Today, I had a heart attack. At the hospital, the doctor compared my heart to a stressed out 60 year-old's heart. I'm 17 and I don't even have a job yet. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was just released from hospital after a heart attack. As a 37 year-old woman with healthy habits and no family history of heart issues, the doctors have no idea why it happened. So instead of telling me how to change my lifestyle, they told me to proceed as usual, and hope that it doesn't happen again. FML
Today, I went to hospital with chest pain and they discovered I need a triple bypass for three arteries clogged with fat. The doctor assumed from my scans that I must be middle aged or older because he’d never seen three arteries clogged so badly on someone under 50. I’m 27 FML
Today, I was told by a doctor that I have a fatal disease, and that I should start making preparations for when I pass away. Then, another doctor showed up, panicking, and said that was meant for someone else with the same first name as me. The mini-heart attack I had at that moment almost killed me anyway. FML
Today, after months of my doctor telling me that my heart palpitations are simply due to anxiety, and that I'm perfectly healthy, I decided to weight train to face my fears. Two hours later, I was in the emergency room. FML
Today, I had somewhat of a nervous breakdown, and poured my heart out to a doctor, who seemed to be well over 60. She looked at me, flabbergasted and said, "I never met anyone with that many problems!" Gee, thanks. FML
Today, I went to see a doctor because I have been feeling of pressure in my chest. After running numerous tests, I was told I was perfectly healthy and had nothing to worry about. I made it as far as the front door before I collapsed and had to be rushed to the hospital. FML
Today, I went to see a doctor due to some gastric distress I have. I came out with directions to buy a blood pressure monitor, I'm prohibited from doing sports, and have a possible diagnosis of arterial hypertension which I am way too young to have. FML
Today, my therapist died from a heart attack, all while telling me not to stress over anything. FML
Today, I sat in my doctor's office and broke down, crying and shaking, with a blood pressure of 190, getting off my chest everything that has gone wrong in my life lately. To which the doctor, well into her sixties, replied, "My goodness, I've never met anyone with so many problems!" FML
Today, I came home from the hospital diagnosed with high blood pressure. It's caused by stress. My wife had a very long talk with my son about it. All the kid has been doing for the past 2 hours is scream at his Playstation. I'd rather be at the hospital. FML
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Top comments
geekpower_fml 28
Time for a lifestyle change?
AyeJay101 25
Hope you're feeling better - stress can come from many different things, doesn't have to be financially related. Could be an over worked body
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AyeJay101 25
Hope you're feeling better - stress can come from many different things, doesn't have to be financially related. Could be an over worked body
geekpower_fml 28
Time for a lifestyle change?
GokuSS400 18
More like a Lifestyle OVERHAUL. Honestly, if you're 17 but have the stressed heart of someone in their 60s…you REALLY should seek professional help/therapy in dealing with your stress
geekpower_fml 28
Not necessarily just stress. Could be diet / weight / insufficient exercise, etc.
Replyka 17
It could be something beyond their control, like a genetic condition. I feel like it must be pretty difficult to **** your heart up that badly by 17.
Patriots21 14
I can assure you that the events surrounding the cardiac event that took place was in no way related to stress, diet nor high blood pressure, as people have suggested. At 17, there are only a few things that can cause an actual heart attack like event (I would prefer the term cardiac event because the doctor may have called it a heart attack to the patient to put it into more understandable jargon). Firstly, we would be concerned with a genetic cardiomyopathy, such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (also because this is the most deadly) and thus would do an echo. Secondly, we would look into arrhythmias to try and identify underlying electric abnormalities. Third, and less likely, would be investigating how the coronary artery system works via a coronary angiogram to look for such things as anomolous return, abberant vessel placement, missing vessels, etc. Most importantly and definitely something not worth just glossing over, the most common cause of a heart attack in a 17 year old teenager would be cocaine abuse. Cocaine causes extreme vasoconstriction, thus reducing blood supply to an already oxygen deprived heart due to the already increased oxygen demand by the excessively beating (high heart rate) heart.
mthurston 14
Tl;dr
Talis99 26
That's okay. It was for people with intelligence anyway, so you're forgiven.
Brandi_Faith 34
He had a heart attack at 17, there's no way that that is called by stress and his lifestyle. He obviously has a serious medical condition. To suggest he changes his diet, or lifestyle is in no way helpful.
Steve97 32
And a prescription of chill pills
IntoTheClouds 42
I hope you're feeling better, OP.
neuronerd 29
Do you have blood pressure problems? I'm otherwise healthy (not overweight and have normal to low cholesterol), but I ended up in the ER once as high risk for heart attack or stroke because of my blood pressure. I hope you're recovering well, and whatever underlying health issue is treatable.
jtthegr8 26
You should think about your diet or what may or may not be stressing you in your life. Even the smallest of things can really affect your health
MorganHex 28
The affects if the American school system everyone
Welshite 40
That awkward moment when you realize the FML originated in France...
Replyka 17
*effects *of
Senasams 14
To be fair the late years of the French education system are humongously stressful
Talis99 26
Take a moment to evaluate why your comment was so dumb.
momogal 22
Have you been tested for heart conditions? Some you could've had since birth, but nothing manifested until after puberty.
neuronerd 29
To everyone assuming OP is overweight or lives a generally unhealthy lifestyle, there can be underlying health issues. There are always the stories of high school and college athletes having heart attacks during games due to congenital heart defects or something like marfan syndrome.
samwilliams800 28
Could also be a poor diet, little exercise, drugs, steroids, etc.
trellz17 19
Looks like you need a vacation, how about making of list of everything/everyone that causes you problems and erase them from your life.
thomasrasmussen7 20
I know how you feel my friend. I'm 17 and have heart issues and they're related to stress. I'm guessing your's are too. Take things a bit less serious, take breaks as needed and also make time to exercise/get outside and some fresh air daily or every few days. It helps a lot and has helped me significantly.