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.
October 15, 2015
I am a 65 year old relatively healthy female. I came to Germany one month ago with my husband to visit family who live in Frankfurt. We did extensive sightseeing including walking up to five miles per day. Also we climbed to the top of St. Peter’s Basilica on a side trip to Rome. Our […]
It was a normal Monday night as I picked up my daughter at the train station which is 8 blocks away from home, about a 5-7 minute drive. As I drove there, by the third block, I felt a tickle in my throat, like I had to cough up a hair or phlegm ball, but […]
I am writing this from my recovery room. I have always been physically fit and follow a clean diet. The day before my episode, I enrolled in a Fit Camp class at my local gym. The classes are designed to get your heart rate up and this class was no exception. I had done them […]
September 2, 2015
I woke up early on July 20, 2015 and felt great. I was talking to my children when I felt an odd electrical sensation move from my chest thru both arms. I immediately knew something wasn’t right. I walked into the living room to tell my husband and that’s when the pain started in the […]
August 18, 2015
I am a 61 year old female with a history of chronic pain associated with osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia going back several decades and also, more recently, Sjögrens Syndrome. On Friday 10 April 2015, just after 9am, I was drying myself after a bath when I was suddenly gripped by excruciating pain which started in my […]
I am an RN at a hospital in London, Ontario. I was sitting at my desk at work when I began to have chest pain ,sweating, shortness of breath. I thought it was indigestion-couldn’t possibly be anything cardiac as I am perfectly healthy with no risk factors. For 45 minutes I suffered through the pain. I finally […]
July 31, 2015
Just four days after turning 38 years old, I woke up suddenly with pain in my left arm. I had never had this pain before. I checked the symptoms of a Heart Attack on the net and I did not fit any of the symptoms/signs. As I was laying in bed, I started to get […]
My episode occurred on July 11th, 15 days ago. I went to an airshow with my husband. I really wanted to stay home and do yard work instead. But, I gave in and went with him. Just before the F18 show began I saw a friend and decided to go down and say hello. I […]
July 3, 2015
On 2/15/15 my 29yr old brother Sean was doing his normal gym routine when he started to experience chest pain, he continued on with his workout were the chest pain got worse and started experiencing all of the normal “I’m having a heart attack symptoms” he went to the closest urgent care were the doctor […]
June 16, 2015
Im Sharon Im 31 years old and 6 months ago I went to bed n was woken around 4am in the morning with a pain in my chest that was so strange and crushing and uncomfortable I got up and fainted, my mum called an ambulance and they did a few tests an ecg and […]