Re: Re: RESEARCH - Unrecognized myocardial infarction common among elderly

August 30, 2006

It's a shame to have to read your post, Jenna. I'm sorry you had to go

through that. Everyone needs to keep in mind that a woman presents

differently to a heart problem as my sister found out. She had gone to

different hospitals at different times with heart/chest pains, but nothing

was ever decided until a local doctor got curious. She had a triple bypass

and now is as mean as ever.

Dennis in Eastexas

" It's not Rocket Surgery "

[ ] Re: RESEARCH - Unrecognized myocardial infarction

common among elderly

> -,

> THis subject hits really too close to home for me...and I preach to

> every woman I know who is having any kind of chest pain....my mother

> died after totally blowing apart her Left ventricle (per autopsy)

> after being in the Er 5 days before with chest pain, and in her PCP's

> office 24 hours before asking for a repeat ekg and saying that she

> still was having chest pain...the Pa would not do a ekg because she

> ha had one 4 days before saying " nothing will have changed in 4

> days " . Then when my mother said she was gong beck to the ER...the off

> ice nurse told her that medicare would not cover it ...that she could

> be seen in the office and she was...so she didn't go to the ER and

> she was dead of a heart attack less than 24 hours later at 72 years

> old!

> Women especially have to be VERY pro-active about demanding to be

> seen, and to be taken seriously. Had I been there I would have

> demanded that the MD see her that day in the office...he was too busy

> per the nurse....And if that failed I would have taken her to another

> ER...not the one who gave her darcvocet and sent her home!!! SHe

> would have had the opportunity to make the choice of having open

> heart surgery or not, and would have had the chance to say her

> goodbyes...that was stolen from her by a PA who thought he knew it

> all, an MD who was too busy to see a long time pt who was having

> chest pain, and an office nurse who was not an advocate for a patient

> who she knew was having a problem (as she confessed later to a family

> member!!) " I should have made sure DR saw her...she was not looking

> good " was what she said.....no kidding!!!! Thanks you for posting

> this very important information for the list to read!! I hope that

> all pay attention to it and learn to be pro active about their care!

> You can ask for a second opinion or go to another ER if you are not

> satisfied with the care you recieve or if you think that you are not

> being taken seriously..it could be a matter of life or

> death!!!.....jenna

August 31, 2006

Jenna, that is a heartbreaking story. I'm so sorry your mother died that

way.

I hope everyone takes the time to read your message.

Not an MD

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org