content. I go to see every day some websites and blogs to read content,
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]]> By: coronary heart disease http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-46766 coronary heart disease Fri, 31 May 2013 03:10:00 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-46766 It's an awesome piece of writing for all the online users; they will obtain benefit from it I am sure. It’s an awesome piece of writing for all the online users; they will obtain benefit from it I am sure.

]]> By: congestive heart failure http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-46621 congestive heart failure Wed, 29 May 2013 11:00:25 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-46621 Hi there! Someone in my Facebook group shared this site with us so I came to give it a look. I'm definitely enjoying the information. I'm bookmarking and will be tweeting this to my followers! Excellent blog and excellent design. Hi there! Someone in my Facebook group shared this site with us so
I came to give it a look. I’m definitely enjoying the information. I’m bookmarking and will be tweeting this to my followers!

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]]> By: anxiety attack heart http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44172 anxiety attack heart Thu, 16 May 2013 07:29:14 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44172 Excellent post! We are linking to this particularly great post on our site. Keep up the good writing. Excellent post! We are linking to this particularly great post on our site.
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]]> By: congestive heart disease http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44140 congestive heart disease Wed, 15 May 2013 22:00:35 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44140 It's a pity you don't have a donate button! I'd without a doubt donate to this fantastic blog! I suppose for now i'll settle for bookmarking and adding your RSS feed to my Google account. I look forward to fresh updates and will share this blog with my Facebook group. Chat soon! It’s a pity you don’t have a donate button!
I’d without a doubt donate to this fantastic blog! I suppose for now i’ll settle for bookmarking and adding your RSS feed to my Google account.
I look forward to fresh updates and will share this blog with my Facebook
group. Chat soon!

]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44088 Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Wed, 15 May 2013 05:13:05 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44088 We are so happy too that you are doing ok!! Thank you for sharing with us your story...many times we women do not take seriously our pains. So, if you feel " different" " strange" or any of the above stymptoms, get to the ER right away!! And please be and ADVOCATE for yourself, tell your doctor, you want to have a blood test, you do not want her to tell you are OK, you want to know you are OK!! In sisterhood Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Editor Women's Press We are so happy too that you are doing ok!!
Thank you for sharing with us your story…many times we women do not take seriously our pains.
So, if you feel ” different” ” strange” or any of the above stymptoms, get to the ER right away!!
And please be and ADVOCATE for yourself, tell your doctor, you want to have a blood test, you do not want her to tell you are OK, you want to know you are OK!!

In sisterhood
Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva
Editor
Women’s Press

]]> By: Kim http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44035 Kim Tue, 14 May 2013 21:51:32 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44035 Just wanted to share the unusual symptom I had with my heart attack 2 years ago at 54 years old. I woke up at 5:30 am to go get some water from the refrigerator because I had a cold and had been coughing. I took a swig of cold water and right after had a very sharp stabbing pain IN MY THROAT. I took some pepcid thinking it was severe indigestion ( never had it like that) and went back to bed. It slowly went into my jaws....and my right arm. Still didn't think it was anything but did cross my mind "could it be heart related." I was overweight with very high cholesterol and not taking anything because of the terrible joint and muscle pain I experienced from the meds. Then my left arm ached. I decided to go on computer to put in for a sub for work and while doing that thought I was going to pass out, throw up, or something. Got very sweaty. Went back to bed. Started having light chest pressure...End of story is that after 12 hours I went to the walk in clinic because I felt I was getting a bladder infection and figured I would have the chest thing checked out too. While there they did blood pressure, ekg, oxygen level and everything was normal. Thank God the doctor decided to do the blood test for the enzyme showing muscle damage from heart attack. They were just getting ready to send me home with steroids for the cough when the lab person knocked on the door. The doctor said an ambulance was on the way as the normal for the blood test was 0.0something to 0.0 something and mine was 7.5. I ended up with 2 stents for 3 blockages...2 were in the "widow maker" at 65percent and 97 percent and the one that caused the heart attack was the OM at 100 percent. So..... insist on the simple 10 minute blood test if you aren't getting anywhere and you know there is something wrong. I had a normal ekg in the ambulance too with normal blood pressure. Take your cholesterol meds....muscle aches are better than being dead. I have been told over and over I am lucky to still be here. Also....don't wait 12 hours, that was really stupid. Just wanted to share the unusual symptom I had with my heart attack 2 years ago at 54 years old. I woke up at 5:30 am to go get some water from the refrigerator because I had a cold and had been coughing. I took a swig of cold water and right after had a very sharp stabbing pain IN MY THROAT. I took some pepcid thinking it was severe indigestion ( never had it like that) and went back to bed. It slowly went into my jaws….and my right arm. Still didn’t think it was anything but did cross my mind “could it be heart related.” I was overweight with very high cholesterol and not taking anything because of the terrible joint and muscle pain I experienced from the meds. Then my left arm ached. I decided to go on computer to put in for a sub for work and while doing that thought I was going to pass out, throw up, or something. Got very sweaty. Went back to bed. Started having light chest pressure…End of story is that after 12 hours I went to the walk in clinic because I felt I was getting a bladder infection and figured I would have the chest thing checked out too. While there they did blood pressure, ekg, oxygen level and everything was normal. Thank God the doctor decided to do the blood test for the enzyme showing muscle damage from heart attack. They were just getting ready to send me home with steroids for the cough when the lab person knocked on the door. The doctor said an ambulance was on the way as the normal for the blood test was 0.0something to 0.0 something and mine was 7.5. I ended up with 2 stents for 3 blockages…2 were in the “widow maker” at 65percent and 97 percent and the one that caused the heart attack was the OM at 100 percent. So….. insist on the simple 10 minute blood test if you aren’t getting anywhere and you know there is something wrong. I had a normal ekg in the ambulance too with normal blood pressure. Take your cholesterol meds….muscle aches are better than being dead. I have been told over and over I am lucky to still be here. Also….don’t wait 12 hours, that was really stupid.

]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-42827 Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Mon, 06 May 2013 01:00:25 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-42827 Dear sister, Was a chest x ray taken at the ER? If so, did your lungs and ribs looked ok? I wonder if you pulled a muscle or cracked a rib, do you remember hurting yourself? I recommend you make an appointment with a Cardiologist ( heart specialist) and also talk to your OB-Gyn doctor, and bring the results from both ER visits. ( you can stop by the hospital and go to medical records, and request a copy of the complete lab, and doctor's notes, a good idea is when you visit the ER in the future, to have a copy given to you and also a copy sent to your primary care physician, that way everyone has the same information ) Do not take any medicine even over the counter ones, before talking to your doctor, remember you are pregnant now.. Good luck and let us know!! Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Editor Women's Press Dear sister,

Was a chest x ray taken at the ER? If so, did your lungs and ribs looked ok?
I wonder if you pulled a muscle or cracked a rib, do you remember hurting yourself?
I recommend you make an appointment with a Cardiologist ( heart specialist) and also talk to your OB-Gyn doctor, and bring the results from both ER visits.
( you can stop by the hospital and go to medical records, and request a copy of the complete lab, and doctor’s notes, a good idea is when you visit the ER in the future, to have a copy given to you and also a copy sent to your primary care physician, that way everyone has the same information )
Do not take any medicine even over the counter ones, before talking to your doctor, remember you are pregnant now..
Good luck and let us know!!

Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva
Editor
Women’s Press

]]> By: Jericah http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-42826 Jericah Mon, 06 May 2013 00:34:38 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-42826 I am a 19 year old female, 34 weeks pregnant, with no history of heart disease. I was a smoker for about 5 years. I quit when I got pregnant. For 3 days now, I've been having this constant chest pain on the left side of my chest that has not and does not gone away or eased up. It is not a sudden or sharp pain at all. It feels like a deep, squeezing or crushing pain. It radiates to my left upper back and my left arm and wrist hurts as well. The back and chest pain, although not sharp hurts very badly. It also feels like my heart skips a beat and then the next beat is really hard, almost like a thump. I went to the ER and they did 10 second EKG that "seemed normal" and they also did lab work to check to see if it was my gallbladder and that checked my cardiac enzymes. Which they said all seemed normal. The doctor said I don't really fit the description of someone likely to have a heart attack or heart problems. However, I did read that pregnancy increases your risk of blood clots so I am worried. They sent me home and I immediately took some Maalox and drank a lot of milk, incase it was acid reflux or heartburn. It took me a long time to get to sleep because of the pain (which does not ease up when I am at rest at all). When I woke up, I woke up still hurting and took some Prilosec OTC and have not been eating or drinking anything acidic at all. None of the medicine I took helped. At all. I am still having the pains and they do not go away with anything that I do. I went back to another ER last night because it is still constant pain and they did blood work and ekg and monitored me. I am having PVC's like every third beat and sinus tachycardia, which the doctor said was normal. They then sent me home. All my pains are still there. It still feels like my chest is being crushed and my upper back hurts terribly. It's like a band of crushing pain. My arm and wrist and shoulder and hand are hurting pretty bad now. I am very very scared. I don't know what to do because if I go back to the ER, they will just say and do the same thing and then send me home, but if it is something serious, I do not want to stay home and have a heart attack. Help?! I am a 19 year old female, 34 weeks pregnant, with no history of heart disease. I was a smoker for about 5 years. I quit when I got pregnant. For 3 days now, I’ve been having this constant chest pain on the left side of my chest that has not and does not gone away or eased up. It is not a sudden or sharp pain at all. It feels like a deep, squeezing or crushing pain. It radiates to my left upper back and my left arm and wrist hurts as well. The back and chest pain, although not sharp hurts very badly. It also feels like my heart skips a beat and then the next beat is really hard, almost like a thump. I went to the ER and they did 10 second EKG that “seemed normal” and they also did lab work to check to see if it was my gallbladder and that checked my cardiac enzymes. Which they said all seemed normal. The doctor said I don’t really fit the description of someone likely to have a heart attack or heart problems. However, I did read that pregnancy increases your risk of blood clots so I am worried. They sent me home and I immediately took some Maalox and drank a lot of milk, incase it was acid reflux or heartburn. It took me a long time to get to sleep because of the pain (which does not ease up when I am at rest at all). When I woke up, I woke up still hurting and took some Prilosec OTC and have not been eating or drinking anything acidic at all. None of the medicine I took helped. At all. I am still having the pains and they do not go away with anything that I do. I went back to another ER last night because it is still constant pain and they did blood work and ekg and monitored me. I am having PVC’s like every third beat and sinus tachycardia, which the doctor said was normal. They then sent me home. All my pains are still there. It still feels like my chest is being crushed and my upper back hurts terribly. It’s like a band of crushing pain. My arm and wrist and shoulder and hand are hurting pretty bad now. I am very very scared. I don’t know what to do because if I go back to the ER, they will just say and do the same thing and then send me home, but if it is something serious, I do not want to stay home and have a heart attack. Help?!

]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-46766 coronary heart disease Fri, 31 May 2013 03:10:00 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-46766 It's an awesome piece of writing for all the online users; they will obtain benefit from it I am sure. It’s an awesome piece of writing for all the online users; they will obtain benefit from it I am sure.

]]> Comments on: Things That Happen Right Before a Heart Attack http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=things-that-happen-right-before-a-heart-attack Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:16:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Lorenzo http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-47621 Lorenzo Tue, 11 Jun 2013 04:02:25 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-47621 I go to see every day some websites and blogs to read content, but this weblog provides quality based content. I go to see every day some websites and blogs to read content,
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]]> By: coronary heart disease http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-46766 coronary heart disease Fri, 31 May 2013 03:10:00 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-46766 It's an awesome piece of writing for all the online users; they will obtain benefit from it I am sure. It’s an awesome piece of writing for all the online users; they will obtain benefit from it I am sure.

]]> By: congestive heart failure http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-46621 congestive heart failure Wed, 29 May 2013 11:00:25 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-46621 Hi there! Someone in my Facebook group shared this site with us so I came to give it a look. I'm definitely enjoying the information. I'm bookmarking and will be tweeting this to my followers! Excellent blog and excellent design. Hi there! Someone in my Facebook group shared this site with us so
I came to give it a look. I’m definitely enjoying the information. I’m bookmarking and will be tweeting this to my followers!

Excellent blog and excellent design.

]]> By: anxiety attack heart http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44172 anxiety attack heart Thu, 16 May 2013 07:29:14 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44172 Excellent post! We are linking to this particularly great post on our site. Keep up the good writing. Excellent post! We are linking to this particularly great post on our site.
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]]> By: congestive heart disease http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44140 congestive heart disease Wed, 15 May 2013 22:00:35 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44140 It's a pity you don't have a donate button! I'd without a doubt donate to this fantastic blog! I suppose for now i'll settle for bookmarking and adding your RSS feed to my Google account. I look forward to fresh updates and will share this blog with my Facebook group. Chat soon! It’s a pity you don’t have a donate button!
I’d without a doubt donate to this fantastic blog! I suppose for now i’ll settle for bookmarking and adding your RSS feed to my Google account.
I look forward to fresh updates and will share this blog with my Facebook
group. Chat soon!

