Re: 999 Ambulance.
Originally Posted by
pauline3
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Crikey,Baz, did you actually know you were having a heart attack?....down a motorway?....good grief!
You were also lucky that you survived those two motorcycle accidents, they usually end up fatal!.
No, I didn't realise. In fact I just felt unwell so stopped off at the next junction, sat in the car for a while and decided I couldn't continue with the remaining 45 miles of my 65-mile drive. I telephoned my customers explaining I was unwell. Then I drove 20 miles home, still just feeling unwell I made a cup of tea, put some washing on then thought I should phone my GP who immediately sent a 999 paramedic followed by an ambulance. Just over a week in hospital and after many injections and an angiogram I was discharged.
All I had in the past was high blood pressure, that was successfully treated with medication. At that time my GP warned me that if I felt something like a very heavy weight in the middle of my chest or pain in my jaw or neck, radiating down my arms then that was a heart attack and to phone 999.
I had none of those symptoms and neither did around 10 other male patients in the hospital for the same problem. It seems that often not all the traditionally expected symptoms are present but it can still be a heart attack. During the angiogram it was very strange lying there awake watching my own heart on a screen showing all the arteries, a really weird experience, see link if interested:
https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsu...ests/angiogram
The motorcycle accidents were survived due to always wearing a crash helmet, not legally required in those days but I always wore one. Just as well as it happens or I wouldn't be here today.