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[chickenbutt]

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Noel7 wrote:

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chickenbutt wrote:

That's trippy!  I didn't know about the jaw pain thing (or actually most of the ones in Noel's post, which I experience regularly...oops!).

Every now and then I will suddenly, out of nowhere, have the most intense jaw pain and I just figure maybe I was clenching and didn't realize it.    It never lasts all that long, though.

Anyway, best wishes that everything is ok!

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@chickenbutt

You know, it really is true that as women, many or most of us push through and just keep going.

My first attack, I thought it was heartburn, really bad heartburn.  It took awhile until I keeled over.  The second time it was my ribs that hurt on one side and I thought it was costocondritis.  I really got a talking to from the nurse, I thought she was going to slap my hand with a ruler, lol.

Go, get a checkup, get a scan maybe. 

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I've only had two small ones that I knew of and that was over 10 years ago, back when I was still going to doctors.     The weird thing is - I don't even remember how I felt.   Memory pretty much gone.   You'd think I'd remember that stuff, eh?      

It's great that you put that information out there.  People need to know this stuff!

[Puzzle Piece]

I've had a couple coronaries.  I have shortness of breath to warn me.  I believe women have different symptoms than men have.  Folks need to pay attention to their body and know their body.  We are all so unique.

[Leeny]

Hi,

@newberry

Thank You for shairng your story and everyone else that has given us a lot of good information.

[tends2dogs]

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@newberry wrote:

Funny thing happened to me last week. I had jaw pain took a Motrin and felt better. Went to a regularly scheduled doctors appointment the next morning. Told her about my jaw pain she checked out my ear to see if it was an earache. Nope looked good so she suggested and ecg. Had that done and BOOMB It showed a possible heart attack. Called my cardioligst and got an appoint and just went to the cardio yesterday and by looking at the ecg results he said yep I have had a heart attack. Next week I go back for an echo and tredmill test to see about damage done. I must say I feel good. Have no idea when it happened. I just went up 5 flight of stairs the week before with no problem except my knees said ouch and don't do that again to soon but no shortness of breath or any distress.

What I find the most scary of all of this is I had a heart attack and did not even know that is what it was. I probably went ouch, got up off the couch and went and cleaned the kitchen or bathroom and didn't even give the "ouch" another thought. When you get to be my age we have a few aches and pains don't even think twice about doing anything but taking a aspirin or Motrin. Being women we go about our life doing our jobs and attending to our families and not really paying attention to our own health. I just wanted by writing about this to to remind everyone here that women's symptoms of a heart attack can be very different than the ones we hear about for men.

So ladies....... pay attentiion to feeling off and not just not quite right. Not feeling like yourself and just not feeling on top of your game can actually mean something serious to us and our health. Female symptoms of a heart attack are not always the elephant on the chest. I did not have the elephant. No clammy s!kin or shortness of breath at anytime. Jaw pain, shoulder pain or tiredness can be signs of a female heart attack. Get checked out and be safe  

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Thank you for sharing your story!  You may have saved a life!

[happycat]

That is kind of scary to me. I guess I always thought with a heart attack, the symptoms would be more severe. Like the others, thanks you so much for sharing....This is something I hope the rest of us can remember and be more concious of even small signs that may mean something more significant.

You really may have saved a life by sharing your story.

[3suwm5]

Good discussion folks, thank you so much for the information.  Very important to know!!

[SXMGirl]

Thank you for posting this, and so glad that you are okay.  When we get older, we should all be aware of these things, but most of us just think that the pains are what we get as we age and nothing to worry about.  Thank goodness you had that doctor appointment the next day.

[Q4u]

Your reminder is an excellent one and I'm relieved it was discovered so you can go from here in order to avoid a bigger one....

I have extreme jaw pain from TMJ I've had since I was 8 and a pinched nerve in my neck from a fall down the stairs in 2010.  But I was sitting with DH having lunch in 2013 and felt a radiating slight pain up and down my neck and across my shoulders and down to my elbows.  DH took me right to the emergency room. 8 hours later I was told it was the nerve in my neck causing this.... but the symptoms could certainly have been a heart attack and the ER treated it (and me) as tho it were....  I'm grateful to all of them!

We women need to understand all the symptoms.....

[tansy]

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@Noel7 wrote:

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@chickenbutt wrote:

That's trippy!  I didn't know about the jaw pain thing (or actually most of the ones in Noel's post, which I experience regularly...oops!).

Every now and then I will suddenly, out of nowhere, have the most intense jaw pain and I just figure maybe I was clenching and didn't realize it.    It never lasts all that long, though.

Anyway, best wishes that everything is ok!

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@chickenbutt

You know, it really is true that as women, many or most of us push through and just keep going.

My first attack, I thought it was heartburn, really bad heartburn.  It took awhile until I keeled over.  The second time it was my ribs that hurt on one side and I thought it was costocondritis.  I really got a talking to from the nurse, I thought she was going to slap my hand with a ruler, lol.

Go, get a checkup, get a scan maybe. 

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Out of curiosity, @Noel7, was your rib pain on the right or left?  

[tansy]

You were a very lucky woman, @newberry.  Thanks for sharing.