]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44088 Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Wed, 15 May 2013 05:13:05 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44088 We are so happy too that you are doing ok!! Thank you for sharing with us your story...many times we women do not take seriously our pains. So, if you feel " different" " strange" or any of the above stymptoms, get to the ER right away!! And please be and ADVOCATE for yourself, tell your doctor, you want to have a blood test, you do not want her to tell you are OK, you want to know you are OK!! In sisterhood Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Editor Women's Press We are so happy too that you are doing ok!!
Thank you for sharing with us your story…many times we women do not take seriously our pains.
So, if you feel ” different” ” strange” or any of the above stymptoms, get to the ER right away!!
And please be and ADVOCATE for yourself, tell your doctor, you want to have a blood test, you do not want her to tell you are OK, you want to know you are OK!!

In sisterhood
Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva
Editor
Women’s Press

]]> By: Kim http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44035 Kim Tue, 14 May 2013 21:51:32 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44035 Just wanted to share the unusual symptom I had with my heart attack 2 years ago at 54 years old. I woke up at 5:30 am to go get some water from the refrigerator because I had a cold and had been coughing. I took a swig of cold water and right after had a very sharp stabbing pain IN MY THROAT. I took some pepcid thinking it was severe indigestion ( never had it like that) and went back to bed. It slowly went into my jaws....and my right arm. Still didn't think it was anything but did cross my mind "could it be heart related." I was overweight with very high cholesterol and not taking anything because of the terrible joint and muscle pain I experienced from the meds. Then my left arm ached. I decided to go on computer to put in for a sub for work and while doing that thought I was going to pass out, throw up, or something. Got very sweaty. Went back to bed. Started having light chest pressure...End of story is that after 12 hours I went to the walk in clinic because I felt I was getting a bladder infection and figured I would have the chest thing checked out too. While there they did blood pressure, ekg, oxygen level and everything was normal. Thank God the doctor decided to do the blood test for the enzyme showing muscle damage from heart attack. They were just getting ready to send me home with steroids for the cough when the lab person knocked on the door. The doctor said an ambulance was on the way as the normal for the blood test was 0.0something to 0.0 something and mine was 7.5. I ended up with 2 stents for 3 blockages...2 were in the "widow maker" at 65percent and 97 percent and the one that caused the heart attack was the OM at 100 percent. So..... insist on the simple 10 minute blood test if you aren't getting anywhere and you know there is something wrong. I had a normal ekg in the ambulance too with normal blood pressure. Take your cholesterol meds....muscle aches are better than being dead. I have been told over and over I am lucky to still be here. Also....don't wait 12 hours, that was really stupid. Just wanted to share the unusual symptom I had with my heart attack 2 years ago at 54 years old. I woke up at 5:30 am to go get some water from the refrigerator because I had a cold and had been coughing. I took a swig of cold water and right after had a very sharp stabbing pain IN MY THROAT. I took some pepcid thinking it was severe indigestion ( never had it like that) and went back to bed. It slowly went into my jaws….and my right arm. Still didn’t think it was anything but did cross my mind “could it be heart related.” I was overweight with very high cholesterol and not taking anything because of the terrible joint and muscle pain I experienced from the meds. Then my left arm ached. I decided to go on computer to put in for a sub for work and while doing that thought I was going to pass out, throw up, or something. Got very sweaty. Went back to bed. Started having light chest pressure…End of story is that after 12 hours I went to the walk in clinic because I felt I was getting a bladder infection and figured I would have the chest thing checked out too. While there they did blood pressure, ekg, oxygen level and everything was normal. Thank God the doctor decided to do the blood test for the enzyme showing muscle damage from heart attack. They were just getting ready to send me home with steroids for the cough when the lab person knocked on the door. The doctor said an ambulance was on the way as the normal for the blood test was 0.0something to 0.0 something and mine was 7.5. I ended up with 2 stents for 3 blockages…2 were in the “widow maker” at 65percent and 97 percent and the one that caused the heart attack was the OM at 100 percent. So….. insist on the simple 10 minute blood test if you aren’t getting anywhere and you know there is something wrong. I had a normal ekg in the ambulance too with normal blood pressure. Take your cholesterol meds….muscle aches are better than being dead. I have been told over and over I am lucky to still be here. Also….don’t wait 12 hours, that was really stupid.

]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-42827 Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Mon, 06 May 2013 01:00:25 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-42827 Dear sister, Was a chest x ray taken at the ER? If so, did your lungs and ribs looked ok? I wonder if you pulled a muscle or cracked a rib, do you remember hurting yourself? I recommend you make an appointment with a Cardiologist ( heart specialist) and also talk to your OB-Gyn doctor, and bring the results from both ER visits. ( you can stop by the hospital and go to medical records, and request a copy of the complete lab, and doctor's notes, a good idea is when you visit the ER in the future, to have a copy given to you and also a copy sent to your primary care physician, that way everyone has the same information ) Do not take any medicine even over the counter ones, before talking to your doctor, remember you are pregnant now.. Good luck and let us know!! Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Editor Women's Press Dear sister,

Was a chest x ray taken at the ER? If so, did your lungs and ribs looked ok?
I wonder if you pulled a muscle or cracked a rib, do you remember hurting yourself?
I recommend you make an appointment with a Cardiologist ( heart specialist) and also talk to your OB-Gyn doctor, and bring the results from both ER visits.
( you can stop by the hospital and go to medical records, and request a copy of the complete lab, and doctor’s notes, a good idea is when you visit the ER in the future, to have a copy given to you and also a copy sent to your primary care physician, that way everyone has the same information )
Do not take any medicine even over the counter ones, before talking to your doctor, remember you are pregnant now..
Good luck and let us know!!

Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva
Editor
Women’s Press

]]> By: Jericah http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-42826 Jericah Mon, 06 May 2013 00:34:38 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-42826 I am a 19 year old female, 34 weeks pregnant, with no history of heart disease. I was a smoker for about 5 years. I quit when I got pregnant. For 3 days now, I've been having this constant chest pain on the left side of my chest that has not and does not gone away or eased up. It is not a sudden or sharp pain at all. It feels like a deep, squeezing or crushing pain. It radiates to my left upper back and my left arm and wrist hurts as well. The back and chest pain, although not sharp hurts very badly. It also feels like my heart skips a beat and then the next beat is really hard, almost like a thump. I went to the ER and they did 10 second EKG that "seemed normal" and they also did lab work to check to see if it was my gallbladder and that checked my cardiac enzymes. Which they said all seemed normal. The doctor said I don't really fit the description of someone likely to have a heart attack or heart problems. However, I did read that pregnancy increases your risk of blood clots so I am worried. They sent me home and I immediately took some Maalox and drank a lot of milk, incase it was acid reflux or heartburn. It took me a long time to get to sleep because of the pain (which does not ease up when I am at rest at all). When I woke up, I woke up still hurting and took some Prilosec OTC and have not been eating or drinking anything acidic at all. None of the medicine I took helped. At all. I am still having the pains and they do not go away with anything that I do. I went back to another ER last night because it is still constant pain and they did blood work and ekg and monitored me. I am having PVC's like every third beat and sinus tachycardia, which the doctor said was normal. They then sent me home. All my pains are still there. It still feels like my chest is being crushed and my upper back hurts terribly. It's like a band of crushing pain. My arm and wrist and shoulder and hand are hurting pretty bad now. I am very very scared. I don't know what to do because if I go back to the ER, they will just say and do the same thing and then send me home, but if it is something serious, I do not want to stay home and have a heart attack. Help?! I am a 19 year old female, 34 weeks pregnant, with no history of heart disease. I was a smoker for about 5 years. I quit when I got pregnant. For 3 days now, I’ve been having this constant chest pain on the left side of my chest that has not and does not gone away or eased up. It is not a sudden or sharp pain at all. It feels like a deep, squeezing or crushing pain. It radiates to my left upper back and my left arm and wrist hurts as well. The back and chest pain, although not sharp hurts very badly. It also feels like my heart skips a beat and then the next beat is really hard, almost like a thump. I went to the ER and they did 10 second EKG that “seemed normal” and they also did lab work to check to see if it was my gallbladder and that checked my cardiac enzymes. Which they said all seemed normal. The doctor said I don’t really fit the description of someone likely to have a heart attack or heart problems. However, I did read that pregnancy increases your risk of blood clots so I am worried. They sent me home and I immediately took some Maalox and drank a lot of milk, incase it was acid reflux or heartburn. It took me a long time to get to sleep because of the pain (which does not ease up when I am at rest at all). When I woke up, I woke up still hurting and took some Prilosec OTC and have not been eating or drinking anything acidic at all. None of the medicine I took helped. At all. I am still having the pains and they do not go away with anything that I do. I went back to another ER last night because it is still constant pain and they did blood work and ekg and monitored me. I am having PVC’s like every third beat and sinus tachycardia, which the doctor said was normal. They then sent me home. All my pains are still there. It still feels like my chest is being crushed and my upper back hurts terribly. It’s like a band of crushing pain. My arm and wrist and shoulder and hand are hurting pretty bad now. I am very very scared. I don’t know what to do because if I go back to the ER, they will just say and do the same thing and then send me home, but if it is something serious, I do not want to stay home and have a heart attack. Help?!

]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-46621 congestive heart failure Wed, 29 May 2013 11:00:25 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-46621 Hi there! Someone in my Facebook group shared this site with us so I came to give it a look. I'm definitely enjoying the information. I'm bookmarking and will be tweeting this to my followers! Excellent blog and excellent design. Hi there! Someone in my Facebook group shared this site with us so
I came to give it a look. I’m definitely enjoying the information. I’m bookmarking and will be tweeting this to my followers!

Excellent blog and excellent design.

]]> Comments on: Things That Happen Right Before a Heart Attack http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=things-that-happen-right-before-a-heart-attack Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:16:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Lorenzo http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-47621 Lorenzo Tue, 11 Jun 2013 04:02:25 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-47621 I go to see every day some websites and blogs to read content, but this weblog provides quality based content. I go to see every day some websites and blogs to read content,
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]]> By: coronary heart disease http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-46766 coronary heart disease Fri, 31 May 2013 03:10:00 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-46766 It's an awesome piece of writing for all the online users; they will obtain benefit from it I am sure. It’s an awesome piece of writing for all the online users; they will obtain benefit from it I am sure.

]]> By: congestive heart failure http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-46621 congestive heart failure Wed, 29 May 2013 11:00:25 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-46621 Hi there! Someone in my Facebook group shared this site with us so I came to give it a look. I'm definitely enjoying the information. I'm bookmarking and will be tweeting this to my followers! Excellent blog and excellent design. Hi there! Someone in my Facebook group shared this site with us so
I came to give it a look. I’m definitely enjoying the information. I’m bookmarking and will be tweeting this to my followers!

Excellent blog and excellent design.

]]> By: anxiety attack heart http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44172 anxiety attack heart Thu, 16 May 2013 07:29:14 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44172 Excellent post! We are linking to this particularly great post on our site. Keep up the good writing. Excellent post! We are linking to this particularly great post on our site.
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]]> By: congestive heart disease http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44140 congestive heart disease Wed, 15 May 2013 22:00:35 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44140 It's a pity you don't have a donate button! I'd without a doubt donate to this fantastic blog! I suppose for now i'll settle for bookmarking and adding your RSS feed to my Google account. I look forward to fresh updates and will share this blog with my Facebook group. Chat soon! It’s a pity you don’t have a donate button!
I’d without a doubt donate to this fantastic blog! I suppose for now i’ll settle for bookmarking and adding your RSS feed to my Google account.
I look forward to fresh updates and will share this blog with my Facebook
group. Chat soon!

]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44088 Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Wed, 15 May 2013 05:13:05 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44088 We are so happy too that you are doing ok!! Thank you for sharing with us your story...many times we women do not take seriously our pains. So, if you feel " different" " strange" or any of the above stymptoms, get to the ER right away!! And please be and ADVOCATE for yourself, tell your doctor, you want to have a blood test, you do not want her to tell you are OK, you want to know you are OK!! In sisterhood Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Editor Women's Press We are so happy too that you are doing ok!!
Thank you for sharing with us your story…many times we women do not take seriously our pains.
So, if you feel ” different” ” strange” or any of the above stymptoms, get to the ER right away!!
And please be and ADVOCATE for yourself, tell your doctor, you want to have a blood test, you do not want her to tell you are OK, you want to know you are OK!!

