https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/so-that-happened Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:04:29 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/so-that-happened#post-1685268 Sat, 25 Jun 2016 19:54:57 +0000 Jane 1685268@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rest up well, and do follow your Doctor's advice. It must have been quite a shock. I hope that your diet changes are easily absorbed into your lifestyle. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/so-that-happened#post-1685213 Sat, 25 Jun 2016 16:55:45 +0000 RoseandJoan 1685213@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm sorry you have been through this but hopefully it will be a catalyst to a better life for you.</p> <p>I hope the dietician is able to broaden your diet for you.</p> <p>Take care. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/so-that-happened#post-1685193 Sat, 25 Jun 2016 15:23:07 +0000 Janet 1685193@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How scary! I'm glad it was relatively mild and you got quick treatment. Please do rest up and mend quickly. It sounds like you are doing all the right things.</p> <p>I lost both parents to heart disease, so it's something I am very aware of. Thank you for sharing the details of how it happened to you. My mom had stomach issues in the week or so leading up to her heart attack, and her symptoms the day of did not sound like classic heart attack symptoms as we are used to hearing them. She suffered from occasional panic attacks, and I know from personal experience now that those can FEEL like what one would imagine a heart attack feels. It makes me a little concerned -- I don't want to run to the ER every time I feel nauseous or ill, but I don't want to brush off symptoms too easily either. </p> <p>I'm sending hugs and good wishes for a full and speedy return to health! Take care! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/so-that-happened#post-1684614 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 12:12:30 +0000 Eliza 1684614@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Abeille -healing thoughts are heading your way. Sorry you had to go through that and hope YLF is engaging between your rest and walks. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/so-that-happened#post-1684609 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 11:55:39 +0000 Helen11 1684609@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a frightening thing to happen. I hope you feel well soon, and that any diet changes still give you plenty to enjoy. Have a nap for me, too! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/so-that-happened#post-1684536 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 05:42:23 +0000 Adelfa 1684536@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sorry to hear this and so glad you're doing this well. The good thing is that modern medicine can add decades to your life, good decades, even after a heart attack. It did with my dad. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/so-that-happened#post-1684511 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 03:26:03 +0000 Deborah 1684511@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Goodness what a shock. &nbsp;I am glad you are ok and I will praying that you heal and your are able to make any necessary changes to stay healthy. &nbsp;Sending hugs xx </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/so-that-happened#post-1684504 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 03:04:42 +0000 JAileen 1684504@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm glad you're ok! My brother had a heart attack when he was 58. He's fine now, actually better because he's changed a lot of things. Improved his diet, lost weight etc. He lives near Stanford and was lucky he was taken to Stanford Hospital. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/so-that-happened#post-1684486 Fri, 24 Jun 2016 02:20:40 +0000 Barbara Diane 1684486@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sorry to hear about this. Take good care of yourself.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/so-that-happened#post-1684352 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 21:19:02 +0000 rachylou 1684352@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Freak out time! Totally: naps are THE answer. Taking it easy, not doing too much. My uncle's a cardiologist. This was their number 1 treatment until the 80s...and frankly, my dad probably should have stuck with it and not done the whiz bang stuff. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/so-that-happened#post-1684348 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 21:07:28 +0000 shedev 1684348@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm sorry this happened to you. Take care of yourself. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/so-that-happened#post-1684321 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 20:27:34 +0000 Style Fan 1684321@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am glad you are okay.&nbsp; How frightening. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/so-that-happened#post-1684319 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 20:25:21 +0000 Angie 1684319@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>(((HUGS))). Thank goodness you are doing okay. Rest, restore and relax. Sending healing thoughts.&nbsp;</p> <p>(My brother had a heart attack 16 years ago at age 34. He had high cholesterol and blood pressure, and was stressed for a LONG time. He is healthy now -thank goodness. And lost 15 kgs. He is strict about having absolutely no alcohol to keep his liver healthy with the tablets that he takes).&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/so-that-happened#post-1684315 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 20:19:32 +0000 columbine(erin) 1684315@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh my, so glad you are ok now! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/so-that-happened#post-1684300 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 19:44:17 +0000 deb 1684300@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh no, you are so lucky it was small. Do you have a blockage? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/so-that-happened#post-1684296 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 19:39:19 +0000 Beth Ann 1684296@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm glad to hear you're recovering. &nbsp;I'm sure the experience was scary, but I'm relieved to hear that you're up and about.</p> <p>I"m sure many changes are in the near future -- but taking better care of oneself is something we all should do! &nbsp; Me included!</p> <p>Blessings on your healing, L'Abeille! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/so-that-happened#post-1684290 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 19:32:30 +0000 Anonymous 1684290@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So sorry to hear about this! Please do slow down and take care of yourself. Bummer about the diet. There has to be a better way, and I hope you can manage. Like you, my diet is healthy, especially compared to most people; but it's not extremely restricted like what you describe. Cooking and baking from scratch will be a necessity, I imagine. Good luck, and keep us posted on how you're doing. Rest up! