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Grab a cuppa :)
Back in 2016, June 4th on a Warm Saturday night I was fast asleep. It was approching time to get up and get ready for the night shift in a hotel reception.
But before my alarm could wake me I was awoken by a very sharp pain in the top middle of my chest, right below my neck.
How odd, I thought.. It was painful enough for me to call work and say I was not going to make it in for my shift.
Soon after the phone call I decided to call NHS Direct. I did not feel unwell apart from the pain in my chest, Almost like someone had stabbed me with a hot knife.
I went downstairs to get the phone, My housemate did a double take at me and asked "Are you ok?" Not sure I replied. Why? "Well, your whiter than a sheet!" I looked down at my hands to see that I was indeed lacking in colour. My hands and arms where as white as a sheet of paper or a fluffy cloud. It was now I thought something was very wrong.
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I called NHS Direct and I was told it was propably just heart burn... HEART BURN?! They said if I was still worried I should call my out of hours GP, So I did but sadly no one answered. It just rang and rang. By this point the pain had gone, I was looking more saturated so thought, Ok Food then I can head into work. I stuffed my face and before I could finish... BAM! the same chest pain hit me like a train.
I thought, stuff calling again. Ill take my self to A&E. So, I jumped on the bike and rode 8 miles or so to Wrexham Hospital. Once Inside and explaining why I was there my ass cheecks barely hit the seat before I was called in to be looked at.
A quick chat with a nurse, I was taken back and had an ECG that showed I was indeed having a heart attack. A quick blood test also confirmed it.
I feel very let down by the NHS Direct team that day. Things could of gone much worse!
I was in the Acute Cardiac Ward at Wrexham Hospital for Saturday and Sunday, Tranfered to Glan Clwyd Hospital on Monday. I stayed the night and on Tuesday I had 2 dissolvable stents put in and I had to go back 1 month later for a 3rd. Why they didnt just do all three at the same time, I have no idea. I was home Tuesday or Wednesday Im not sure.
When I think back to the moths and weeks before, I was very very tired at work and after, Not at all. So there were signs but quite vauge.
I do remember feeling instantly better after the stents were put in, Like as soon as I was off the bed and into the wheel chair I felt so much better. More alert and awake.
I don't know about you but the pain from the heart attack for the 2 days I was in Wrexham was just insane. My chest felt like it was on fire. I was told that the sack around the heart gets inflammed and thats what hurts. But sadly the only medication that can help is anti-inflamitories and since I was on blood thinners I could not have any. They tried gving me morphine but it didnt do anything to me at all.
I have had a few scared over the years with chest pain but its always just been angina. Also, GTN spray's... taste like arse.
Good luck with your rehab and enjoy the time off!
