women take note – Rosie O’Donnell Heart attack
Rosie O’Donnell Heart attack
Rosie O’Donnell is on the mend after having a heart attack.
Just like many other women, she probably didn’t think it could happen to her – especially at such a relatively young age.
Rosie describes helping an “enormous” women out of a car and then she herself did not feel well.
She thought she simply pulled a muscle or something and went about her day.
She even googled women’s heart attack symptoms, saw that she had many of the symptoms but still couldn’t believe it so thankfully she took an aspirin but she did not get medical attention right away.
On her blog, here’s how she described how she felt after helping the women who was stuck in her car,
a few hours later my body hurti had an ache in my chestboth my arms were soreeverything felt bruisedmuscular – i thoughtstrained or pulled tissuei went about my daythe pain persistedi became nauseousmy skin was clammyi was very very hoti threw up
She saw her Doctor the next day,they sent her for an EKG and then off to the hospital where a stent was put in.
Thankfully she is on the mend and even her arch enemy sent her his good wishes.
Yup, the Donald.
He tweeted,
.@rosie, get better fast. I’m starting to miss you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 21, 2012
Rosie O’Donnell Heart attack signs you need to know
Heart attack symptoms in women are different than the symptoms men have so here are the main symptoms to look out for from the American Heart Association,
- Uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain in the center of your chest. It lasts more than a few minutes, or goes away and comes back.
- Pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw or stomach.
- Shortness of breath with or without chest discomfort.
- Other signs such as breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness.
- As with men, women’s most common heart attack symptom is chest pain or discomfort. But women are somewhat more likely than men to experience some of the other common symptoms, particularly shortness of breath, nausea/vomiting and back or jaw pain.
If you have any of these signs, don’t wait more than five minutes before calling for help. Call 9-1-1 and get to a hospital right away.
Our best wishes to Rosie for a speedy and complete recovery.
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