September 23, 2023
I always fancied myself as someone who ate healthy, exercised, and took care of myself. I had a hectic life that I always managed well. I am 129 pounds, 70 years old, walk 3-4 miles a day, at a fast pace. I ran 6+ miles a day from age 27 to 47. I thought I […]
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June 20, 2023
I had retired as a registered nurse consultant in 2018 and was having a glorious time being active and carefree with my husband. We traveled some, did a lot of gardening, hiked, and swam in our pool. I was always bad about going to the doctor, but when I did go, there were no big […]
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June 16, 2023
I was laying down watching a show killing time before it was time for me to get ready for work. After I got dressed, my heart started to hurt. It wasn’t bad at first but then, my back, armpits, arms and jaw all became numb. Immediately I looked up my symptoms and it lead me […]
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May 17, 2023
I’m a healthy 58 year old woman. I worked with my husband for several hours lifting, pushing and pulling heavy objects in my husband’s car barn on during morning to early afternoon Sunday, April 23, 2023. Monday morning, I played pickleball for 2-3 hrs. Monday evening I had a sharp chest pain with numbness down […]
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April 22, 2023
My name is Whitney, I am a mom to a 11 year who keeps me very busy. He has just turned 9 in May of 2021, May 1st in fact. His dad and I had been separated for 5 years at this point but are still great co-parents and friends for our son. Gary (my […]
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February 22, 2023
March 28, 2018 started a little slower than most mornings at our house. Jim had already headed off to work. The kids were on spring break and 4-year-old Claire had her bestie over for their first-ever sleepover. I was starting to pack for a last minute, quick family trip to the Galena/Dubuque area the following […]
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February 11, 2023
Hello all! Im Amanda, on 10/19/21 at age 38 i was dx with Systemic Lupus, just over a year later 10/27/22 at age 39 i woke up not feeling the best but having lupus im used to this, as the day progressed i started to have a squeezing achy pain in my right shoulder that […]
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February 9, 2023
I was a seemingly healthy 58 year old whose annual biometric screening assured me that I was in great shape. One morning I woke from a sound sleep with a strange pain between my shoulder blades that seemed to be moving. This followed about five days of vague congestion and dizziness. My husband insisted I […]
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February 5, 2023
November 27, 2022, the day that changed my life. I’m a healthy 44 y/o women with no health problems prior to SCAD. I’ve been a nurse for 22 years, 13 of those years I worked in the Emergency Room. I’ve had a number of patients suffering from heart attacks and even bypass surgery (CABG), but […]
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February 1, 2023
I was awoken one Saturday morning to an odd feeling in my chest, neck and arm. Thinking I had slept in an odd position, I tried to stretch this odd feeling out. It didn’t change. I woke my boyfriend and told him something was wrong. We were dressed and in the car within minutes, heading […]
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