Any survivors on here, cardiac arrest, heart attack, cancer....

[tfg71]

Well I signed up to Strava today and joined the group UK Cardiac Arrest and Heart Attack survivors. my first ride was nice and simple to give me an indicator. feel free to add me.

 

[classic33]

Another night spent in the local A&E.
Right hand side is heavily bruised in parts. Head took the worst of the damage, followed by the neck and shoulders. Neck has gone up two, nearly three sizes. Jaw and mouth damaged, making eating/drinking awkward, but not impossible.

 

[Effyb4]

Another night spent in the local A&E.
Right hand side is heavily bruised in parts. Head took the worst of the damage, followed by the neck and shoulders. Neck has gone up two, nearly three sizes. Jaw and mouth damaged, making eating/drinking awkward, but not impossible.

Ouch! Sorry to hear this. I hope you are feeling a lot more comfortable soon.

 

[tfg71]

Another night spent in the local A&E.
Right hand side is heavily bruised in parts. Head took the worst of the damage, followed by the neck and shoulders. Neck has gone up two, nearly three sizes. Jaw and mouth damaged, making eating/drinking awkward, but not impossible.

Not so good, hope you make a speedy recovery

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Another night spent in the local A&E.
Right hand side is heavily bruised in parts. Head took the worst of the damage, followed by the neck and shoulders. Neck has gone up two, nearly three sizes. Jaw and mouth damaged, making eating/drinking awkward, but not impossible.

Best wishes and GWS...

 

[ColinJ]

Another night spent in the local A&E.
Right hand side is heavily bruised in parts. Head took the worst of the damage, followed by the neck and shoulders. Neck has gone up two, nearly three sizes. Jaw and mouth damaged, making eating/drinking awkward, but not impossible.

Nasty - GWS!

 

[marshmella]

Another night spent in the local A&E.
Right hand side is heavily bruised in parts. Head took the worst of the damage, followed by the neck and shoulders. Neck has gone up two, nearly three sizes. Jaw and mouth damaged, making eating/drinking awkward, but not impossible.

As others have said sounds really nasty, wishing you a speedy recovery

 

[classic33]

@Effyb4, @tfg71, @SatNavSaysStraightOn, @ColinJ, @User14044 & @marshmella thanks for that.
It'll ease in time, but the weekend has been an awkward one. Part of the condition, but still slows me down.

 

[Katherine]

Another night spent in the local A&E.
Right hand side is heavily bruised in parts. Head took the worst of the damage, followed by the neck and shoulders. Neck has gone up two, nearly three sizes. Jaw and mouth damaged, making eating/drinking awkward, but not impossible.

Ouch! No wonder you're sore. Hope you are starting to feel better.

 

[Arabest]

Had a Heart Attack three years ago aged 40, one stent fitted. No pains or anything just Knackered after walking about 20 yards. Thought I had a touch of the Flu coming on, luckily went to the doctors in the afternoon next thing in back of Ambulance and off I went. Started Cycling about a year ago after getting the courage to venture out on my own haha. Now cycle to work everyday and love it, just wish I had started earlier in Life!! Still kinda scared to push myself to hard though.

 

[Cadire]

I had a heart attack last Friday night. Classic symptoms I suppose, chest pain, numbness in arms and some fingers. Spent a while umming and ahing to myself before dialling 999. Spent 5 nights in lister hospital's acute cardiac unit and got home today.

While the attack was not a major one (I'm told that my heart's a roads have been damaged rather than the motorways) I am now off sick for 4 to 6 weeks and have to attend cardiac rehabilitation sessions before I get the all clear to return to work and resume cycling.

Apart from the shock of having an actual heart attack, which is considerable, I am now forced to reevaluate my past, current and future life choices, mainly health related. I want to get back on my bike sooner rather than later, as I was becoming very fond of just going for a ride as and when I felt like it. Hopefully it won't be too long before I am able to resume my fledgling hobby.

Cycling seems to be one of the very best method of rehabilitation, both mentally and physically, and I am looking forward to getting out and about again, possibly with others in similar position (I'll start a local social riding group if I have to ) .

 

[slowmotion]

All the best Cadire.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Best wishes and do as you are told @Cadire

 

[Zojam]

Had a Heart Attack three years ago aged 40, one stent fitted. No pains or anything just Knackered after walking about 20 yards. Thought I had a touch of the Flu coming on, luckily went to the doctors in the afternoon next thing in back of Ambulance and off I went. Started Cycling about a year ago after getting the courage to venture out on my own haha. Now cycle to work everyday and love it, just wish I had started earlier in Life!! Still kinda scared to push myself to hard though.

Cycling is the best form of therapy in my opinion and nothing else comes close.

 

[fossyant]

Best wishes all. Just catching up. My mate had a heart attack a couple of weeks ago. Luckily he is ok but needs to rethink things now.