Back in December I had a heart attack.

[Disaffected]

22. Mine were pain in my inner upper right arm.

With a feeling of nausea and anxiety. It spread into my right upper chest on the way to the hospital but the ambulance medics gave me several shots of nitro (under the tongue) and by the time we reached the hospital the pain had subsided.

Went shortly thereafter to the cath lab and had a single stent installed plus a balloon procedure.

Was in hospital a couple of weeks as was having a lot of side effects from the cocktail of meds (even had a brain scan as I was dizzy most of the time and had trouble walking). It took many weeks to sort the meds out but not doing too badly 1 1/2 years later.

My GP figured a lot of the trouble was caused by the statin I was prescribed (Lipitor) and the high dose I was started on (80 mg/d).

Heart attacks ain't no fun but it could have been a lot worse - I lost only a minor degree of heart function.

Moral of story is if you have symptoms that even may be signs of a heart attack, don't procrastinate in getting treatment as timing is life & death critical.