In sisterhood
Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva
Editor
Women’s Press

]]> By: Kim http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44035 Kim Tue, 14 May 2013 21:51:32 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44035 Just wanted to share the unusual symptom I had with my heart attack 2 years ago at 54 years old. I woke up at 5:30 am to go get some water from the refrigerator because I had a cold and had been coughing. I took a swig of cold water and right after had a very sharp stabbing pain IN MY THROAT. I took some pepcid thinking it was severe indigestion ( never had it like that) and went back to bed. It slowly went into my jaws....and my right arm. Still didn't think it was anything but did cross my mind "could it be heart related." I was overweight with very high cholesterol and not taking anything because of the terrible joint and muscle pain I experienced from the meds. Then my left arm ached. I decided to go on computer to put in for a sub for work and while doing that thought I was going to pass out, throw up, or something. Got very sweaty. Went back to bed. Started having light chest pressure...End of story is that after 12 hours I went to the walk in clinic because I felt I was getting a bladder infection and figured I would have the chest thing checked out too. While there they did blood pressure, ekg, oxygen level and everything was normal. Thank God the doctor decided to do the blood test for the enzyme showing muscle damage from heart attack. They were just getting ready to send me home with steroids for the cough when the lab person knocked on the door. The doctor said an ambulance was on the way as the normal for the blood test was 0.0something to 0.0 something and mine was 7.5. I ended up with 2 stents for 3 blockages...2 were in the "widow maker" at 65percent and 97 percent and the one that caused the heart attack was the OM at 100 percent. So..... insist on the simple 10 minute blood test if you aren't getting anywhere and you know there is something wrong. I had a normal ekg in the ambulance too with normal blood pressure. Take your cholesterol meds....muscle aches are better than being dead. I have been told over and over I am lucky to still be here. Also....don't wait 12 hours, that was really stupid. Just wanted to share the unusual symptom I had with my heart attack 2 years ago at 54 years old. I woke up at 5:30 am to go get some water from the refrigerator because I had a cold and had been coughing. I took a swig of cold water and right after had a very sharp stabbing pain IN MY THROAT. I took some pepcid thinking it was severe indigestion ( never had it like that) and went back to bed. It slowly went into my jaws….and my right arm. Still didn’t think it was anything but did cross my mind “could it be heart related.” I was overweight with very high cholesterol and not taking anything because of the terrible joint and muscle pain I experienced from the meds. Then my left arm ached. I decided to go on computer to put in for a sub for work and while doing that thought I was going to pass out, throw up, or something. Got very sweaty. Went back to bed. Started having light chest pressure…End of story is that after 12 hours I went to the walk in clinic because I felt I was getting a bladder infection and figured I would have the chest thing checked out too. While there they did blood pressure, ekg, oxygen level and everything was normal. Thank God the doctor decided to do the blood test for the enzyme showing muscle damage from heart attack. They were just getting ready to send me home with steroids for the cough when the lab person knocked on the door. The doctor said an ambulance was on the way as the normal for the blood test was 0.0something to 0.0 something and mine was 7.5. I ended up with 2 stents for 3 blockages…2 were in the “widow maker” at 65percent and 97 percent and the one that caused the heart attack was the OM at 100 percent. So….. insist on the simple 10 minute blood test if you aren’t getting anywhere and you know there is something wrong. I had a normal ekg in the ambulance too with normal blood pressure. Take your cholesterol meds….muscle aches are better than being dead. I have been told over and over I am lucky to still be here. Also….don’t wait 12 hours, that was really stupid.

]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-42827 Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Mon, 06 May 2013 01:00:25 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-42827 Dear sister, Was a chest x ray taken at the ER? If so, did your lungs and ribs looked ok? I wonder if you pulled a muscle or cracked a rib, do you remember hurting yourself? I recommend you make an appointment with a Cardiologist ( heart specialist) and also talk to your OB-Gyn doctor, and bring the results from both ER visits. ( you can stop by the hospital and go to medical records, and request a copy of the complete lab, and doctor's notes, a good idea is when you visit the ER in the future, to have a copy given to you and also a copy sent to your primary care physician, that way everyone has the same information ) Do not take any medicine even over the counter ones, before talking to your doctor, remember you are pregnant now.. Good luck and let us know!! Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Editor Women's Press Dear sister,

Was a chest x ray taken at the ER? If so, did your lungs and ribs looked ok?
I wonder if you pulled a muscle or cracked a rib, do you remember hurting yourself?
I recommend you make an appointment with a Cardiologist ( heart specialist) and also talk to your OB-Gyn doctor, and bring the results from both ER visits.
( you can stop by the hospital and go to medical records, and request a copy of the complete lab, and doctor’s notes, a good idea is when you visit the ER in the future, to have a copy given to you and also a copy sent to your primary care physician, that way everyone has the same information )
Do not take any medicine even over the counter ones, before talking to your doctor, remember you are pregnant now..
Good luck and let us know!!

Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva
Editor
Women’s Press

]]> By: Jericah http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-42826 Jericah Mon, 06 May 2013 00:34:38 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-42826 I am a 19 year old female, 34 weeks pregnant, with no history of heart disease. I was a smoker for about 5 years. I quit when I got pregnant. For 3 days now, I've been having this constant chest pain on the left side of my chest that has not and does not gone away or eased up. It is not a sudden or sharp pain at all. It feels like a deep, squeezing or crushing pain. It radiates to my left upper back and my left arm and wrist hurts as well. The back and chest pain, although not sharp hurts very badly. It also feels like my heart skips a beat and then the next beat is really hard, almost like a thump. I went to the ER and they did 10 second EKG that "seemed normal" and they also did lab work to check to see if it was my gallbladder and that checked my cardiac enzymes. Which they said all seemed normal. The doctor said I don't really fit the description of someone likely to have a heart attack or heart problems. However, I did read that pregnancy increases your risk of blood clots so I am worried. They sent me home and I immediately took some Maalox and drank a lot of milk, incase it was acid reflux or heartburn. It took me a long time to get to sleep because of the pain (which does not ease up when I am at rest at all). When I woke up, I woke up still hurting and took some Prilosec OTC and have not been eating or drinking anything acidic at all. None of the medicine I took helped. At all. I am still having the pains and they do not go away with anything that I do. I went back to another ER last night because it is still constant pain and they did blood work and ekg and monitored me. I am having PVC's like every third beat and sinus tachycardia, which the doctor said was normal. They then sent me home. All my pains are still there. It still feels like my chest is being crushed and my upper back hurts terribly. It's like a band of crushing pain. My arm and wrist and shoulder and hand are hurting pretty bad now. I am very very scared. I don't know what to do because if I go back to the ER, they will just say and do the same thing and then send me home, but if it is something serious, I do not want to stay home and have a heart attack. Help?! I am a 19 year old female, 34 weeks pregnant, with no history of heart disease. I was a smoker for about 5 years. I quit when I got pregnant. For 3 days now, I’ve been having this constant chest pain on the left side of my chest that has not and does not gone away or eased up. It is not a sudden or sharp pain at all. It feels like a deep, squeezing or crushing pain. It radiates to my left upper back and my left arm and wrist hurts as well. The back and chest pain, although not sharp hurts very badly. It also feels like my heart skips a beat and then the next beat is really hard, almost like a thump. I went to the ER and they did 10 second EKG that “seemed normal” and they also did lab work to check to see if it was my gallbladder and that checked my cardiac enzymes. Which they said all seemed normal. The doctor said I don’t really fit the description of someone likely to have a heart attack or heart problems. However, I did read that pregnancy increases your risk of blood clots so I am worried. They sent me home and I immediately took some Maalox and drank a lot of milk, incase it was acid reflux or heartburn. It took me a long time to get to sleep because of the pain (which does not ease up when I am at rest at all). When I woke up, I woke up still hurting and took some Prilosec OTC and have not been eating or drinking anything acidic at all. None of the medicine I took helped. At all. I am still having the pains and they do not go away with anything that I do. I went back to another ER last night because it is still constant pain and they did blood work and ekg and monitored me. I am having PVC’s like every third beat and sinus tachycardia, which the doctor said was normal. They then sent me home. All my pains are still there. It still feels like my chest is being crushed and my upper back hurts terribly. It’s like a band of crushing pain. My arm and wrist and shoulder and hand are hurting pretty bad now. I am very very scared. I don’t know what to do because if I go back to the ER, they will just say and do the same thing and then send me home, but if it is something serious, I do not want to stay home and have a heart attack. Help?!

]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44172 anxiety attack heart Thu, 16 May 2013 07:29:14 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44172 Excellent post! We are linking to this particularly great post on our site. Keep up the good writing. Excellent post! We are linking to this particularly great post on our site.
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]]> Comments on: Things That Happen Right Before a Heart Attack http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=things-that-happen-right-before-a-heart-attack Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:16:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Lorenzo http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-47621 Lorenzo Tue, 11 Jun 2013 04:02:25 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-47621 I go to see every day some websites and blogs to read content, but this weblog provides quality based content. I go to see every day some websites and blogs to read content,
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]]> By: coronary heart disease http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-46766 coronary heart disease Fri, 31 May 2013 03:10:00 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-46766 It's an awesome piece of writing for all the online users; they will obtain benefit from it I am sure. It’s an awesome piece of writing for all the online users; they will obtain benefit from it I am sure.

]]> By: congestive heart failure http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-46621 congestive heart failure Wed, 29 May 2013 11:00:25 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-46621 Hi there! Someone in my Facebook group shared this site with us so I came to give it a look. I'm definitely enjoying the information. I'm bookmarking and will be tweeting this to my followers! Excellent blog and excellent design. Hi there! Someone in my Facebook group shared this site with us so
I came to give it a look. I’m definitely enjoying the information. I’m bookmarking and will be tweeting this to my followers!

Excellent blog and excellent design.

]]> By: anxiety attack heart http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44172 anxiety attack heart Thu, 16 May 2013 07:29:14 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44172 Excellent post! We are linking to this particularly great post on our site. Keep up the good writing. Excellent post! We are linking to this particularly great post on our site.
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]]> By: congestive heart disease http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44140 congestive heart disease Wed, 15 May 2013 22:00:35 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44140 It's a pity you don't have a donate button! I'd without a doubt donate to this fantastic blog! I suppose for now i'll settle for bookmarking and adding your RSS feed to my Google account. I look forward to fresh updates and will share this blog with my Facebook group. Chat soon! It’s a pity you don’t have a donate button!
I’d without a doubt donate to this fantastic blog! I suppose for now i’ll settle for bookmarking and adding your RSS feed to my Google account.
I look forward to fresh updates and will share this blog with my Facebook
group. Chat soon!

]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44088 Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Wed, 15 May 2013 05:13:05 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44088 We are so happy too that you are doing ok!! Thank you for sharing with us your story...many times we women do not take seriously our pains. So, if you feel " different" " strange" or any of the above stymptoms, get to the ER right away!! And please be and ADVOCATE for yourself, tell your doctor, you want to have a blood test, you do not want her to tell you are OK, you want to know you are OK!! In sisterhood Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Editor Women's Press We are so happy too that you are doing ok!!
Thank you for sharing with us your story…many times we women do not take seriously our pains.
So, if you feel ” different” ” strange” or any of the above stymptoms, get to the ER right away!!
And please be and ADVOCATE for yourself, tell your doctor, you want to have a blood test, you do not want her to tell you are OK, you want to know you are OK!!

In sisterhood
Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva
Editor
Women’s Press

]]> By: Kim http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44035 Kim Tue, 14 May 2013 21:51:32 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44035 Just wanted to share the unusual symptom I had with my heart attack 2 years ago at 54 years old. I woke up at 5:30 am to go get some water from the refrigerator because I had a cold and had been coughing. I took a swig of cold water and right after had a very sharp stabbing pain IN MY THROAT. I took some pepcid thinking it was severe indigestion ( never had it like that) and went back to bed. It slowly went into my jaws....and my right arm. Still didn't think it was anything but did cross my mind "could it be heart related." I was overweight with very high cholesterol and not taking anything because of the terrible joint and muscle pain I experienced from the meds. Then my left arm ached. I decided to go on computer to put in for a sub for work and while doing that thought I was going to pass out, throw up, or something. Got very sweaty. Went back to bed. Started having light chest pressure...End of story is that after 12 hours I went to the walk in clinic because I felt I was getting a bladder infection and figured I would have the chest thing checked out too. While there they did blood pressure, ekg, oxygen level and everything was normal. Thank God the doctor decided to do the blood test for the enzyme showing muscle damage from heart attack. They were just getting ready to send me home with steroids for the cough when the lab person knocked on the door. The doctor said an ambulance was on the way as the normal for the blood test was 0.0something to 0.0 something and mine was 7.5. I ended up with 2 stents for 3 blockages...2 were in the "widow maker" at 65percent and 97 percent and the one that caused the heart attack was the OM at 100 percent. So..... insist on the simple 10 minute blood test if you aren't getting anywhere and you know there is something wrong. I had a normal ekg in the ambulance too with normal blood pressure. Take your cholesterol meds....muscle aches are better than being dead. I have been told over and over I am lucky to still be here. Also....don't wait 12 hours, that was really stupid. Just wanted to share the unusual symptom I had with my heart attack 2 years ago at 54 years old. I woke up at 5:30 am to go get some water from the refrigerator because I had a cold and had been coughing. I took a swig of cold water and right after had a very sharp stabbing pain IN MY THROAT. I took some pepcid thinking it was severe indigestion ( never had it like that) and went back to bed. It slowly went into my jaws….and my right arm. Still didn’t think it was anything but did cross my mind “could it be heart related.” I was overweight with very high cholesterol and not taking anything because of the terrible joint and muscle pain I experienced from the meds. Then my left arm ached. I decided to go on computer to put in for a sub for work and while doing that thought I was going to pass out, throw up, or something. Got very sweaty. Went back to bed. Started having light chest pressure…End of story is that after 12 hours I went to the walk in clinic because I felt I was getting a bladder infection and figured I would have the chest thing checked out too. While there they did blood pressure, ekg, oxygen level and everything was normal. Thank God the doctor decided to do the blood test for the enzyme showing muscle damage from heart attack. They were just getting ready to send me home with steroids for the cough when the lab person knocked on the door. The doctor said an ambulance was on the way as the normal for the blood test was 0.0something to 0.0 something and mine was 7.5. I ended up with 2 stents for 3 blockages…2 were in the “widow maker” at 65percent and 97 percent and the one that caused the heart attack was the OM at 100 percent. So….. insist on the simple 10 minute blood test if you aren’t getting anywhere and you know there is something wrong. I had a normal ekg in the ambulance too with normal blood pressure. Take your cholesterol meds….muscle aches are better than being dead. I have been told over and over I am lucky to still be here. Also….don’t wait 12 hours, that was really stupid.

