Lori M.

On June 13, 2006 I woke up in the middle of the night and felt like someone punched me in the back on the upper right side. I sat up and was dizzy, clammy and nauseous. I then threw up and felt better, so I laid back down, the whole time thinking I was having an allergic reaction to new cholesterol medication I had been prescribed. I called the doctor the next morning and they said to come in that my blood pressure could be too low. I couldn't drive as everything was kinda blurry so a friend took me. They did an EKG and gave me chewable aspirin and said I need to go to the hospital - they are trying to stop me from having a heart attack. At the hospital they inserted a stent on the right side of my heart. I later found out that I was in cardiac shock and if I waited one more hour I wouldn't be here today. On 6/14/2006 I had my 2nd heart attack in the ICU, at that time it felt like someone was standing on my chest and I couldn't breath. They sent me home for a week to ensure I could withstand another procedure. On 6/26/2006 I went back in to have a stent placed on the left side of my heart. While in the middle of this procedure, an artery was ripped which caused my 3rd heart attack and them ending up inserting 3 stents vs. 1 or 2. I was then in cardiac rehab on the treadmill and suffered my 4th heart attack. I was admitted to the hospital on 9/6/2006 for an angiogram and was told I needed to have triple bypass surgery so that was done on 9/8/2006. I still have 2 leaking valves in my heart (mitral valve prolapse with regurgitation) which causes too much pressure in my lungs. They don't want to fix them as I am stable at the moment and am also a high risk for surgery. So my battles continue but at least I am still alive.

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