![]() But I thought it was really good, as after the exercises we’d sit round and have a chat. When I arrived, they asked me if I was the nurse. I was the youngest by far and the only female. Growing in confidence: Alan explains to Natalie that confidence builds back up over time Alan and Natalie: Heart attack recovery I think, looking back, it was a panic attack. I said, “You’ll have to excuse me, love, I’ll come again tomorrow.” I was scared of being out of the house on my own, there was a sense of it building up. When it was my turn I sat down and I was a state. There was a queue and the anxiety was building up with the waiting. When I first came out of hospital, and I’d got used to walking, I went into my village hairdresser. My little one was only two when I had the heart attack, and used to come into my bed each morning – my biggest fear was what if she gets in one day and finds me dead? When I had the heart attack I was alone with my children I felt vulnerable on my own.Ī: I can understand that. It’s just mentally now.” For a couple of years I struggled, until my doctor put me on anti-anxiety medication, which I still take. I remember the consultant saying: “Physically you’re fixed. You’ll just learn over time how to rule symptoms out. N: Did you think it was another heart attack?Ī: Yeah – it wasn’t, maybe I’d just had too much spray! I learnt that that pain was nothing to do with my heart. All of a sudden my vision just went, like watching TV if you pulled the cable out. I still had the pain, so I had another double spray. Soon after my heart attack I felt a pain in my chest, so I used my GTN spray a couple of times. Any pain in my neck and shoulders still really freaks me out, because that was the first pain when I had my heart attack.Īny pain in my neck and shoulders still really freaks me out, because that was the first pain when I had my heart attack. They just said that sometimes these things happen. I had no existing conditions, and they still haven’t really given me an explanation. I’d had a heart attack and was given two stents. I remember my daughter said: “No, Mummy, we just got here!” We were collecting shells and pebbles, and I was hit with this horrendous pain in my chest, through to my back and under my armpits, and I felt like I had a really bad hangover. I was out for a walk on the beach with my two daughters, aged two and six. Natalie: I’d been feeling tired for a few days. I could barely breathe – I ended up having a quadruple bypass. In hospital they asked me if I could walk without getting out of breath, and I thought, of course I can! Then I was tested and walked on a treadmill for a minute. My uncle said, “If you get past your 50s, you’re doing well.” After my heart attack, I was put on a blood thinner and soon went back to work, but my angina pains returned. Alan and Natalie: Heart attack symptoms and treatmentĪlan: Heart problems run in my family. We brought them together to share their experiences. ![]() Natalie, 43, from Morecambe, had a heart attack five years ago and is still dealing with the anxiety it’s caused. Alan, 67, from Sheffield, had a heart attack 15 years ago and over time has learnt to feel confident again. Lucy Trevallion meets Alan and Natalie.Īlan Atack and Natalie Duffin had their heart attacks 10 years apart. We’ve brought two strangers together, to come face to face for the first time and share their heart attack experiences. ![]() Two strangers share their heart attack experiences ![]()
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