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[–] 9 points 10 months ago (3 children)

You and me both, brother, but mine was January, 2024.

Had my 2nd heart attack in an emergency room, in the middle of a snow and ice storm, as the power goes out.

"OK, you need a stent, but we can't do that here, we have to get you to a different hospital and the ambulance can't get here because of the snow and ice. It's coming."

Ambulance doesn't come. I wake up at 6 AM and am fiddling with my phone, nurse comes in.

"Were you asleep about an hour ago?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Your heart stopped for 8 seconds."

". . . Um, 'thank you'? I don't know the correct response to 'your heart stopped for 8 seconds'."

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I think the correct response is “oh, ok. Thanks for letting me know!”

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    Yeah, I have an implanted heart monitor now that talks to my phone, it sends a signal back to the docs if anything goes wrong.

    My heart has stopped a couple other times, nothing as dramatic as 8 seconds, 4 or 5 seconds here and there. Doc says not to worry as long as it only happens when I'm sleeping and I'm like "Dude! How am I supposed to sleep now?"

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