]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-42827 Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Mon, 06 May 2013 01:00:25 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-42827 Dear sister, Was a chest x ray taken at the ER? If so, did your lungs and ribs looked ok? I wonder if you pulled a muscle or cracked a rib, do you remember hurting yourself? I recommend you make an appointment with a Cardiologist ( heart specialist) and also talk to your OB-Gyn doctor, and bring the results from both ER visits. ( you can stop by the hospital and go to medical records, and request a copy of the complete lab, and doctor's notes, a good idea is when you visit the ER in the future, to have a copy given to you and also a copy sent to your primary care physician, that way everyone has the same information ) Do not take any medicine even over the counter ones, before talking to your doctor, remember you are pregnant now.. Good luck and let us know!! Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Editor Women's Press Dear sister,

Was a chest x ray taken at the ER? If so, did your lungs and ribs looked ok?
I wonder if you pulled a muscle or cracked a rib, do you remember hurting yourself?
I recommend you make an appointment with a Cardiologist ( heart specialist) and also talk to your OB-Gyn doctor, and bring the results from both ER visits.
( you can stop by the hospital and go to medical records, and request a copy of the complete lab, and doctor’s notes, a good idea is when you visit the ER in the future, to have a copy given to you and also a copy sent to your primary care physician, that way everyone has the same information )
Do not take any medicine even over the counter ones, before talking to your doctor, remember you are pregnant now..
Good luck and let us know!!

Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva
Editor
Women’s Press

]]> By: Jericah http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-42826 Jericah Mon, 06 May 2013 00:34:38 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-42826 I am a 19 year old female, 34 weeks pregnant, with no history of heart disease. I was a smoker for about 5 years. I quit when I got pregnant. For 3 days now, I've been having this constant chest pain on the left side of my chest that has not and does not gone away or eased up. It is not a sudden or sharp pain at all. It feels like a deep, squeezing or crushing pain. It radiates to my left upper back and my left arm and wrist hurts as well. The back and chest pain, although not sharp hurts very badly. It also feels like my heart skips a beat and then the next beat is really hard, almost like a thump. I went to the ER and they did 10 second EKG that "seemed normal" and they also did lab work to check to see if it was my gallbladder and that checked my cardiac enzymes. Which they said all seemed normal. The doctor said I don't really fit the description of someone likely to have a heart attack or heart problems. However, I did read that pregnancy increases your risk of blood clots so I am worried. They sent me home and I immediately took some Maalox and drank a lot of milk, incase it was acid reflux or heartburn. It took me a long time to get to sleep because of the pain (which does not ease up when I am at rest at all). When I woke up, I woke up still hurting and took some Prilosec OTC and have not been eating or drinking anything acidic at all. None of the medicine I took helped. At all. I am still having the pains and they do not go away with anything that I do. I went back to another ER last night because it is still constant pain and they did blood work and ekg and monitored me. I am having PVC's like every third beat and sinus tachycardia, which the doctor said was normal. They then sent me home. All my pains are still there. It still feels like my chest is being crushed and my upper back hurts terribly. It's like a band of crushing pain. My arm and wrist and shoulder and hand are hurting pretty bad now. I am very very scared. I don't know what to do because if I go back to the ER, they will just say and do the same thing and then send me home, but if it is something serious, I do not want to stay home and have a heart attack. Help?! I am a 19 year old female, 34 weeks pregnant, with no history of heart disease. I was a smoker for about 5 years. I quit when I got pregnant. For 3 days now, I’ve been having this constant chest pain on the left side of my chest that has not and does not gone away or eased up. It is not a sudden or sharp pain at all. It feels like a deep, squeezing or crushing pain. It radiates to my left upper back and my left arm and wrist hurts as well. The back and chest pain, although not sharp hurts very badly. It also feels like my heart skips a beat and then the next beat is really hard, almost like a thump. I went to the ER and they did 10 second EKG that “seemed normal” and they also did lab work to check to see if it was my gallbladder and that checked my cardiac enzymes. Which they said all seemed normal. The doctor said I don’t really fit the description of someone likely to have a heart attack or heart problems. However, I did read that pregnancy increases your risk of blood clots so I am worried. They sent me home and I immediately took some Maalox and drank a lot of milk, incase it was acid reflux or heartburn. It took me a long time to get to sleep because of the pain (which does not ease up when I am at rest at all). When I woke up, I woke up still hurting and took some Prilosec OTC and have not been eating or drinking anything acidic at all. None of the medicine I took helped. At all. I am still having the pains and they do not go away with anything that I do. I went back to another ER last night because it is still constant pain and they did blood work and ekg and monitored me. I am having PVC’s like every third beat and sinus tachycardia, which the doctor said was normal. They then sent me home. All my pains are still there. It still feels like my chest is being crushed and my upper back hurts terribly. It’s like a band of crushing pain. My arm and wrist and shoulder and hand are hurting pretty bad now. I am very very scared. I don’t know what to do because if I go back to the ER, they will just say and do the same thing and then send me home, but if it is something serious, I do not want to stay home and have a heart attack. Help?!

]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44140 congestive heart disease Wed, 15 May 2013 22:00:35 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44140 It's a pity you don't have a donate button! I'd without a doubt donate to this fantastic blog! I suppose for now i'll settle for bookmarking and adding your RSS feed to my Google account. I look forward to fresh updates and will share this blog with my Facebook group. Chat soon! It’s a pity you don’t have a donate button!
I’d without a doubt donate to this fantastic blog! I suppose for now i’ll settle for bookmarking and adding your RSS feed to my Google account.
I look forward to fresh updates and will share this blog with my Facebook
group. Chat soon!

]]> Comments on: Things That Happen Right Before a Heart Attack http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=things-that-happen-right-before-a-heart-attack Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:16:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Lorenzo http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-47621 Lorenzo Tue, 11 Jun 2013 04:02:25 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-47621 I go to see every day some websites and blogs to read content, but this weblog provides quality based content. I go to see every day some websites and blogs to read content,
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]]> By: coronary heart disease http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-46766 coronary heart disease Fri, 31 May 2013 03:10:00 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-46766 It's an awesome piece of writing for all the online users; they will obtain benefit from it I am sure. It’s an awesome piece of writing for all the online users; they will obtain benefit from it I am sure.

]]> By: congestive heart failure http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-46621 congestive heart failure Wed, 29 May 2013 11:00:25 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-46621 Hi there! Someone in my Facebook group shared this site with us so I came to give it a look. I'm definitely enjoying the information. I'm bookmarking and will be tweeting this to my followers! Excellent blog and excellent design. Hi there! Someone in my Facebook group shared this site with us so
I came to give it a look. I’m definitely enjoying the information. I’m bookmarking and will be tweeting this to my followers!

Excellent blog and excellent design.

]]> By: anxiety attack heart http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44172 anxiety attack heart Thu, 16 May 2013 07:29:14 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44172 Excellent post! We are linking to this particularly great post on our site. Keep up the good writing. Excellent post! We are linking to this particularly great post on our site.
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]]> By: congestive heart disease http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44140 congestive heart disease Wed, 15 May 2013 22:00:35 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44140 It's a pity you don't have a donate button! I'd without a doubt donate to this fantastic blog! I suppose for now i'll settle for bookmarking and adding your RSS feed to my Google account. I look forward to fresh updates and will share this blog with my Facebook group. Chat soon! It’s a pity you don’t have a donate button!
I’d without a doubt donate to this fantastic blog! I suppose for now i’ll settle for bookmarking and adding your RSS feed to my Google account.
I look forward to fresh updates and will share this blog with my Facebook
group. Chat soon!

]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44088 Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Wed, 15 May 2013 05:13:05 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44088 We are so happy too that you are doing ok!! Thank you for sharing with us your story...many times we women do not take seriously our pains. So, if you feel " different" " strange" or any of the above stymptoms, get to the ER right away!! And please be and ADVOCATE for yourself, tell your doctor, you want to have a blood test, you do not want her to tell you are OK, you want to know you are OK!! In sisterhood Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Editor Women's Press We are so happy too that you are doing ok!!
Thank you for sharing with us your story…many times we women do not take seriously our pains.
So, if you feel ” different” ” strange” or any of the above stymptoms, get to the ER right away!!
And please be and ADVOCATE for yourself, tell your doctor, you want to have a blood test, you do not want her to tell you are OK, you want to know you are OK!!

In sisterhood
Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva
Editor
Women’s Press

]]> By: Kim http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44035 Kim Tue, 14 May 2013 21:51:32 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44035 Just wanted to share the unusual symptom I had with my heart attack 2 years ago at 54 years old. I woke up at 5:30 am to go get some water from the refrigerator because I had a cold and had been coughing. I took a swig of cold water and right after had a very sharp stabbing pain IN MY THROAT. I took some pepcid thinking it was severe indigestion ( never had it like that) and went back to bed. It slowly went into my jaws....and my right arm. Still didn't think it was anything but did cross my mind "could it be heart related." I was overweight with very high cholesterol and not taking anything because of the terrible joint and muscle pain I experienced from the meds. Then my left arm ached. I decided to go on computer to put in for a sub for work and while doing that thought I was going to pass out, throw up, or something. Got very sweaty. Went back to bed. Started having light chest pressure...End of story is that after 12 hours I went to the walk in clinic because I felt I was getting a bladder infection and figured I would have the chest thing checked out too. While there they did blood pressure, ekg, oxygen level and everything was normal. Thank God the doctor decided to do the blood test for the enzyme showing muscle damage from heart attack. They were just getting ready to send me home with steroids for the cough when the lab person knocked on the door. The doctor said an ambulance was on the way as the normal for the blood test was 0.0something to 0.0 something and mine was 7.5. I ended up with 2 stents for 3 blockages...2 were in the "widow maker" at 65percent and 97 percent and the one that caused the heart attack was the OM at 100 percent. So..... insist on the simple 10 minute blood test if you aren't getting anywhere and you know there is something wrong. I had a normal ekg in the ambulance too with normal blood pressure. Take your cholesterol meds....muscle aches are better than being dead. I have been told over and over I am lucky to still be here. Also....don't wait 12 hours, that was really stupid. Just wanted to share the unusual symptom I had with my heart attack 2 years ago at 54 years old. I woke up at 5:30 am to go get some water from the refrigerator because I had a cold and had been coughing. I took a swig of cold water and right after had a very sharp stabbing pain IN MY THROAT. I took some pepcid thinking it was severe indigestion ( never had it like that) and went back to bed. It slowly went into my jaws….and my right arm. Still didn’t think it was anything but did cross my mind “could it be heart related.” I was overweight with very high cholesterol and not taking anything because of the terrible joint and muscle pain I experienced from the meds. Then my left arm ached. I decided to go on computer to put in for a sub for work and while doing that thought I was going to pass out, throw up, or something. Got very sweaty. Went back to bed. Started having light chest pressure…End of story is that after 12 hours I went to the walk in clinic because I felt I was getting a bladder infection and figured I would have the chest thing checked out too. While there they did blood pressure, ekg, oxygen level and everything was normal. Thank God the doctor decided to do the blood test for the enzyme showing muscle damage from heart attack. They were just getting ready to send me home with steroids for the cough when the lab person knocked on the door. The doctor said an ambulance was on the way as the normal for the blood test was 0.0something to 0.0 something and mine was 7.5. I ended up with 2 stents for 3 blockages…2 were in the “widow maker” at 65percent and 97 percent and the one that caused the heart attack was the OM at 100 percent. So….. insist on the simple 10 minute blood test if you aren’t getting anywhere and you know there is something wrong. I had a normal ekg in the ambulance too with normal blood pressure. Take your cholesterol meds….muscle aches are better than being dead. I have been told over and over I am lucky to still be here. Also….don’t wait 12 hours, that was really stupid.

]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-42827 Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Mon, 06 May 2013 01:00:25 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-42827 Dear sister, Was a chest x ray taken at the ER? If so, did your lungs and ribs looked ok? I wonder if you pulled a muscle or cracked a rib, do you remember hurting yourself? I recommend you make an appointment with a Cardiologist ( heart specialist) and also talk to your OB-Gyn doctor, and bring the results from both ER visits. ( you can stop by the hospital and go to medical records, and request a copy of the complete lab, and doctor's notes, a good idea is when you visit the ER in the future, to have a copy given to you and also a copy sent to your primary care physician, that way everyone has the same information ) Do not take any medicine even over the counter ones, before talking to your doctor, remember you are pregnant now.. Good luck and let us know!! Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Editor Women's Press Dear sister,

Was a chest x ray taken at the ER? If so, did your lungs and ribs looked ok?
I wonder if you pulled a muscle or cracked a rib, do you remember hurting yourself?
I recommend you make an appointment with a Cardiologist ( heart specialist) and also talk to your OB-Gyn doctor, and bring the results from both ER visits.
( you can stop by the hospital and go to medical records, and request a copy of the complete lab, and doctor’s notes, a good idea is when you visit the ER in the future, to have a copy given to you and also a copy sent to your primary care physician, that way everyone has the same information )
Do not take any medicine even over the counter ones, before talking to your doctor, remember you are pregnant now..
Good luck and let us know!!

Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva
Editor
Women’s Press

]]> By: Jericah http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-42826 Jericah Mon, 06 May 2013 00:34:38 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-42826 I am a 19 year old female, 34 weeks pregnant, with no history of heart disease. I was a smoker for about 5 years. I quit when I got pregnant. For 3 days now, I've been having this constant chest pain on the left side of my chest that has not and does not gone away or eased up. It is not a sudden or sharp pain at all. It feels like a deep, squeezing or crushing pain. It radiates to my left upper back and my left arm and wrist hurts as well. The back and chest pain, although not sharp hurts very badly. It also feels like my heart skips a beat and then the next beat is really hard, almost like a thump. I went to the ER and they did 10 second EKG that "seemed normal" and they also did lab work to check to see if it was my gallbladder and that checked my cardiac enzymes. Which they said all seemed normal. The doctor said I don't really fit the description of someone likely to have a heart attack or heart problems. However, I did read that pregnancy increases your risk of blood clots so I am worried. They sent me home and I immediately took some Maalox and drank a lot of milk, incase it was acid reflux or heartburn. It took me a long time to get to sleep because of the pain (which does not ease up when I am at rest at all). When I woke up, I woke up still hurting and took some Prilosec OTC and have not been eating or drinking anything acidic at all. None of the medicine I took helped. At all. I am still having the pains and they do not go away with anything that I do. I went back to another ER last night because it is still constant pain and they did blood work and ekg and monitored me. I am having PVC's like every third beat and sinus tachycardia, which the doctor said was normal. They then sent me home. All my pains are still there. It still feels like my chest is being crushed and my upper back hurts terribly. It's like a band of crushing pain. My arm and wrist and shoulder and hand are hurting pretty bad now. I am very very scared. I don't know what to do because if I go back to the ER, they will just say and do the same thing and then send me home, but if it is something serious, I do not want to stay home and have a heart attack. Help?! I am a 19 year old female, 34 weeks pregnant, with no history of heart disease. I was a smoker for about 5 years. I quit when I got pregnant. For 3 days now, I’ve been having this constant chest pain on the left side of my chest that has not and does not gone away or eased up. It is not a sudden or sharp pain at all. It feels like a deep, squeezing or crushing pain. It radiates to my left upper back and my left arm and wrist hurts as well. The back and chest pain, although not sharp hurts very badly. It also feels like my heart skips a beat and then the next beat is really hard, almost like a thump. I went to the ER and they did 10 second EKG that “seemed normal” and they also did lab work to check to see if it was my gallbladder and that checked my cardiac enzymes. Which they said all seemed normal. The doctor said I don’t really fit the description of someone likely to have a heart attack or heart problems. However, I did read that pregnancy increases your risk of blood clots so I am worried. They sent me home and I immediately took some Maalox and drank a lot of milk, incase it was acid reflux or heartburn. It took me a long time to get to sleep because of the pain (which does not ease up when I am at rest at all). When I woke up, I woke up still hurting and took some Prilosec OTC and have not been eating or drinking anything acidic at all. None of the medicine I took helped. At all. I am still having the pains and they do not go away with anything that I do. I went back to another ER last night because it is still constant pain and they did blood work and ekg and monitored me. I am having PVC’s like every third beat and sinus tachycardia, which the doctor said was normal. They then sent me home. All my pains are still there. It still feels like my chest is being crushed and my upper back hurts terribly. It’s like a band of crushing pain. My arm and wrist and shoulder and hand are hurting pretty bad now. I am very very scared. I don’t know what to do because if I go back to the ER, they will just say and do the same thing and then send me home, but if it is something serious, I do not want to stay home and have a heart attack. Help?!

]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44088 Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Wed, 15 May 2013 05:13:05 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44088 We are so happy too that you are doing ok!! Thank you for sharing with us your story...many times we women do not take seriously our pains. So, if you feel " different" " strange" or any of the above stymptoms, get to the ER right away!! And please be and ADVOCATE for yourself, tell your doctor, you want to have a blood test, you do not want her to tell you are OK, you want to know you are OK!! In sisterhood Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Editor Women's Press We are so happy too that you are doing ok!!
Thank you for sharing with us your story…many times we women do not take seriously our pains.
So, if you feel ” different” ” strange” or any of the above stymptoms, get to the ER right away!!
And please be and ADVOCATE for yourself, tell your doctor, you want to have a blood test, you do not want her to tell you are OK, you want to know you are OK!!

In sisterhood
Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva
Editor
Women’s Press

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]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44088 Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Wed, 15 May 2013 05:13:05 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44088 We are so happy too that you are doing ok!! Thank you for sharing with us your story...many times we women do not take seriously our pains. So, if you feel " different" " strange" or any of the above stymptoms, get to the ER right away!! And please be and ADVOCATE for yourself, tell your doctor, you want to have a blood test, you do not want her to tell you are OK, you want to know you are OK!! In sisterhood Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Editor Women's Press We are so happy too that you are doing ok!!
Thank you for sharing with us your story…many times we women do not take seriously our pains.
So, if you feel ” different” ” strange” or any of the above stymptoms, get to the ER right away!!
And please be and ADVOCATE for yourself, tell your doctor, you want to have a blood test, you do not want her to tell you are OK, you want to know you are OK!!

In sisterhood
Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva
Editor
Women’s Press

]]> By: Kim http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44035 Kim Tue, 14 May 2013 21:51:32 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44035 Just wanted to share the unusual symptom I had with my heart attack 2 years ago at 54 years old. I woke up at 5:30 am to go get some water from the refrigerator because I had a cold and had been coughing. I took a swig of cold water and right after had a very sharp stabbing pain IN MY THROAT. I took some pepcid thinking it was severe indigestion ( never had it like that) and went back to bed. It slowly went into my jaws....and my right arm. Still didn't think it was anything but did cross my mind "could it be heart related." I was overweight with very high cholesterol and not taking anything because of the terrible joint and muscle pain I experienced from the meds. Then my left arm ached. I decided to go on computer to put in for a sub for work and while doing that thought I was going to pass out, throw up, or something. Got very sweaty. Went back to bed. Started having light chest pressure...End of story is that after 12 hours I went to the walk in clinic because I felt I was getting a bladder infection and figured I would have the chest thing checked out too. While there they did blood pressure, ekg, oxygen level and everything was normal. Thank God the doctor decided to do the blood test for the enzyme showing muscle damage from heart attack. They were just getting ready to send me home with steroids for the cough when the lab person knocked on the door. The doctor said an ambulance was on the way as the normal for the blood test was 0.0something to 0.0 something and mine was 7.5. I ended up with 2 stents for 3 blockages...2 were in the "widow maker" at 65percent and 97 percent and the one that caused the heart attack was the OM at 100 percent. So..... insist on the simple 10 minute blood test if you aren't getting anywhere and you know there is something wrong. I had a normal ekg in the ambulance too with normal blood pressure. Take your cholesterol meds....muscle aches are better than being dead. I have been told over and over I am lucky to still be here. Also....don't wait 12 hours, that was really stupid. Just wanted to share the unusual symptom I had with my heart attack 2 years ago at 54 years old. I woke up at 5:30 am to go get some water from the refrigerator because I had a cold and had been coughing. I took a swig of cold water and right after had a very sharp stabbing pain IN MY THROAT. I took some pepcid thinking it was severe indigestion ( never had it like that) and went back to bed. It slowly went into my jaws….and my right arm. Still didn’t think it was anything but did cross my mind “could it be heart related.” I was overweight with very high cholesterol and not taking anything because of the terrible joint and muscle pain I experienced from the meds. Then my left arm ached. I decided to go on computer to put in for a sub for work and while doing that thought I was going to pass out, throw up, or something. Got very sweaty. Went back to bed. Started having light chest pressure…End of story is that after 12 hours I went to the walk in clinic because I felt I was getting a bladder infection and figured I would have the chest thing checked out too. While there they did blood pressure, ekg, oxygen level and everything was normal. Thank God the doctor decided to do the blood test for the enzyme showing muscle damage from heart attack. They were just getting ready to send me home with steroids for the cough when the lab person knocked on the door. The doctor said an ambulance was on the way as the normal for the blood test was 0.0something to 0.0 something and mine was 7.5. I ended up with 2 stents for 3 blockages…2 were in the “widow maker” at 65percent and 97 percent and the one that caused the heart attack was the OM at 100 percent. So….. insist on the simple 10 minute blood test if you aren’t getting anywhere and you know there is something wrong. I had a normal ekg in the ambulance too with normal blood pressure. Take your cholesterol meds….muscle aches are better than being dead. I have been told over and over I am lucky to still be here. Also….don’t wait 12 hours, that was really stupid.

]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-42827 Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Mon, 06 May 2013 01:00:25 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-42827 Dear sister, Was a chest x ray taken at the ER? If so, did your lungs and ribs looked ok? I wonder if you pulled a muscle or cracked a rib, do you remember hurting yourself? I recommend you make an appointment with a Cardiologist ( heart specialist) and also talk to your OB-Gyn doctor, and bring the results from both ER visits. ( you can stop by the hospital and go to medical records, and request a copy of the complete lab, and doctor's notes, a good idea is when you visit the ER in the future, to have a copy given to you and also a copy sent to your primary care physician, that way everyone has the same information ) Do not take any medicine even over the counter ones, before talking to your doctor, remember you are pregnant now.. Good luck and let us know!! Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Editor Women's Press Dear sister,

Was a chest x ray taken at the ER? If so, did your lungs and ribs looked ok?
I wonder if you pulled a muscle or cracked a rib, do you remember hurting yourself?
I recommend you make an appointment with a Cardiologist ( heart specialist) and also talk to your OB-Gyn doctor, and bring the results from both ER visits.
( you can stop by the hospital and go to medical records, and request a copy of the complete lab, and doctor’s notes, a good idea is when you visit the ER in the future, to have a copy given to you and also a copy sent to your primary care physician, that way everyone has the same information )
Do not take any medicine even over the counter ones, before talking to your doctor, remember you are pregnant now..
Good luck and let us know!!

Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva
Editor
Women’s Press

]]> By: Jericah http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-42826 Jericah Mon, 06 May 2013 00:34:38 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-42826 I am a 19 year old female, 34 weeks pregnant, with no history of heart disease. I was a smoker for about 5 years. I quit when I got pregnant. For 3 days now, I've been having this constant chest pain on the left side of my chest that has not and does not gone away or eased up. It is not a sudden or sharp pain at all. It feels like a deep, squeezing or crushing pain. It radiates to my left upper back and my left arm and wrist hurts as well. The back and chest pain, although not sharp hurts very badly. It also feels like my heart skips a beat and then the next beat is really hard, almost like a thump. I went to the ER and they did 10 second EKG that "seemed normal" and they also did lab work to check to see if it was my gallbladder and that checked my cardiac enzymes. Which they said all seemed normal. The doctor said I don't really fit the description of someone likely to have a heart attack or heart problems. However, I did read that pregnancy increases your risk of blood clots so I am worried. They sent me home and I immediately took some Maalox and drank a lot of milk, incase it was acid reflux or heartburn. It took me a long time to get to sleep because of the pain (which does not ease up when I am at rest at all). When I woke up, I woke up still hurting and took some Prilosec OTC and have not been eating or drinking anything acidic at all. None of the medicine I took helped. At all. I am still having the pains and they do not go away with anything that I do. I went back to another ER last night because it is still constant pain and they did blood work and ekg and monitored me. I am having PVC's like every third beat and sinus tachycardia, which the doctor said was normal. They then sent me home. All my pains are still there. It still feels like my chest is being crushed and my upper back hurts terribly. It's like a band of crushing pain. My arm and wrist and shoulder and hand are hurting pretty bad now. I am very very scared. I don't know what to do because if I go back to the ER, they will just say and do the same thing and then send me home, but if it is something serious, I do not want to stay home and have a heart attack. Help?! I am a 19 year old female, 34 weeks pregnant, with no history of heart disease. I was a smoker for about 5 years. I quit when I got pregnant. For 3 days now, I’ve been having this constant chest pain on the left side of my chest that has not and does not gone away or eased up. It is not a sudden or sharp pain at all. It feels like a deep, squeezing or crushing pain. It radiates to my left upper back and my left arm and wrist hurts as well. The back and chest pain, although not sharp hurts very badly. It also feels like my heart skips a beat and then the next beat is really hard, almost like a thump. I went to the ER and they did 10 second EKG that “seemed normal” and they also did lab work to check to see if it was my gallbladder and that checked my cardiac enzymes. Which they said all seemed normal. The doctor said I don’t really fit the description of someone likely to have a heart attack or heart problems. However, I did read that pregnancy increases your risk of blood clots so I am worried. They sent me home and I immediately took some Maalox and drank a lot of milk, incase it was acid reflux or heartburn. It took me a long time to get to sleep because of the pain (which does not ease up when I am at rest at all). When I woke up, I woke up still hurting and took some Prilosec OTC and have not been eating or drinking anything acidic at all. None of the medicine I took helped. At all. I am still having the pains and they do not go away with anything that I do. I went back to another ER last night because it is still constant pain and they did blood work and ekg and monitored me. I am having PVC’s like every third beat and sinus tachycardia, which the doctor said was normal. They then sent me home. All my pains are still there. It still feels like my chest is being crushed and my upper back hurts terribly. It’s like a band of crushing pain. My arm and wrist and shoulder and hand are hurting pretty bad now. I am very very scared. I don’t know what to do because if I go back to the ER, they will just say and do the same thing and then send me home, but if it is something serious, I do not want to stay home and have a heart attack. Help?!

