I am a 58-year-old female who had a heart attack three weeks ago. The symptoms had been there for about a month: brief periods of a burning pain in my chest, and pain in my jaw, face, shoulder, back and arm, all on the right side. I awoke in the night with the pain and this time it wouldn't ease up. I took aspirins and started vomiting. I went to the emergency room and it was determined that I was having a heart attack. Three stents were placed in my heart. I've been home for almost three weeks and doing a total lifestyle change. I am not overweight and I have low blood pressure, and the pain was on my right side instead of the left. It's best to get all pain diagnosed instead of waiting like I did. A heart attack can hit women in many different ways. Published: September 10 ::

I was a 32 year old female who worked in the hospital. I had worked all day and had 1 more hour left of my shift. I went out to smoke as I always did. When I came back in, I was walking down the hall and I suddenly felt like I was getting the flu. All the joints in my upper body ached on both sides. I sat down for a bit. Someone was talking to me and I felt like I was fading away. I had to get up and move. I felt very agitated and couldn't sit still. Then the sweating came. In seconds, I was drenched. I told my coworkers that I didn't feel right and I was going to the ER. I thought it might be my blood sugar. The ER doc immediately pushed the chair I was in to the bed because he said something didn't look right. They did EKG and it was normal. About 10 mins. later I had a pain in the center of my chest. Did another EKG and said I was having a heart attack. They gave me Retavase and had me airlifted to the bigger hospital. I had a heart cath and 2 stents placed. 2 days later, I had another heart attack, another cath, and 2 more stents. Needless to say, I had major life changes. Quit smoking and try to live a healthy life. At 32 who would have thought. But it has been a year and I'm still here. Published: September 10 ::

In June my very active and healthy 75 year old mother complained of a pain in her shoulder. Nothing great, just a dull ache. In August she complained of a cramp in her neck that was very uncomfortable, but went away. In September she was diagnosed with a 70, 80 and 90% blockage to her heart. In October she died after unsuccessful open-heart surgery left her already damaged heart too weak to supply blood to her organs. It's relatively quiet, alarmingly quick, and if you're not paying close attention, merciless. Older women MUST act on any of these symptoms immediately. Published: November 16 ::

I was up late and shortly after getting in bed, my upper jaw and teeth began to hurt badly. Within 2 to 5 minutes, the pain went to the middle of my chest and stayed there. No other pain or symptoms at all. I am 71 and had never been advised that I had bad cholesterol readings, although personal review of old and recent lipid tests showed I did not have good levels and every doctor who saw all those tests never once told me about the high cholesterol. According to those results alone, I should have been on statins for years. They might have prevented my heart disease. My wife had one blood test showing high cholesterol, and one of the same doctors started her on statins. Two of the negligent doctors were and are cardiologists. One I fired for carelessness and refusal to assist me with a VA disability claim. The other seemed to know his business and gave me a series of tests and a complete cardiac clearance 3 months before my heart attack. My last two lipid panels are completely normal and I now demand the actual numbers. Thank God I did not have much damage and have been cleared for strenuous exercise. I take my medications faithfully, have lost the little extra weight I was carrying, and eat a heart-healthy diet. I ride a bike, walk my dog and if called for, do some heavy work for exercise. Published: October 19 ::

Hello, I'm a 12 year old female and my dad just had a heart attack. He's doing really well. He was taking down the swimming pool in the backyard when he came in complaining about his chest hurting. A couple of minutes later he was sweating really bad. Then his arms went numb. So my grandmother took him to the ER. He always wanted to fly in an airplane...He didn't fly in an airplane but he did in a helicopter. He has high blood pressure, cholesterol, and we have had family problems with heart attacks in the past also. He did smoke too. I'm sure that heart attack will wake him up soon, and he'll realize...realize that we'll need him more than ever, but he'll need us also. Published: October 06 ::

It began with a sharp pain between my shoulders, spreading to both arms and my chest. I have heard that a heart attack feels something like this, but I never for sure what was happening to me. If you feel something like what I have described, you should go directly to the ER. Published: October 06 ::