Re: Rip: Luke Perry, 52

SeaMaiden · ‎03-10-2010

@Reever wrote:
My neighbor was a vegetarian Hindu never ate meat, lean, weighed no more than 140 pounds never smoked. Needed double bypass surgery. Not all health issues are genetic. Sometimes things just "happen" folks.

@ Reever.... sounds like his heart issues were most likely genetic/ family history etc looking at his lifestyle and vegetarian diet?

Things in the human body do usually happen FOR A REASON... not JUST HAPPEN

tsavorite · ‎03-09-2010

@Trinity11 wrote:
@SeaMaiden wrote:
@hckynut Can I ask you John, did you or your wife have heart scans PRIOR to the heart attacks? I am just curious. Did you both have plaque in your arteries before the heart attack? Thanks so much for sharing if you choose to🙂
@SeaMaiden ...I am obviously not John but heart scans and even angiograms don't tell all. Women tend to have more small vessel disease than men and it cannot always be seen. My first heart attack proved that. A Scan showed zero disease process yet my left anterior descending artery had an offshoot that caused a heart attack within weeks of a cardiac work up.

@Trinity11 HI could I ask you a question....what kind of scan did they do? And was your cardiac work up part of a routine yearly exam?

I am just wondering as I do have a mild heart murmur....they did do a ultrasound/echo thing and said everything was ok. But other then this I have never done anything called a cardio workup. I see my internist annually and they do a EKG in the office which is always normal but that's all that is ever recommended. He did tell me after the ultrasound/echo test I could do one maybe every 5yrs to make sure there are no changes. Wonder if or when a person should be seeing a heart specialist if you don't have a diagnosis? they think my murmur is cogential and very very mild.

Your story is amazing by the way....you and John! I appreciate that you both share your experiences here.

Trinity11 · ‎11-16-2014

@tsavorite wrote:
@Trinity11 wrote:
@SeaMaiden wrote:
@hckynut Can I ask you John, did you or your wife have heart scans PRIOR to the heart attacks? I am just curious. Did you both have plaque in your arteries before the heart attack? Thanks so much for sharing if you choose to🙂
@SeaMaiden ...I am obviously not John but heart scans and even angiograms don't tell all. Women tend to have more small vessel disease than men and it cannot always be seen. My first heart attack proved that. A Scan showed zero disease process yet my left anterior descending artery had an offshoot that caused a heart attack within weeks of a cardiac work up.
@Trinity11 HI could I ask you a question....what kind of scan did they do? And was your cardiac work up part of a routine yearly exam?

I am just wondering as I do have a mild heart murmur....they did do a ultrasound/echo thing and said everything was ok. But other then this I have never done anything called a cardio workup. I see my internist annually and they do a EKG in the office which is always normal but that's all that is ever recommended. He did tell me after the ultrasound/echo test I could do one maybe every 5yrs to make sure there are no changes. Wonder if or when a person should be seeing a heart specialist if you don't have a diagnosis? they think my murmur is cogential and very very mild.

Your story is amazing by the way....you and John! I appreciate that you both share your experiences here.

Hi Tsavorite!

Before my first heart attack I had a CT scan and it came out with no calcifications. Then I had a nuclear scan which was also normal. My stress tests were always normal too. I could exercise easily and with no symptoms. I was the poster child for eating a healthy diet having had Type 1 diabetes for nearly 45 years at the time. I was very slender too.

If not for John's post about heart disease in women and how they present differently with heart attacks, I would never have gone to the ER that early Sunday morning back in 2016. John shared how back aches could be a symptom of heart disease in women. I thought they would laugh me out of the ER but I went anyway. Much to my shock, I was having a "widowmaker" and could have died on the spot if I had waited. My troponin levels were off the charts. I even had heart failure for a few months afterwards. I believe nothing could have really predicted my first heart attack...except an angiogram should have been done because I complained of feeling "off."

Like yourself I have a congenital murmur but was never restricted in any way from exercise because of it. I don't think it makes you more prone to heart disease but of course that is an individualized answer and only your cardiologist can tell you if it is. In my particular case, I blame years of Type 1 diabetes for probably ultimately causing my heart disease.

Best of luck and here is to many more years of good health!!

GenXmuse · ‎05-15-2016

@pupwhipped wrote:
@Trinity11 wrote:
Blaming someone for being sick is reprehensible...

Yes, @Trinity11, and it's the OP's total modus operandi...all day everyday!

It’s the condescending tone coupled with the misuse of the word “sad” to show disdain for people who don’t live like she does that offends me.

Katcat1 · ‎07-21-2011

I do hope he will be okay and back to normal shortly without impairments. Genes play a very big role. Look at Susan Lucci with a heart attack and she eats healthy and exercises regularly. You never know so if you know it runs in your family strokes or heart attacks, talk to your doctor.

kindness is strength

tsavorite · ‎03-09-2010

@Trinity11 Your story is such great information for us women to remember. From what I am learning on the CT Scan of the heart it can only tell you if there is calcified deposits present but not see the soft plaques if any. Still good to have but won't give you the full picture.

Thank you!