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#WorldHeartDay
"I had a heart attack when I was 33 - not an age that one usually associates with heart attacks. I am Ram and I am going to tell you what it was like to have a heart attack.
#WorldHeartDay
"I had a heart attack when I was 33 - not an age that one usually associates with heart attacks. I am Ram and I am going to tell you what it was like to have a heart attack.
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I am in a typical corporate job, and it had been a year of many changes; my wife delivered a baby, and with that came a huge change in our regular schedule.
I was constantly feeling restless and lethargic.
I am in a typical corporate job, and it had been a year of many changes; my wife delivered a baby, and with that came a huge change in our regular schedule.
I was constantly feeling restless and lethargic.
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I attributed it all to a lack of proper sleep, given that there was a new baby in the house.
Not for once did I stop to think that this could be something else.
It was a Monday morning, and I woke up as usual and started getting ready for work.
I attributed it all to a lack of proper sleep, given that there was a new baby in the house.
Not for once did I stop to think that this could be something else.
It was a Monday morning, and I woke up as usual and started getting ready for work.
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By 9.30 am, I was done with breakfast and left for work.
As I parked my car and started walking towards the office, I felt very uneasy. I started to feel breathless; I got to my seat, sat down, and tried to get in more breaths.
Nothing helped.
By 9.30 am, I was done with breakfast and left for work.
As I parked my car and started walking towards the office, I felt very uneasy. I started to feel breathless; I got to my seat, sat down, and tried to get in more breaths.
Nothing helped.
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My left hand began feeling so heavy that I was unable to even lift it. Soon after, I started feeling cramps and a ‘pins and needles’ like sensation. It was like my fingers were frozen.
My colleagues noticed my discomfort and rushed me to the hospital.
My left hand began feeling so heavy that I was unable to even lift it. Soon after, I started feeling cramps and a ‘pins and needles’ like sensation. It was like my fingers were frozen.
My colleagues noticed my discomfort and rushed me to the hospital.
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My ECG revealed that I had suffered a heart attack.
I was wheeled in for emergency surgery. By now, the pain had spread all over, and I felt as though I had been given an electric shock.
Post the surgery, I was put on at least 10 pills a day.
My ECG revealed that I had suffered a heart attack.
I was wheeled in for emergency surgery. By now, the pain had spread all over, and I felt as though I had been given an electric shock.
Post the surgery, I was put on at least 10 pills a day.
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None of which I needed to take pre-surgery.
Why this was a shocker for everyone? Because I was not overweight, even my BMI at the time of the heart attack was at an unalarming 25. No one looking at me would consider me unfit or someone likely to have a heart attack.
None of which I needed to take pre-surgery.
Why this was a shocker for everyone? Because I was not overweight, even my BMI at the time of the heart attack was at an unalarming 25. No one looking at me would consider me unfit or someone likely to have a heart attack.
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But now that I look back, there were some small signs that I ignored...
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