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/so-that-happened#post-1684288 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 19:30:06 +0000 Nebraskim 1684288@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hope your&nbsp;recovery is speedy and uneventful. My parents both suffered from heart attacks and from my perspective, getting into a good cardiac rehab program (often run by hospitals) can be a positive addition. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/so-that-happened#post-1684284 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 19:25:18 +0000 Inge 1684284@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm so relieved to hear that you are alright, L'Abeille!! And please, no stressing about posting on YLF!!-) Being "lazy", plenty of naps, lovely beach walks (with lots of rest on those benches) and an adjusted work schedule in the future all sounds like a good idea.</p> <p>Hopefully the dietitian can help you with a more up-to-date plan, but it isn't easy to make those kind of adjustments, is it.</p> <p>We are here for you when you need us, and please continue to take extra good care of yourself.</p> <p>Warm hug,</p> <p>Inge<br />xxx </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/so-that-happened#post-1684277 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 19:17:16 +0000 Anonymous 1684277@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh my! I'm sorry to hear that L'Abeille.&nbsp; What a scary thing to happen. I'm glad you're doing all the docs say. Take it very easy for a while. I hope the dietician can help sort you out soon too.</p> <p>BTW, I recently started to cook a lot of food from scratch without any salt and I bake bread without salt too...apparently shop bought bread is one of the biggest contributors of salt in people's diets...that and cheese.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/so-that-happened#post-1684261 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 18:45:47 +0000 Suz 1684261@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh my gosh! I am so glad you are all right. What a shocker. It always is, no matter what.&nbsp;</p> <p>I'm really glad you are resting and taking it easy. I'm all the more honoured and touched that you contributed to my thread the other day -- thank you.&nbsp; </p> <p></p> <p>I hope YLF can offer some distraction.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/so-that-happened#post-1684246 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 18:20:51 +0000 Anonymous 1684246@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These things are so demoralizing and can really shake a persons confidence but it's true, you do look young and healthy, maybe you are doing the right things and that's why it was a small one.<br />I know you'll hear lots of stories like this but my friend's husband, always very health conscious and a runner, had a heart attack, is fine and feels great. He did go through a time of adjustment but it seemed brief since that all happened twenty years ago.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/so-that-happened#post-1684245 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 18:20:36 +0000 Thirkellgirl 1684245@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm so sorry to hear that and hope you do give yourself some rest. My husband had a "widowmaker" heart attack (with no damage, amazingly)&nbsp;three years ago this month and we've followed most of the recommendations from Dr. Stephen Sinatra's book, Reverse Heart Disease Now. He's from the Cleveland Clinic which has a great reputation for cardiology research and treatment. My husband was fighting genetics but also a very stressful job situation and long commute. Not much you can do about genetics other than modify your other risk factors and take some medication, although he's on the very lowest dose of all the normal heart-attack drugs (Plavix, Lipitor, metoprolol, lisinopril) because the lifestyle changes have been so successful. He takes CoQ10 faithfully, and if you're on any of the heart attack drugs I suggest you do, too, because they are hard on your muscles. We eat a pretty Mediterranean diet, he's dropped 30 pounds,&nbsp;he walks three miles daily, and he switched jobs and left consulting, eliminating stress and the commute. All in all, we look at it as a wakeup call which turned out to be a blessing. Feel free to message me if I can be of any assistance at all. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/so-that-happened#post-1684227 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 17:49:48 +0000 L'Abeille 1684227@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It was the typical pain--across my chest and into both jaws; not severe (6/10) with some nausea. I knew what it was but I was in denial--I am too young, my lifestyle is healthy, this can't be happening.</p> <p>Fortunately the muscle damage was very small (only showed up with the sensitive blood tests). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/so-that-happened#post-1684222 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 17:39:56 +0000 catgirl 1684222@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good grief, how scary! Please take care of yourself. Can I ask how you realized what had happened? I once thought I was having a heart attack and the ER did too but found nothing. What alerted you? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/so-that-happened#post-1684216 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 17:30:13 +0000 Sal 1684216@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So sorry to read this- it sounds like you have a great attitude but it must have bern s big fright. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/so-that-happened#post-1684183 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 16:43:51 +0000 RobinF 1684183@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, I bet that was really scary. Do what they say and get better. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/so-that-happened#post-1684174 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 16:29:07 +0000 Summer 1684174@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm sorry to hear that,&nbsp; L' Abeille.&nbsp; It must have come as quite a shock to you.&nbsp; Please take care, and allow yourself to take it easy.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/so-that-happened#post-1684157 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 16:12:17 +0000 Maneera 1684157@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh my god..I hope you're ok. That's scary!!! </p> <p>Think of it as your body telling you to slow down. It's time for a break....a REAL one....not just few-days-off kinds. A real Time-Out </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/so-that-happened#post-1684125 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 15:34:08 +0000 L'Abeille 1684125@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Totally unexpected (but isn't it always?) 10 days ago I had a small heart attack! I;m now supposed to "be lazy" for a couple of weeks.</p> <p>I had thought it would give me more time on the forum, maybe post some WIWs which I rarely get to do, but taking naps and going for 5 minute walks got in the way...&nbsp; </p> <p>The biggest changes short term are, I get tired very quickly. And my diet! I thought I ate pretty healthy before, but now I am allowed no salt, no sugar, no fat (at least until I see the dietitian. I was sent home with archaic guidelines like 2 egg yolks a week, so I hope my leash will be lengthened some).</p> <p>Long term I will not be working as hard... I'm sure doing night shifts was a big contributor. For now, I'm enjoying my twice daily beach walks... and I am very glad they recently installed several benches near our house. </p>