Having a Heart Attack? Not on a Weekend By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Posted Thu, Sep 13, 2007, 8:01 pm PDT

1. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, Apr 15, 2007, 9:30 am PDT

I have heard that people who hate their jobs tend to have their heart attacks on a Monday morning. Who's having their heart attacks on the weekends then? The optimists?

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2. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, Apr 15, 2007, 8:09 pm PDT

I started having my chest pains at work on Thursday evening at work appox. 5:30 pm I was taken to the hospital Iwas dignosed with angina. I was kept in the er overnight. The next day Friday T was tranfrred to a specialty heart hospital. My procdure was not done until late evening Friday keep in mind I was npo all those hours. I was kept in the hospital until Sunday evening I wasalso moved because they did not have enough staff to keep the wing open that I was on. Iam familiar with these produres of closing wings on weekends due to lack of staffing . I work in the medcial field. I also know I was kept in the hospital for so long because my doctor did not make rounds until late on Sunday to discharge me. I also know doctors do like to have patients in house on theire weekends and will discharge as many patients as possible on Fridays. In all fairness to the doctors this is also probably done because they also know staffing is lower on weekends. So in my sisuation I felt sort of fortunate that my problem happened on a Thursday . We have a saying in our faclity dont get sick on the weekend.

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3. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, Apr 15, 2007, 10:04 pm PDT

I apoligze for all the misspellings in my commments

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4. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, Apr 15, 2007, 10:05 pm PDT

Sorry for all the errors in spelling on my previous comments.

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5. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Apr 20, 2007, 8:26 am PDT

what are the warning signs for a woman? and if there are one how often? do the warniong signs consist of neck pain back pain tiresness stiffness in the back blur vision ringing in the ear please be clear.

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6. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Oct 15, 2007, 12:13 pm PDT

thats not all. in lafayette parish, it doesnt matter what day, what time, what EVER. if you walk into the universtiy medical center, chest pains are looked at as a "non emergency" and you sit in the waiting room for hours. the last time i went there, i arrived at 6 pm and WALKED OUT at 3 o clock AM. not seeing the doctor at all. just wanting to "die at home" so to speak, i got exhausted and annoyed and told my husband, "if i have to die, im not doing it here."

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7. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Oct 19, 2007, 2:49 pm PDT

please could you advised me on how to reduce the risk of having diabetes because my mother has it.

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8. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Oct 23, 2007, 1:53 am PDT

ever since I had surgery I have had trouble breathing and I become breathless upon exertion

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9. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Oct 25, 2007, 8:12 pm PDT

HI: I'm a heart doctor and its common for women to have different symptoms from men. Women sometimes have shoulder pain, or back pain. Left sided vs pain in the middle of the chest. They can also have the typical dull, heavy feeling in the chest that men have. Dr. Kirk Laman Assistant Professor of Medicine Michigan State University

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10. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Oct 27, 2007, 7:31 pm PDT

My name is bill and I transfered from one hospital to another on a surgical consult for intestinal problem. I was transfered in on a saturday around lunch time. That night I had 2 massive heart attacks, thanks to the people who worked with me I am still here to tell the story. The hospital was St.Vincents in Birmingham Alabama. I would recomend them to everyone. I was flatlined for 30min. with the frist one and 35min. with the second one, I know that this is unusal but they would not give up on me and I am very thankfull

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11. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Oct 29, 2007, 3:07 pm PDT

Which statin has the least side effect of myopathy?

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12. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Nov 06, 2007, 6:45 am PST

Hi Doc, Actually I am looking for doctor consultation for my medical report which i took recently. There are something quite making me worried. I found that my SGPT, SGOT and GGT are higher than the normal ranges. At the same time, I discover Free T4 is also higher than normal. That's why my local doctor consult me to have some medical to cure this hyperthyroidism. I guess this medication should not bring any other problems, correct? SGPT, SGOT and GGT are higher than normal, does it mean I am having liver and heart problems? Will it endanger my life? Please advise if there is anything can do to save me. Thanks.. Best regards, Charis Email add: Charis81_c@yahoo.co.uk

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13. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Nov 17, 2007, 12:49 am PST

I awoke at 3am on August 21st. with my left arm throbbing from the palm of my hand to my shoulder,what did I do ? I got up and sat at the computer trying just to forget about the pain in my arm and shoulder,,,Was like 4:30am the pain was easing up and I decided to try and get a little more sleep. I tossed and turned for awhile and finally went back to sleep, until like 8:30am,,(later the doctor informed me that I was very lucky to have woke up at all ) Upon awakening the pain was almost gone, thou my arm had a heavy feeling and I felt aware of something not right all day,At exactly 3pm that afternoon the pain returned , this time it was severe and would not let up,, It involved my entire arm and was radating up my arm, my shoulder, neck, jaw, and chest,, My son drove me to the hospital, Upon arrival there they could get no blood presure,,after starting IV's and injecting some type of medication my blood pressure returned ,,, it was 204 /113,,,Upon testing they found my right cornary artery to be 100 % blocked, and I was taken immediately to the Cath Lab and had a Taxus stent put in,, Afterwards was in the CCU for four days..My heart attack happened on a Tuesday and I'm a woman

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14. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Dec 11, 2007, 10:23 am PST

I know this to be true from my own experience! Believe me, it IS true!

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15. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Dec 11, 2007, 10:24 am PST

I know this to be true from my own experience! Believe me, it IS true! I worked in healthcare all my adult life.

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