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Today, Friday like everyday starts with a cup of Joe.
This past Sunday was no different. I got up. Made the coffee. Opened the laptop. I started to feel something I have never felt before. A kind of overall tightness.
I looked up heart attack symptoms. I checked every box. The pain was not bad as far as pain goes. What sticks is the feeling that "I have never felt this."
I live with my daughter and a grandson. She stuck her head inside my door. "I said something is wrong with me I think I am having a heart attack. See if we have any aspirin. We did not. I told her to run to the store and get some aspirin. I took the aspirin when she returned. I threw up. Then it was off to the hospital.
Massive heart attack from a blood clot in a major heart artery (widow maker). They operated and installed two shunts.
And here I am sipping coffee.
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