Please, SEND GOOD JUJU FOR OUR DEAR MEMBER LINDA WHIT!!!

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I am so sorry to hear this! She is such a caring Onion. It sounds like she was lucky to be in the ER when she was and was able to get treatment ASAP! How scary.

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Best wishes for a good recovery @LindaWhit!

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i join the chorus in sending @LindaWhit best wishes for a speedy recovery :raised_hands:

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Get Well, soon @LindaWhit

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Absolutely! With everything I can muster!

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Thank you for the updates, @linguafood and sending all good vibes to @LindaWhit

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Get well soon, @LindaWhit!

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Sending my best to @LindaWhit, hoping she is back with her cats soon.
Thank you for keeping us updated.

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Hope you are feeling better soonest, @LindaWhit. Grateful to @linguafood for keeping us all updated.

P.S. If there’s anything I can do to help your recovery (I believe I am not so far away geographically), feel free to DM me. Sometimes we all need a hand when life stuff happens.

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Thanks to all of you for your healing good wishes. It’s been a pretty rough couple of days, but I’m slowly on the mend. I’m just REALLY tired and have been for several days.

The first two stents are doing their job. Not sure when I’ll be discharged, but I’ll know more after talking with the doctors about the 3rd stent.

For women, mostly…PLEASE remember that heart attacks often present differently in women. It’s not always the “clutch your chest” type of pain. I’ve been dealing with this for several weeks (chest pressure and shortness of breath) but until they could do an EKG while the pain was happening, they couldn’t confirm. It was a surprise to all, and the Medical Emergency Team (MET) alert immediately sprang into action.

So, if you’re not feeling normal, please have it checked out.

I’ve been under really good care in the Cardiac ICU and hope to be moved to a “regular” room today. Nurses are the heart and soul of a hospital, and mine have all been wonderful, kind, and helpful.

Thank you again for all your good wishes. You don’t know how much it means to me. :heart:

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So glad you are doing better! Yay!

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Thank you for taking the time and energy for the update!

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This is very good news. And there’s a whole episode of Gray’s Anatomy about a female surgeon (Miranda Bailey, if you’re a fan of the show) trying to convince doctors (who she doesn’t know) that she’s having a heart attack, because as you say, heart attacks often present differently in women.

Wishing you a speedy return to health and strength!

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Wishing you a speedy recovery!

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I’m so glad that you are out of danger, and slowly on the mend!
Please take care of yourself. At the very least you should take the rest of the year off, and slowly start thinking about retirement, if financially viable. Your type of job just sounds too stressful for your health.

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Thanks so much for the update LW! Glad you are on the mend! And you are oh so right about nurses.

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So glad you’re on the mend and in good hands.

Yes, the signs of heart attacks in women are often different from what we know from “pop culture” heart attacks in men. It’s always surprising to me that this hasn’t become more widely known. I didn’t learn about it until I was about 50 . . . and I had more opportunities than most to have heard about it!

I’m not a doctor but . . . .

Pain - chest pain possibly but in women it can be pain in the back, neck, jaw, or arm
Sweating - sometimes with hot flashes sometimes cold clammy sweating
Fatigue/weakness - which is often dismissed or attributed to “life stress”
Nausea/Vomiting/Indigestion - often dismissed as well

very different from the “clutch your chest” and “shooting pain in the left arm” in men!

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Thank you for the update! Healing thoughts flying your way from No. Virginia…

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So good to hear from you and that you’re picking up. But I have a question…

WHAT’S FOR DINNER?

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Well, Tuesday I went with breakfast for dinner: scrambled eggs & Swiss omelet (of sorts) and toast. Wasn’t allowed any bacon. :face_with_symbols_over_mouth: Last night was a sad (but at least filling!) grilled chicken and Swiss sandwich, applesauce, ginger ale, and a brownie.

Went with French Toast and coffee for breakfast. Best meal so far.

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