I was woken at 1am with chest pain and asked myself, “I wonder what a heart attack feels like”
I finally went to the doctor 2 days ago. An ECG showed that I did in fact have a heart attack.
The ECG showed - “minor inferior repolarisation disturbance secondary to infarct”
Explanation - This EKG phrase suggests the bottom wall of your heart, which previously suffered a heart attack (infarct), is now experiencing minor electrical instability (repolarization disturbance). It indicates that the scar tissue is altering the normal electrical recovery of the heart muscle.
Years ago, when living in Portugal, I experienced something strange. A slight numbness in my little finger, right hand, and a tingling on the right side of my tongue.
Years later when in London, I was diagnosed with blood cancer, too many blood cells, too many platelets. And I’d most likely suffered a mini stroke, those years earlier.
They both sound scary … never had anything like that … yet. I’m not counting my brain aneurysm as that was just like a concrete block falling ontop of my head. Didn’t know what was wrong when that happened but just knew something was …terribly.
I have had an ECG and fingers crossed … it was okay.
That’s whats wrong with my heart now Bretrick.
After a heart attack back in 2004 when there was no doubt about the heart attack, and another one in 2014 plus a Ischaemic heart attack in 2024 has left my heart with scar tissue and has interrupted the electrical signals passed from the top of the heart to the bottom. A pacemaker now helps to stabilise the pulses and a built in defibrillator should kick start my heart if it stops.