]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44035 Kim Tue, 14 May 2013 21:51:32 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44035 Just wanted to share the unusual symptom I had with my heart attack 2 years ago at 54 years old. I woke up at 5:30 am to go get some water from the refrigerator because I had a cold and had been coughing. I took a swig of cold water and right after had a very sharp stabbing pain IN MY THROAT. I took some pepcid thinking it was severe indigestion ( never had it like that) and went back to bed. It slowly went into my jaws....and my right arm. Still didn't think it was anything but did cross my mind "could it be heart related." I was overweight with very high cholesterol and not taking anything because of the terrible joint and muscle pain I experienced from the meds. Then my left arm ached. I decided to go on computer to put in for a sub for work and while doing that thought I was going to pass out, throw up, or something. Got very sweaty. Went back to bed. Started having light chest pressure...End of story is that after 12 hours I went to the walk in clinic because I felt I was getting a bladder infection and figured I would have the chest thing checked out too. While there they did blood pressure, ekg, oxygen level and everything was normal. Thank God the doctor decided to do the blood test for the enzyme showing muscle damage from heart attack. They were just getting ready to send me home with steroids for the cough when the lab person knocked on the door. The doctor said an ambulance was on the way as the normal for the blood test was 0.0something to 0.0 something and mine was 7.5. I ended up with 2 stents for 3 blockages...2 were in the "widow maker" at 65percent and 97 percent and the one that caused the heart attack was the OM at 100 percent. So..... insist on the simple 10 minute blood test if you aren't getting anywhere and you know there is something wrong. I had a normal ekg in the ambulance too with normal blood pressure. Take your cholesterol meds....muscle aches are better than being dead. I have been told over and over I am lucky to still be here. Also....don't wait 12 hours, that was really stupid. Just wanted to share the unusual symptom I had with my heart attack 2 years ago at 54 years old. I woke up at 5:30 am to go get some water from the refrigerator because I had a cold and had been coughing. I took a swig of cold water and right after had a very sharp stabbing pain IN MY THROAT. I took some pepcid thinking it was severe indigestion ( never had it like that) and went back to bed. It slowly went into my jaws….and my right arm. Still didn’t think it was anything but did cross my mind “could it be heart related.” I was overweight with very high cholesterol and not taking anything because of the terrible joint and muscle pain I experienced from the meds. Then my left arm ached. I decided to go on computer to put in for a sub for work and while doing that thought I was going to pass out, throw up, or something. Got very sweaty. Went back to bed. Started having light chest pressure…End of story is that after 12 hours I went to the walk in clinic because I felt I was getting a bladder infection and figured I would have the chest thing checked out too. While there they did blood pressure, ekg, oxygen level and everything was normal. Thank God the doctor decided to do the blood test for the enzyme showing muscle damage from heart attack. They were just getting ready to send me home with steroids for the cough when the lab person knocked on the door. The doctor said an ambulance was on the way as the normal for the blood test was 0.0something to 0.0 something and mine was 7.5. I ended up with 2 stents for 3 blockages…2 were in the “widow maker” at 65percent and 97 percent and the one that caused the heart attack was the OM at 100 percent. So….. insist on the simple 10 minute blood test if you aren’t getting anywhere and you know there is something wrong. I had a normal ekg in the ambulance too with normal blood pressure. Take your cholesterol meds….muscle aches are better than being dead. I have been told over and over I am lucky to still be here. Also….don’t wait 12 hours, that was really stupid.

]]> Comments on: Things That Happen Right Before a Heart Attack http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=things-that-happen-right-before-a-heart-attack Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:16:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Lorenzo http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-47621 Lorenzo Tue, 11 Jun 2013 04:02:25 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-47621 I go to see every day some websites and blogs to read content, but this weblog provides quality based content. I go to see every day some websites and blogs to read content,
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]]> By: coronary heart disease http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-46766 coronary heart disease Fri, 31 May 2013 03:10:00 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-46766 It's an awesome piece of writing for all the online users; they will obtain benefit from it I am sure. It’s an awesome piece of writing for all the online users; they will obtain benefit from it I am sure.

]]> By: congestive heart failure http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-46621 congestive heart failure Wed, 29 May 2013 11:00:25 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-46621 Hi there! Someone in my Facebook group shared this site with us so I came to give it a look. I'm definitely enjoying the information. I'm bookmarking and will be tweeting this to my followers! Excellent blog and excellent design. Hi there! Someone in my Facebook group shared this site with us so
I came to give it a look. I’m definitely enjoying the information. I’m bookmarking and will be tweeting this to my followers!

Excellent blog and excellent design.

]]> By: anxiety attack heart http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44172 anxiety attack heart Thu, 16 May 2013 07:29:14 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44172 Excellent post! We are linking to this particularly great post on our site. Keep up the good writing. Excellent post! We are linking to this particularly great post on our site.
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]]> By: congestive heart disease http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44140 congestive heart disease Wed, 15 May 2013 22:00:35 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44140 It's a pity you don't have a donate button! I'd without a doubt donate to this fantastic blog! I suppose for now i'll settle for bookmarking and adding your RSS feed to my Google account. I look forward to fresh updates and will share this blog with my Facebook group. Chat soon! It’s a pity you don’t have a donate button!
I’d without a doubt donate to this fantastic blog! I suppose for now i’ll settle for bookmarking and adding your RSS feed to my Google account.
I look forward to fresh updates and will share this blog with my Facebook
group. Chat soon!

]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44088 Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Wed, 15 May 2013 05:13:05 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44088 We are so happy too that you are doing ok!! Thank you for sharing with us your story...many times we women do not take seriously our pains. So, if you feel " different" " strange" or any of the above stymptoms, get to the ER right away!! And please be and ADVOCATE for yourself, tell your doctor, you want to have a blood test, you do not want her to tell you are OK, you want to know you are OK!! In sisterhood Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Editor Women's Press We are so happy too that you are doing ok!!
Thank you for sharing with us your story…many times we women do not take seriously our pains.
So, if you feel ” different” ” strange” or any of the above stymptoms, get to the ER right away!!
And please be and ADVOCATE for yourself, tell your doctor, you want to have a blood test, you do not want her to tell you are OK, you want to know you are OK!!

In sisterhood
Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva
Editor
Women’s Press

]]> By: Kim http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44035 Kim Tue, 14 May 2013 21:51:32 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44035 Just wanted to share the unusual symptom I had with my heart attack 2 years ago at 54 years old. I woke up at 5:30 am to go get some water from the refrigerator because I had a cold and had been coughing. I took a swig of cold water and right after had a very sharp stabbing pain IN MY THROAT. I took some pepcid thinking it was severe indigestion ( never had it like that) and went back to bed. It slowly went into my jaws....and my right arm. Still didn't think it was anything but did cross my mind "could it be heart related." I was overweight with very high cholesterol and not taking anything because of the terrible joint and muscle pain I experienced from the meds. Then my left arm ached. I decided to go on computer to put in for a sub for work and while doing that thought I was going to pass out, throw up, or something. Got very sweaty. Went back to bed. Started having light chest pressure...End of story is that after 12 hours I went to the walk in clinic because I felt I was getting a bladder infection and figured I would have the chest thing checked out too. While there they did blood pressure, ekg, oxygen level and everything was normal. Thank God the doctor decided to do the blood test for the enzyme showing muscle damage from heart attack. They were just getting ready to send me home with steroids for the cough when the lab person knocked on the door. The doctor said an ambulance was on the way as the normal for the blood test was 0.0something to 0.0 something and mine was 7.5. I ended up with 2 stents for 3 blockages...2 were in the "widow maker" at 65percent and 97 percent and the one that caused the heart attack was the OM at 100 percent. So..... insist on the simple 10 minute blood test if you aren't getting anywhere and you know there is something wrong. I had a normal ekg in the ambulance too with normal blood pressure. Take your cholesterol meds....muscle aches are better than being dead. I have been told over and over I am lucky to still be here. Also....don't wait 12 hours, that was really stupid. Just wanted to share the unusual symptom I had with my heart attack 2 years ago at 54 years old. I woke up at 5:30 am to go get some water from the refrigerator because I had a cold and had been coughing. I took a swig of cold water and right after had a very sharp stabbing pain IN MY THROAT. I took some pepcid thinking it was severe indigestion ( never had it like that) and went back to bed. It slowly went into my jaws….and my right arm. Still didn’t think it was anything but did cross my mind “could it be heart related.” I was overweight with very high cholesterol and not taking anything because of the terrible joint and muscle pain I experienced from the meds. Then my left arm ached. I decided to go on computer to put in for a sub for work and while doing that thought I was going to pass out, throw up, or something. Got very sweaty. Went back to bed. Started having light chest pressure…End of story is that after 12 hours I went to the walk in clinic because I felt I was getting a bladder infection and figured I would have the chest thing checked out too. While there they did blood pressure, ekg, oxygen level and everything was normal. Thank God the doctor decided to do the blood test for the enzyme showing muscle damage from heart attack. They were just getting ready to send me home with steroids for the cough when the lab person knocked on the door. The doctor said an ambulance was on the way as the normal for the blood test was 0.0something to 0.0 something and mine was 7.5. I ended up with 2 stents for 3 blockages…2 were in the “widow maker” at 65percent and 97 percent and the one that caused the heart attack was the OM at 100 percent. So….. insist on the simple 10 minute blood test if you aren’t getting anywhere and you know there is something wrong. I had a normal ekg in the ambulance too with normal blood pressure. Take your cholesterol meds….muscle aches are better than being dead. I have been told over and over I am lucky to still be here. Also….don’t wait 12 hours, that was really stupid.

]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-42827 Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Mon, 06 May 2013 01:00:25 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-42827 Dear sister, Was a chest x ray taken at the ER? If so, did your lungs and ribs looked ok? I wonder if you pulled a muscle or cracked a rib, do you remember hurting yourself? I recommend you make an appointment with a Cardiologist ( heart specialist) and also talk to your OB-Gyn doctor, and bring the results from both ER visits. ( you can stop by the hospital and go to medical records, and request a copy of the complete lab, and doctor's notes, a good idea is when you visit the ER in the future, to have a copy given to you and also a copy sent to your primary care physician, that way everyone has the same information ) Do not take any medicine even over the counter ones, before talking to your doctor, remember you are pregnant now.. Good luck and let us know!! Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Editor Women's Press Dear sister,

Was a chest x ray taken at the ER? If so, did your lungs and ribs looked ok?
I wonder if you pulled a muscle or cracked a rib, do you remember hurting yourself?
I recommend you make an appointment with a Cardiologist ( heart specialist) and also talk to your OB-Gyn doctor, and bring the results from both ER visits.
( you can stop by the hospital and go to medical records, and request a copy of the complete lab, and doctor’s notes, a good idea is when you visit the ER in the future, to have a copy given to you and also a copy sent to your primary care physician, that way everyone has the same information )
Do not take any medicine even over the counter ones, before talking to your doctor, remember you are pregnant now..
Good luck and let us know!!

Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva
Editor
Women’s Press

]]> By: Jericah http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-42826 Jericah Mon, 06 May 2013 00:34:38 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-42826 I am a 19 year old female, 34 weeks pregnant, with no history of heart disease. I was a smoker for about 5 years. I quit when I got pregnant. For 3 days now, I've been having this constant chest pain on the left side of my chest that has not and does not gone away or eased up. It is not a sudden or sharp pain at all. It feels like a deep, squeezing or crushing pain. It radiates to my left upper back and my left arm and wrist hurts as well. The back and chest pain, although not sharp hurts very badly. It also feels like my heart skips a beat and then the next beat is really hard, almost like a thump. I went to the ER and they did 10 second EKG that "seemed normal" and they also did lab work to check to see if it was my gallbladder and that checked my cardiac enzymes. Which they said all seemed normal. The doctor said I don't really fit the description of someone likely to have a heart attack or heart problems. However, I did read that pregnancy increases your risk of blood clots so I am worried. They sent me home and I immediately took some Maalox and drank a lot of milk, incase it was acid reflux or heartburn. It took me a long time to get to sleep because of the pain (which does not ease up when I am at rest at all). When I woke up, I woke up still hurting and took some Prilosec OTC and have not been eating or drinking anything acidic at all. None of the medicine I took helped. At all. I am still having the pains and they do not go away with anything that I do. I went back to another ER last night because it is still constant pain and they did blood work and ekg and monitored me. I am having PVC's like every third beat and sinus tachycardia, which the doctor said was normal. They then sent me home. All my pains are still there. It still feels like my chest is being crushed and my upper back hurts terribly. It's like a band of crushing pain. My arm and wrist and shoulder and hand are hurting pretty bad now. I am very very scared. I don't know what to do because if I go back to the ER, they will just say and do the same thing and then send me home, but if it is something serious, I do not want to stay home and have a heart attack. Help?! I am a 19 year old female, 34 weeks pregnant, with no history of heart disease. I was a smoker for about 5 years. I quit when I got pregnant. For 3 days now, I’ve been having this constant chest pain on the left side of my chest that has not and does not gone away or eased up. It is not a sudden or sharp pain at all. It feels like a deep, squeezing or crushing pain. It radiates to my left upper back and my left arm and wrist hurts as well. The back and chest pain, although not sharp hurts very badly. It also feels like my heart skips a beat and then the next beat is really hard, almost like a thump. I went to the ER and they did 10 second EKG that “seemed normal” and they also did lab work to check to see if it was my gallbladder and that checked my cardiac enzymes. Which they said all seemed normal. The doctor said I don’t really fit the description of someone likely to have a heart attack or heart problems. However, I did read that pregnancy increases your risk of blood clots so I am worried. They sent me home and I immediately took some Maalox and drank a lot of milk, incase it was acid reflux or heartburn. It took me a long time to get to sleep because of the pain (which does not ease up when I am at rest at all). When I woke up, I woke up still hurting and took some Prilosec OTC and have not been eating or drinking anything acidic at all. None of the medicine I took helped. At all. I am still having the pains and they do not go away with anything that I do. I went back to another ER last night because it is still constant pain and they did blood work and ekg and monitored me. I am having PVC’s like every third beat and sinus tachycardia, which the doctor said was normal. They then sent me home. All my pains are still there. It still feels like my chest is being crushed and my upper back hurts terribly. It’s like a band of crushing pain. My arm and wrist and shoulder and hand are hurting pretty bad now. I am very very scared. I don’t know what to do because if I go back to the ER, they will just say and do the same thing and then send me home, but if it is something serious, I do not want to stay home and have a heart attack. Help?!

