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Then I remembered I am high risk for a heart attack...overweight, smoker and a women (heart disease kills more women, so I've read) - and I remember reading that women's symptoms are different than men's: including pain in the upper abdomen. Did I make an appointment then? No, I smoke a cigarette and figured if my time is up, it is up...no heart attack happened. I also took some aspirin, so I guess I had some fear about a HA by taking this small precautionary step.

The last few days I have felt down - the physical pain almost seems like a welcome relief in some sick way...like I can focus on this instead of my BP head. Finally I called the nurse and she asked me a few questions about how I was feeling and deemed it unnecessary to go to the ER)...

Hubby thinks it is because I had a terrible cough last week that I might have damaged the muscles around my ribs...nurse thought that might be possible too. Just give me something to take the pain away! I've already exceeded the recommended amount of OTC pain relievers in a 24 our period.

I feel old. I feel broken. I feel I am not pulling my weight in the house (financially), and my husband is working so hard to make sure we are OK (overtime). I feel guilty for getting BP, now I feel guilty for having these pains...if I was a church going, work out freak on a vegan diet I would not be feeling this way. I feel I need to get busy and make some lifestyle changes but it is like my feet are stuck in cement shoes. I do NOT want to die young, but is 49 still considered young? Or maybe I just don't care.

That is it. Oh, and it doesn't help that my annoying WiiFit program says that physically I am 63! If this keeps up, next week I'll be 93 and will be throwing the whole Wii system in the fireplace!

I am going to the doctor this afternoon.

Post edited by: JustJulie62, at: 10/27/2011 10:22 AM

Post edited by: JustJulie62, at: 10/27/2011 10:24 AM

Soy

You should make an appointment to see a doctor, perhaps a pain specialist if it gets worse.

I wish you the best,

Eddie

I'm overweight, have asthma and osteoarthritis so I'm not fit and tire easily.

My dad is 83 and in better shape than I am even after heart surgery and now having incurable prostrate cancer. He's always busy, busy, busy.

Wishing you less pain soon.

The following is NOT intended to be construed, in any manner what-so-ever, as medical advice! These are simply facts that can be found on any medical web site and are taught in basic first aid classes as well as CPR classes.

Yes ... women's heart attack symptoms are different than men. Usually in the lower back, moving upward and into the neck. Sometimes in the side and hip, moving to the lower back and up. There are even documented cases where a woman was having a heart attack and she felt absolutely no pain what-so-ever ... other than in her teethe and jaw. (Tacoma Fire Department, Tacoma, Washington)

If you take the aspirin, place it under your tongue and let it dissolve. Absorption into the blood stream via mucus membranes of the mouth take less than one minute. Absorption into the blood stream via the stomach can take as long as forty-five minutes, depending on what you have previously consumed.

Take your own pulse, but better yet, have another do the same. The normal resting adult heart beats regularly at an average rate of 60-100 times per minute.

But here's the real kicker: IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS CALL 911! There is no bill for them to come take a look-see and their tires are round! They can go back to the station just as easily as they came to your house!

Post edited by: 2ofme, at: 10/27/2011 03:34 PM

Turns out I have a hairline fracture on one of my ribs on the right side - there is no treatment other than advil (lots), and ice pack, then heat, ice, heat....still really painful...told me could take 6 weeks to heal a broken rib, since mine is not broken I am hoping for a fast recovery.