Don't ignore chest pain in cold weather

[Not your average framer]

During the cold weather of the last couple of days, I had a lot of angina type chest pain. So I thought that I would wrap up warm and wait for this cold spell to pass. I had not intended to go and see my doctor, but was bullied into doing so by family members.

What my doctor told me was that when cold weather leads to increased levels of chest pain, it is called unstable angina which if left untreated is very dangerous and can easily lead to a heart attack, even if you don't have any problems at all when it is not so cold.

Apparently ignoring such symptoms kills a lot of people and if I had not seen my doctor I could have been in imminent danger of having another heart attack. Fortunately I've had a lot of urgent tests done and had my medication changed to help protect me. Hopefully when my tests come back, then there won't be any futher problems.

Knowing how the pressure of work, leads many of us to just keep going and how I was doing just that when I had my first heart attack, it's just possible that this thread might be a timely warning to someone else.

I hope we all have a good new year.

[LeFrisp]

Good advice, several of my family have had heart problems and they all suffer terribly when its a cold snap.

[Not your average framer]

Don't let them do nothing about it! The pain causes the arteries to close up and if your arteries are already narrowed by plaque build up, it can cut off the blood supply to the heart and that's the end.

I'm now medicated to stop the problem. It's still cold, but I no longer have the pain or the immediate risk of heart attack. Doctors take this issue extremely seriously, they can deal with it by prescribing the right medication and then the problem is solved.

[LeFrisp]

worry not NYAF they are all medicated and have learned to stay close to a heat source in this weather