Heart attack: real story

Mike Smith has had three heart attacks, the first around 15 years ago. As he nears 60 and enjoys life to the full, he explains how the attacks affected him and how his recovery was different for each of them.

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• NHS
• Choices
• health
• heart
• attack

[NHSChoices]

Please seek medical advice from your GP if you are experiencing any pain or call NHS Direct on 0845 4647.

[theawesome6842]

Three heart attacks and still alive? What a boss.

[Catwomen4512]

Use the E-cigerate! my dad uses it he hasn't stopped smoking but he is now smoking a lot less and has less need to smoke

[litebug12345]

I have already suffered 2 heart attack & have what my phsyican calls dangerously high triglycerides & LDL, and i was told that if i do not get these levels under control i will have another. This did frighten me and i knew i needed to do something to reverse this damage. I knew plant sterols were powerful so i tried Sterolyn, and i'm very proud to say that my triglycerides have gone from 512 all the way down to 155. LDL count down from 240 to 132. Great product.

[dumbcube69]

bro...lay off smoking!

i seriously think you wouldda never had the other 2!

[EHLOCALz]

Pain threw your arm for over a month straight. (thats the biggest sign)

[nirpal24]

Isit a bad sign if you are having a sharp pain near your heart and inside your ear at the same time..?

[lippyapril69]

i too was only 45 when i had a heart attack but had repeatedly gone to the doctors with pain in my chest ( which i now know was angina) but i was told it was my hiatus hernia causing my heartburn although i explained it was a different pain i was lucky and only had to have stents fitted but can only praise the paramedics and the hospital staff for their professionalism. i can say that although i seem o.k. i get tired very easily & still suffer from angina

[sdubvan]

everybody is not the same, i had two heart attacks in january 2007 within a week of each other i was 38, im still here taking the tablets back at work & enjoying my life, im not 100% but doesnt stop me i just get tired easier.

[DKZS]

My dad has had 3 heart attacks too and hes now 72, my mom shes 65 and has had strong stomach cancer and she wont desist smoking ( still smoking still a pack a day) . there is a lot of cases of different people and a lot of people for different cases.