Experiencing a life-changing event such as a SCAD, has a huge impact on those who had the SCAD as well as their families and friends. Finding a lack of information about an uncommon and poorly understood condition can be difficult and may add to the strains of recovery. Reading others stories can be an enormous help.
December 10, 2016
Hello, I’m Terri. I’m 59 years old. On a Friday morning November 18th,2016, as I was getting ready to pick up my grand babies from school I began to experience an ache in my shoulder, then my chest as it moved over to my right arm. The ache never turned to pain, but I knew […]
November 27, 2016
My story starts and ends in Vegas this past August . My wife had a work event in Vegas and spouses were invited. To start, I’m a 44 years old. My total cholesterol is 123, HDL @ 45, LDL @65 and Tri @ 64 (pretty good numbers). I know this because the week prior I […]
November 20, 2016
I am a 55 yo woman, post menopausal, non-violent, great lipids (HDL is 78, TG 62). I eat clean, exercise 6 days a week (variety of strength, aerobic, high intensity interval training). I have been under a great deal of stress caring for my 98yo father, dealing with other family and social issues for the […]
November 7, 2016
I am a physician and i had been out of work for several weeks with a febrile illness I was a healthy 63 year old man with a history of well controlled hypertension, but no other medical conditions. I developed a febrile illness with fevers to 103 and then cough and chest congestion. I was […]
SCAD event Monday Oct. 31, 8:15 pm. I am 54, pretty healthy and have no risk factors for a heart attack. After suffering massive pain in the middle of my chest the night before, my doctor advised me to go to the ER. After checking my blood levels, they said I had had a heart […]
November 4, 2016
My heart attack happened while I was on the treadmill at the gym. I had been having jaw tension and had no idea what it was a few days prior. I felt dizzy, broke out into a cold sweat and had chest pain. My mom came to see me an hour later and I laid […]
October 29, 2016
my name is sandra, im 48 year old female in top health and weigh 80kg. i have four children an amazing grandaughter and a faboulas husband. Eight weeks ago i started having shoulder chest and arm pain, it didnt bother me at first and i just put it down to lifting boxes and over working […]
October 20, 2016
I attended our Accident and Emergency Department last week after experiencing chest pain whilst on the treadmill at the gym earlier that morning. I decided to drive myself there and get this checked out as it followed a few episodes of chest pain over the preceding two weeks. I worried I was over reacting as […]
October 12, 2016
I woke up on a Sunday morning bright and early to do my laundry. I started to feel a pain in my chest. It wasn’t bad pain but it went into my left arm and up my neck. I knew this wasn’t like anything I had experienced before. So I drove to the emergency room […]
September 24, 2016
“Kayla, I’m in the emergency room with Mark right now, Meagan had a heart-attack.” This is the phone call that I received from my dad at around 4:45am on July 4th. A phone call that I could not comprehend and a phone call that has forever changed mine and my families lives. It was the […]