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 11, 2020
December 27th 2017 I was training at the gym, as I always did. I’m very active and in great shape. I felt a horrible burning down my throat. I thought I had pulled a chest muscle so I waited all day until it got so bad at 6 PM I decided to go to the […]
February 13, 2020
I was sitting in my living room about to get our three children ready for bed and I felt like something was sitting on my chest. I asked my husband for some antacids and I took those and didn’t notice a difference. I started vomiting and my hand and fingers were going numb. My husband […]
February 8, 2020
I am 56 and had a SCAD related heart attack in early November while in the hospital recovering from an emergent cholecystectomy. I continue to be off work 3 months out due to recurring chest pain. I have been hospitalized overnight twice for chest pain since. I am on the typical regiment of baby aspirin, […]
January 31, 2020
January 6th of this year, I was out walking with friends and complaining of being overly hot and out of breath. During the prior week I had had intermitent sharp pain in my left underarm region, some indigestion, I vomited once, and felt at times sweaty and chilled. I had also gone through some significant […]
January 21, 2020
Over Memorial Day Weekend of 2017, when my newborn son was just 7 weeks old, I had a heart attack. I had just returned to work from a brief maternity leave and was looking forward to a long holiday weekend of baby snuggles and a nice family picnic. However, instead of spending that time on […]
December 14, 2019
I am 3 weeks 4 days post SCAD. At 29 years old, 34 weeks pregnant, and no family history of heart issues etc, I had a heart attack. I was having a regular weekend washing clothes getting the house ready for the upcoming week. That evening I noticed I was short of breath but was […]
November 10, 2019, started out like most days. Up by 0115 hours, hit the gym for an hour and a half and then off to work by 0430 hours. I felt really good after my workout and even indulged in a donut someone had brought to work. I am a 52 year old male in […]
September 6, 2019
My SCAD, almost a year ago (in a few weeks) was preceded by an extreme emotional event. Hours later, I had a feeling of indigestion, so I took two Tums. That feeling of indigestion only got worse and shortly thereafter, within another 3-4 minutes, I felt a burning sensation in my throat (like acid reflux) […]
August 25, 2019
Hi there, I am 29 years old and about 8 weeks post SCAD’s. I was 10 days postpartum with my third son when I woke up to crushing chest pain, numb left arm and excessive sweating. My husband is a physician and rushed us to the ER, I was in the cath lab within minutes […]
August 15, 2019
I have watched videos and read stories from other SCAD survivors and what stands out to me is how different each of our stories are, there may be a few common threads, but our symptoms are varied. One common thread throughout is disbelief. I was 58 at the time of my SCAD, I was under […]