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.
March 17, 2019
On April 24th, 2016 my fiancee was sitting in our living room with our 4 kids while I made dinner. The children were ages 6, 4, 2, & we had brought our newborn daughter home 3 weeks earlier. All of a sudden my fiance started yelling at our 2 year old for jumping on her. […]
March 4, 2019
As with most of other accounts. 56 year old female, fit (enough) never smoked… Monday night, after a very busy weekend – was about to sleep at midnight and felt crazy heaviness on my chest. Got up, walked around, had a drink, trying to decide if I should go to hospital. Laid back down. At […]
February 21, 2019
It was a very busy day. Just as I like it! It was a Thursday and a typical Thursday it was until that evening. I played my usual 9 holes of golf(walking) and then went to my local gym for my noon HIIT one hour “afterburn” workout. That afternoon my wife and I went shopping […]
February 3, 2019
July of 2018, at the age of 53, I suffered spontaneous coronary arterial dissection. The first symptom was tremendous discomfort in my left arm, followed by dizziness and loss of color in my face. Fortunately, I was at a family event rather than alone, as I may have resigned myself to a wait and see […]
December 18, 2018
On November 6, 2018, I survived a SCAD Heart Attack as well as Cardiac Arrest. I was getting ready to leave my home for work that day and as I was walking down the stairs of my home to get my coat, all of the sudden, I had a terrible pain in my chest. I […]
December 8, 2018
2 and a half years ago or so, I remember having the chest pain; the heart attack. I was only 26. There were a series of them over the course of a week and then vanished. I had recently left my partner and had 3 young children I was raising. My youngest being only 6 […]
December 3, 2018
On 14 Nov 2018 I had felt huge pressure on the front and back of my left chest with excruciating pain radiating towards left shoulder and to left arm. This was the third episode. I was diagnosed with SCAD. On 10th Nov 2018 morning I had experienced the first episode which resolved after an hour […]
October 28, 2018
I am an otherwise very healthy 51 year old male that exercises regularly and eats well most of the time. My exercise routine had been pretty intense and consisted of about 2 hours of continuous exercise 3 days per week. My day started with a small cup of coffee and a Clif Bar as I […]
September 21, 2018
I must admit that it’s hard to slow down and become a patient – Patient. I have been very active all my life. My family tease me and say that I had Energizer batteries in me. Since my diagnosis of a heart attack on August 30, 2018 I realize I need to make changes in […]
September 19, 2018
On October 25th, 2014, I started having pain in my chest and heavy arms while making my bed. After suffering 4 hours, I drove myself to the hospital where they diagnosed me with having had a heart attack. They rushed me to a hospital an hour away and tried to manage my heart attack with […]