]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-42827 Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Mon, 06 May 2013 01:00:25 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-42827 Dear sister, Was a chest x ray taken at the ER? If so, did your lungs and ribs looked ok? I wonder if you pulled a muscle or cracked a rib, do you remember hurting yourself? I recommend you make an appointment with a Cardiologist ( heart specialist) and also talk to your OB-Gyn doctor, and bring the results from both ER visits. ( you can stop by the hospital and go to medical records, and request a copy of the complete lab, and doctor's notes, a good idea is when you visit the ER in the future, to have a copy given to you and also a copy sent to your primary care physician, that way everyone has the same information ) Do not take any medicine even over the counter ones, before talking to your doctor, remember you are pregnant now.. Good luck and let us know!! Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Editor Women's Press Dear sister,

Was a chest x ray taken at the ER? If so, did your lungs and ribs looked ok?
I wonder if you pulled a muscle or cracked a rib, do you remember hurting yourself?
I recommend you make an appointment with a Cardiologist ( heart specialist) and also talk to your OB-Gyn doctor, and bring the results from both ER visits.
( you can stop by the hospital and go to medical records, and request a copy of the complete lab, and doctor’s notes, a good idea is when you visit the ER in the future, to have a copy given to you and also a copy sent to your primary care physician, that way everyone has the same information )
Do not take any medicine even over the counter ones, before talking to your doctor, remember you are pregnant now..
Good luck and let us know!!

Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva
Editor
Women’s Press

]]> Comments on: Things That Happen Right Before a Heart Attack http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=things-that-happen-right-before-a-heart-attack Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:16:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Lorenzo http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-47621 Lorenzo Tue, 11 Jun 2013 04:02:25 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-47621 I go to see every day some websites and blogs to read content, but this weblog provides quality based content. I go to see every day some websites and blogs to read content,
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]]> By: coronary heart disease http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-46766 coronary heart disease Fri, 31 May 2013 03:10:00 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-46766 It's an awesome piece of writing for all the online users; they will obtain benefit from it I am sure. It’s an awesome piece of writing for all the online users; they will obtain benefit from it I am sure.

]]> By: congestive heart failure http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-46621 congestive heart failure Wed, 29 May 2013 11:00:25 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-46621 Hi there! Someone in my Facebook group shared this site with us so I came to give it a look. I'm definitely enjoying the information. I'm bookmarking and will be tweeting this to my followers! Excellent blog and excellent design. Hi there! Someone in my Facebook group shared this site with us so
I came to give it a look. I’m definitely enjoying the information. I’m bookmarking and will be tweeting this to my followers!

Excellent blog and excellent design.

]]> By: anxiety attack heart http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44172 anxiety attack heart Thu, 16 May 2013 07:29:14 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44172 Excellent post! We are linking to this particularly great post on our site. Keep up the good writing. Excellent post! We are linking to this particularly great post on our site.
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]]> By: congestive heart disease http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44140 congestive heart disease Wed, 15 May 2013 22:00:35 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44140 It's a pity you don't have a donate button! I'd without a doubt donate to this fantastic blog! I suppose for now i'll settle for bookmarking and adding your RSS feed to my Google account. I look forward to fresh updates and will share this blog with my Facebook group. Chat soon! It’s a pity you don’t have a donate button!
I’d without a doubt donate to this fantastic blog! I suppose for now i’ll settle for bookmarking and adding your RSS feed to my Google account.
I look forward to fresh updates and will share this blog with my Facebook
group. Chat soon!

]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44088 Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Wed, 15 May 2013 05:13:05 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44088 We are so happy too that you are doing ok!! Thank you for sharing with us your story...many times we women do not take seriously our pains. So, if you feel " different" " strange" or any of the above stymptoms, get to the ER right away!! And please be and ADVOCATE for yourself, tell your doctor, you want to have a blood test, you do not want her to tell you are OK, you want to know you are OK!! In sisterhood Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Editor Women's Press We are so happy too that you are doing ok!!
Thank you for sharing with us your story…many times we women do not take seriously our pains.
So, if you feel ” different” ” strange” or any of the above stymptoms, get to the ER right away!!
And please be and ADVOCATE for yourself, tell your doctor, you want to have a blood test, you do not want her to tell you are OK, you want to know you are OK!!

In sisterhood
Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva
Editor
Women’s Press

]]> By: Kim http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44035 Kim Tue, 14 May 2013 21:51:32 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44035 Just wanted to share the unusual symptom I had with my heart attack 2 years ago at 54 years old. I woke up at 5:30 am to go get some water from the refrigerator because I had a cold and had been coughing. I took a swig of cold water and right after had a very sharp stabbing pain IN MY THROAT. I took some pepcid thinking it was severe indigestion ( never had it like that) and went back to bed. It slowly went into my jaws....and my right arm. Still didn't think it was anything but did cross my mind "could it be heart related." I was overweight with very high cholesterol and not taking anything because of the terrible joint and muscle pain I experienced from the meds. Then my left arm ached. I decided to go on computer to put in for a sub for work and while doing that thought I was going to pass out, throw up, or something. Got very sweaty. Went back to bed. Started having light chest pressure...End of story is that after 12 hours I went to the walk in clinic because I felt I was getting a bladder infection and figured I would have the chest thing checked out too. While there they did blood pressure, ekg, oxygen level and everything was normal. Thank God the doctor decided to do the blood test for the enzyme showing muscle damage from heart attack. They were just getting ready to send me home with steroids for the cough when the lab person knocked on the door. The doctor said an ambulance was on the way as the normal for the blood test was 0.0something to 0.0 something and mine was 7.5. I ended up with 2 stents for 3 blockages...2 were in the "widow maker" at 65percent and 97 percent and the one that caused the heart attack was the OM at 100 percent. So..... insist on the simple 10 minute blood test if you aren't getting anywhere and you know there is something wrong. I had a normal ekg in the ambulance too with normal blood pressure. Take your cholesterol meds....muscle aches are better than being dead. I have been told over and over I am lucky to still be here. Also....don't wait 12 hours, that was really stupid. Just wanted to share the unusual symptom I had with my heart attack 2 years ago at 54 years old. I woke up at 5:30 am to go get some water from the refrigerator because I had a cold and had been coughing. I took a swig of cold water and right after had a very sharp stabbing pain IN MY THROAT. I took some pepcid thinking it was severe indigestion ( never had it like that) and went back to bed. It slowly went into my jaws….and my right arm. Still didn’t think it was anything but did cross my mind “could it be heart related.” I was overweight with very high cholesterol and not taking anything because of the terrible joint and muscle pain I experienced from the meds. Then my left arm ached. I decided to go on computer to put in for a sub for work and while doing that thought I was going to pass out, throw up, or something. Got very sweaty. Went back to bed. Started having light chest pressure…End of story is that after 12 hours I went to the walk in clinic because I felt I was getting a bladder infection and figured I would have the chest thing checked out too. While there they did blood pressure, ekg, oxygen level and everything was normal. Thank God the doctor decided to do the blood test for the enzyme showing muscle damage from heart attack. They were just getting ready to send me home with steroids for the cough when the lab person knocked on the door. The doctor said an ambulance was on the way as the normal for the blood test was 0.0something to 0.0 something and mine was 7.5. I ended up with 2 stents for 3 blockages…2 were in the “widow maker” at 65percent and 97 percent and the one that caused the heart attack was the OM at 100 percent. So….. insist on the simple 10 minute blood test if you aren’t getting anywhere and you know there is something wrong. I had a normal ekg in the ambulance too with normal blood pressure. Take your cholesterol meds….muscle aches are better than being dead. I have been told over and over I am lucky to still be here. Also….don’t wait 12 hours, that was really stupid.

]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-42827 Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Mon, 06 May 2013 01:00:25 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-42827 Dear sister, Was a chest x ray taken at the ER? If so, did your lungs and ribs looked ok? I wonder if you pulled a muscle or cracked a rib, do you remember hurting yourself? I recommend you make an appointment with a Cardiologist ( heart specialist) and also talk to your OB-Gyn doctor, and bring the results from both ER visits. ( you can stop by the hospital and go to medical records, and request a copy of the complete lab, and doctor's notes, a good idea is when you visit the ER in the future, to have a copy given to you and also a copy sent to your primary care physician, that way everyone has the same information ) Do not take any medicine even over the counter ones, before talking to your doctor, remember you are pregnant now.. Good luck and let us know!! Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Editor Women's Press Dear sister,

Was a chest x ray taken at the ER? If so, did your lungs and ribs looked ok?
I wonder if you pulled a muscle or cracked a rib, do you remember hurting yourself?
I recommend you make an appointment with a Cardiologist ( heart specialist) and also talk to your OB-Gyn doctor, and bring the results from both ER visits.
( you can stop by the hospital and go to medical records, and request a copy of the complete lab, and doctor’s notes, a good idea is when you visit the ER in the future, to have a copy given to you and also a copy sent to your primary care physician, that way everyone has the same information )
Do not take any medicine even over the counter ones, before talking to your doctor, remember you are pregnant now..
Good luck and let us know!!

Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva
Editor
Women’s Press

]]> By: Jericah http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-42826 Jericah Mon, 06 May 2013 00:34:38 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-42826 I am a 19 year old female, 34 weeks pregnant, with no history of heart disease. I was a smoker for about 5 years. I quit when I got pregnant. For 3 days now, I've been having this constant chest pain on the left side of my chest that has not and does not gone away or eased up. It is not a sudden or sharp pain at all. It feels like a deep, squeezing or crushing pain. It radiates to my left upper back and my left arm and wrist hurts as well. The back and chest pain, although not sharp hurts very badly. It also feels like my heart skips a beat and then the next beat is really hard, almost like a thump. I went to the ER and they did 10 second EKG that "seemed normal" and they also did lab work to check to see if it was my gallbladder and that checked my cardiac enzymes. Which they said all seemed normal. The doctor said I don't really fit the description of someone likely to have a heart attack or heart problems. However, I did read that pregnancy increases your risk of blood clots so I am worried. They sent me home and I immediately took some Maalox and drank a lot of milk, incase it was acid reflux or heartburn. It took me a long time to get to sleep because of the pain (which does not ease up when I am at rest at all). When I woke up, I woke up still hurting and took some Prilosec OTC and have not been eating or drinking anything acidic at all. None of the medicine I took helped. At all. I am still having the pains and they do not go away with anything that I do. I went back to another ER last night because it is still constant pain and they did blood work and ekg and monitored me. I am having PVC's like every third beat and sinus tachycardia, which the doctor said was normal. They then sent me home. All my pains are still there. It still feels like my chest is being crushed and my upper back hurts terribly. It's like a band of crushing pain. My arm and wrist and shoulder and hand are hurting pretty bad now. I am very very scared. I don't know what to do because if I go back to the ER, they will just say and do the same thing and then send me home, but if it is something serious, I do not want to stay home and have a heart attack. Help?! I am a 19 year old female, 34 weeks pregnant, with no history of heart disease. I was a smoker for about 5 years. I quit when I got pregnant. For 3 days now, I’ve been having this constant chest pain on the left side of my chest that has not and does not gone away or eased up. It is not a sudden or sharp pain at all. It feels like a deep, squeezing or crushing pain. It radiates to my left upper back and my left arm and wrist hurts as well. The back and chest pain, although not sharp hurts very badly. It also feels like my heart skips a beat and then the next beat is really hard, almost like a thump. I went to the ER and they did 10 second EKG that “seemed normal” and they also did lab work to check to see if it was my gallbladder and that checked my cardiac enzymes. Which they said all seemed normal. The doctor said I don’t really fit the description of someone likely to have a heart attack or heart problems. However, I did read that pregnancy increases your risk of blood clots so I am worried. They sent me home and I immediately took some Maalox and drank a lot of milk, incase it was acid reflux or heartburn. It took me a long time to get to sleep because of the pain (which does not ease up when I am at rest at all). When I woke up, I woke up still hurting and took some Prilosec OTC and have not been eating or drinking anything acidic at all. None of the medicine I took helped. At all. I am still having the pains and they do not go away with anything that I do. I went back to another ER last night because it is still constant pain and they did blood work and ekg and monitored me. I am having PVC’s like every third beat and sinus tachycardia, which the doctor said was normal. They then sent me home. All my pains are still there. It still feels like my chest is being crushed and my upper back hurts terribly. It’s like a band of crushing pain. My arm and wrist and shoulder and hand are hurting pretty bad now. I am very very scared. I don’t know what to do because if I go back to the ER, they will just say and do the same thing and then send me home, but if it is something serious, I do not want to stay home and have a heart attack. Help?!

