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 10, 2012
I had my SCAD event 5 days after the birth of my second child. My SCAD extended throughout all arteries of my left main. Because of the severity of the dissection and by pure numbers, I should not have survived. However 20 months after my SCAD and and 4 months after a double bypass to […]
October 9, 2012
I have had two heart attacks caused by SCAD at the age of 36. I had my first HA about 2 months after the delivery of my second child. And the second heart attack 4 days later. I am constantly in search of new reports and organizations. I want to find answers for our future […]
October 8, 2012
Greetings. Thank you from the bottom of my SCAD heart for your dedication to finding a cause, unified treatment plan and for providing hope. Today is my 2 month anniversary of my scad. I also begin my first rehab class today. Just reading the information, the acknowledgement that so little is known about scads is […]
October 7, 2012
I am a 59 year old female that had a SCAD event 1 1/2 years ago. It was repaired with 4 stents and I received typical acute MI treatment afterwards. Like other patients I was frustrated with lack of information. I hope your research is fruitful!
I had a SCAD on May 29, 2009. I read an article about this website today. When I clicked on this website I began to cry. It has been a long 2 years trying to find out about my SCAD, with doctors not knowing why this happened. I continue on lots of meds and hope. […]
I have had two heart attacks caused by SCAD. The first one, at the age of 49, while I was on the back of a motorcycle with my husband, the 2nd one occurred two years later at age 51 during an exercise class. Both were confirmed at the Mayo Clinic and I also learned I […]
October 5, 2012
I had my SCAD in September last year – a tear in the LAD artery. I had pain about a week before at the gym but thought I’d pulled a muscle as I’d just done some arm weights. The pain eased off but came back again a week later. During that week I’d done two […]
October 4, 2012
I’m 43, I eat healthy, work out 3-5 times a week, have no history of heart disease in my family. My SCAD led to an ischemic stroke and aphasia. I live in Boston. Doctors here have not treated SCAD.
October 2, 2012
I am so glad I have finally found others!! Here is my story: on May 4,2009 i was pregnant and due that Thursday for my c section. This is my third child, always having c section because first child was prolapse cord so the dr cut me vertically. I felt as if I was in […]
September 2, 2012
Very Happy to have found this site! For a long time, I thought I was the only one out there that had a SCAD episode until now after reading I’m not the only one. Last year June 2010, age 38 with no health problems, no family history of heart problems or other major medical problems […]