]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-42826 Jericah Mon, 06 May 2013 00:34:38 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-42826 I am a 19 year old female, 34 weeks pregnant, with no history of heart disease. I was a smoker for about 5 years. I quit when I got pregnant. For 3 days now, I've been having this constant chest pain on the left side of my chest that has not and does not gone away or eased up. It is not a sudden or sharp pain at all. It feels like a deep, squeezing or crushing pain. It radiates to my left upper back and my left arm and wrist hurts as well. The back and chest pain, although not sharp hurts very badly. It also feels like my heart skips a beat and then the next beat is really hard, almost like a thump. I went to the ER and they did 10 second EKG that "seemed normal" and they also did lab work to check to see if it was my gallbladder and that checked my cardiac enzymes. Which they said all seemed normal. The doctor said I don't really fit the description of someone likely to have a heart attack or heart problems. However, I did read that pregnancy increases your risk of blood clots so I am worried. They sent me home and I immediately took some Maalox and drank a lot of milk, incase it was acid reflux or heartburn. It took me a long time to get to sleep because of the pain (which does not ease up when I am at rest at all). When I woke up, I woke up still hurting and took some Prilosec OTC and have not been eating or drinking anything acidic at all. None of the medicine I took helped. At all. I am still having the pains and they do not go away with anything that I do. I went back to another ER last night because it is still constant pain and they did blood work and ekg and monitored me. I am having PVC's like every third beat and sinus tachycardia, which the doctor said was normal. They then sent me home. All my pains are still there. It still feels like my chest is being crushed and my upper back hurts terribly. It's like a band of crushing pain. My arm and wrist and shoulder and hand are hurting pretty bad now. I am very very scared. I don't know what to do because if I go back to the ER, they will just say and do the same thing and then send me home, but if it is something serious, I do not want to stay home and have a heart attack. Help?! I am a 19 year old female, 34 weeks pregnant, with no history of heart disease. I was a smoker for about 5 years. I quit when I got pregnant. For 3 days now, I’ve been having this constant chest pain on the left side of my chest that has not and does not gone away or eased up. It is not a sudden or sharp pain at all. It feels like a deep, squeezing or crushing pain. It radiates to my left upper back and my left arm and wrist hurts as well. The back and chest pain, although not sharp hurts very badly. It also feels like my heart skips a beat and then the next beat is really hard, almost like a thump. I went to the ER and they did 10 second EKG that “seemed normal” and they also did lab work to check to see if it was my gallbladder and that checked my cardiac enzymes. Which they said all seemed normal. The doctor said I don’t really fit the description of someone likely to have a heart attack or heart problems. However, I did read that pregnancy increases your risk of blood clots so I am worried. They sent me home and I immediately took some Maalox and drank a lot of milk, incase it was acid reflux or heartburn. It took me a long time to get to sleep because of the pain (which does not ease up when I am at rest at all). When I woke up, I woke up still hurting and took some Prilosec OTC and have not been eating or drinking anything acidic at all. None of the medicine I took helped. At all. I am still having the pains and they do not go away with anything that I do. I went back to another ER last night because it is still constant pain and they did blood work and ekg and monitored me. I am having PVC’s like every third beat and sinus tachycardia, which the doctor said was normal. They then sent me home. All my pains are still there. It still feels like my chest is being crushed and my upper back hurts terribly. It’s like a band of crushing pain. My arm and wrist and shoulder and hand are hurting pretty bad now. I am very very scared. I don’t know what to do because if I go back to the ER, they will just say and do the same thing and then send me home, but if it is something serious, I do not want to stay home and have a heart attack. Help?!

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]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44088 Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Wed, 15 May 2013 05:13:05 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44088 We are so happy too that you are doing ok!! Thank you for sharing with us your story...many times we women do not take seriously our pains. So, if you feel " different" " strange" or any of the above stymptoms, get to the ER right away!! And please be and ADVOCATE for yourself, tell your doctor, you want to have a blood test, you do not want her to tell you are OK, you want to know you are OK!! In sisterhood Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Editor Women's Press We are so happy too that you are doing ok!!
Thank you for sharing with us your story…many times we women do not take seriously our pains.
So, if you feel ” different” ” strange” or any of the above stymptoms, get to the ER right away!!
And please be and ADVOCATE for yourself, tell your doctor, you want to have a blood test, you do not want her to tell you are OK, you want to know you are OK!!

In sisterhood
Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva
Editor
Women’s Press

]]> By: Kim http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-44035 Kim Tue, 14 May 2013 21:51:32 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-44035 Just wanted to share the unusual symptom I had with my heart attack 2 years ago at 54 years old. I woke up at 5:30 am to go get some water from the refrigerator because I had a cold and had been coughing. I took a swig of cold water and right after had a very sharp stabbing pain IN MY THROAT. I took some pepcid thinking it was severe indigestion ( never had it like that) and went back to bed. It slowly went into my jaws....and my right arm. Still didn't think it was anything but did cross my mind "could it be heart related." I was overweight with very high cholesterol and not taking anything because of the terrible joint and muscle pain I experienced from the meds. Then my left arm ached. I decided to go on computer to put in for a sub for work and while doing that thought I was going to pass out, throw up, or something. Got very sweaty. Went back to bed. Started having light chest pressure...End of story is that after 12 hours I went to the walk in clinic because I felt I was getting a bladder infection and figured I would have the chest thing checked out too. While there they did blood pressure, ekg, oxygen level and everything was normal. Thank God the doctor decided to do the blood test for the enzyme showing muscle damage from heart attack. They were just getting ready to send me home with steroids for the cough when the lab person knocked on the door. The doctor said an ambulance was on the way as the normal for the blood test was 0.0something to 0.0 something and mine was 7.5. I ended up with 2 stents for 3 blockages...2 were in the "widow maker" at 65percent and 97 percent and the one that caused the heart attack was the OM at 100 percent. So..... insist on the simple 10 minute blood test if you aren't getting anywhere and you know there is something wrong. I had a normal ekg in the ambulance too with normal blood pressure. Take your cholesterol meds....muscle aches are better than being dead. I have been told over and over I am lucky to still be here. Also....don't wait 12 hours, that was really stupid. Just wanted to share the unusual symptom I had with my heart attack 2 years ago at 54 years old. I woke up at 5:30 am to go get some water from the refrigerator because I had a cold and had been coughing. I took a swig of cold water and right after had a very sharp stabbing pain IN MY THROAT. I took some pepcid thinking it was severe indigestion ( never had it like that) and went back to bed. It slowly went into my jaws….and my right arm. Still didn’t think it was anything but did cross my mind “could it be heart related.” I was overweight with very high cholesterol and not taking anything because of the terrible joint and muscle pain I experienced from the meds. Then my left arm ached. I decided to go on computer to put in for a sub for work and while doing that thought I was going to pass out, throw up, or something. Got very sweaty. Went back to bed. Started having light chest pressure…End of story is that after 12 hours I went to the walk in clinic because I felt I was getting a bladder infection and figured I would have the chest thing checked out too. While there they did blood pressure, ekg, oxygen level and everything was normal. Thank God the doctor decided to do the blood test for the enzyme showing muscle damage from heart attack. They were just getting ready to send me home with steroids for the cough when the lab person knocked on the door. The doctor said an ambulance was on the way as the normal for the blood test was 0.0something to 0.0 something and mine was 7.5. I ended up with 2 stents for 3 blockages…2 were in the “widow maker” at 65percent and 97 percent and the one that caused the heart attack was the OM at 100 percent. So….. insist on the simple 10 minute blood test if you aren’t getting anywhere and you know there is something wrong. I had a normal ekg in the ambulance too with normal blood pressure. Take your cholesterol meds….muscle aches are better than being dead. I have been told over and over I am lucky to still be here. Also….don’t wait 12 hours, that was really stupid.

]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-42827 Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Mon, 06 May 2013 01:00:25 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-42827 Dear sister, Was a chest x ray taken at the ER? If so, did your lungs and ribs looked ok? I wonder if you pulled a muscle or cracked a rib, do you remember hurting yourself? I recommend you make an appointment with a Cardiologist ( heart specialist) and also talk to your OB-Gyn doctor, and bring the results from both ER visits. ( you can stop by the hospital and go to medical records, and request a copy of the complete lab, and doctor's notes, a good idea is when you visit the ER in the future, to have a copy given to you and also a copy sent to your primary care physician, that way everyone has the same information ) Do not take any medicine even over the counter ones, before talking to your doctor, remember you are pregnant now.. Good luck and let us know!! Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Editor Women's Press Dear sister,

Was a chest x ray taken at the ER? If so, did your lungs and ribs looked ok?
I wonder if you pulled a muscle or cracked a rib, do you remember hurting yourself?
I recommend you make an appointment with a Cardiologist ( heart specialist) and also talk to your OB-Gyn doctor, and bring the results from both ER visits.
( you can stop by the hospital and go to medical records, and request a copy of the complete lab, and doctor’s notes, a good idea is when you visit the ER in the future, to have a copy given to you and also a copy sent to your primary care physician, that way everyone has the same information )
Do not take any medicine even over the counter ones, before talking to your doctor, remember you are pregnant now..
Good luck and let us know!!

Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva
Editor
Women’s Press

]]> By: Jericah http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-42826 Jericah Mon, 06 May 2013 00:34:38 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-42826 I am a 19 year old female, 34 weeks pregnant, with no history of heart disease. I was a smoker for about 5 years. I quit when I got pregnant. For 3 days now, I've been having this constant chest pain on the left side of my chest that has not and does not gone away or eased up. It is not a sudden or sharp pain at all. It feels like a deep, squeezing or crushing pain. It radiates to my left upper back and my left arm and wrist hurts as well. The back and chest pain, although not sharp hurts very badly. It also feels like my heart skips a beat and then the next beat is really hard, almost like a thump. I went to the ER and they did 10 second EKG that "seemed normal" and they also did lab work to check to see if it was my gallbladder and that checked my cardiac enzymes. Which they said all seemed normal. The doctor said I don't really fit the description of someone likely to have a heart attack or heart problems. However, I did read that pregnancy increases your risk of blood clots so I am worried. They sent me home and I immediately took some Maalox and drank a lot of milk, incase it was acid reflux or heartburn. It took me a long time to get to sleep because of the pain (which does not ease up when I am at rest at all). When I woke up, I woke up still hurting and took some Prilosec OTC and have not been eating or drinking anything acidic at all. None of the medicine I took helped. At all. I am still having the pains and they do not go away with anything that I do. I went back to another ER last night because it is still constant pain and they did blood work and ekg and monitored me. I am having PVC's like every third beat and sinus tachycardia, which the doctor said was normal. They then sent me home. All my pains are still there. It still feels like my chest is being crushed and my upper back hurts terribly. It's like a band of crushing pain. My arm and wrist and shoulder and hand are hurting pretty bad now. I am very very scared. I don't know what to do because if I go back to the ER, they will just say and do the same thing and then send me home, but if it is something serious, I do not want to stay home and have a heart attack. Help?! I am a 19 year old female, 34 weeks pregnant, with no history of heart disease. I was a smoker for about 5 years. I quit when I got pregnant. For 3 days now, I’ve been having this constant chest pain on the left side of my chest that has not and does not gone away or eased up. It is not a sudden or sharp pain at all. It feels like a deep, squeezing or crushing pain. It radiates to my left upper back and my left arm and wrist hurts as well. The back and chest pain, although not sharp hurts very badly. It also feels like my heart skips a beat and then the next beat is really hard, almost like a thump. I went to the ER and they did 10 second EKG that “seemed normal” and they also did lab work to check to see if it was my gallbladder and that checked my cardiac enzymes. Which they said all seemed normal. The doctor said I don’t really fit the description of someone likely to have a heart attack or heart problems. However, I did read that pregnancy increases your risk of blood clots so I am worried. They sent me home and I immediately took some Maalox and drank a lot of milk, incase it was acid reflux or heartburn. It took me a long time to get to sleep because of the pain (which does not ease up when I am at rest at all). When I woke up, I woke up still hurting and took some Prilosec OTC and have not been eating or drinking anything acidic at all. None of the medicine I took helped. At all. I am still having the pains and they do not go away with anything that I do. I went back to another ER last night because it is still constant pain and they did blood work and ekg and monitored me. I am having PVC’s like every third beat and sinus tachycardia, which the doctor said was normal. They then sent me home. All my pains are still there. It still feels like my chest is being crushed and my upper back hurts terribly. It’s like a band of crushing pain. My arm and wrist and shoulder and hand are hurting pretty bad now. I am very very scared. I don’t know what to do because if I go back to the ER, they will just say and do the same thing and then send me home, but if it is something serious, I do not want to stay home and have a heart attack. Help?!

]]> By: Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204&cpage=1#comment-42351 Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Thu, 02 May 2013 19:14:34 +0000 http://www.womenspress-slo.org/?p=3204#comment-42351 Patricia, Our advise is to see a Neurologist and explain to her ALL your symptoms. Request she do a CBC ( Complete Blood Count) the blood never lies and tells any imbalance in your systems. Good luck! In sisterhood Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva Editor Women's Press Patricia,

Our advise is to see a Neurologist
and explain to her ALL your symptoms.
Request she do a CBC ( Complete Blood Count) the blood never lies and tells any imbalance in your systems.

Good luck!

In sisterhood
Sonia Paz Baronvine-Silva
Editor
Women’s Press

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