r/BeAmazed • u/UnitedLab6476 • Jan 23 '25

Miscellaneous / Others Caring And Determined Wife Goes Above And Beyond To Help Husband Recover From A Stroke

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u/ChakaCake Jan 23 '25

Heart attack for me though same thing in a diff place. My dad and gpa both had heart attacks early and my gpa wasnt even chubby. I have more risk factors than both of them and im past them in age when they had theirs lol. Its like shit. What can ya do

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u/pissedoffkorean Jan 23 '25

You can look after your health. Get a blood pressure machine at home to check baseline. Make sure to get annual labs (complete blood count, comprehensive metabolic panel, cholesterol, etc.), plus your physical. Do the basics - eat right, exercise, stay hydrated, etc.

These major disease processes are often a consequence of long-term micro-damage caused by more common, yet un/under-diagnosed conditions such as hypertension (high blood pressure), diabetes, hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol), etc. Coming from an RN working in the ED.

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u/Owww_My_Ovaries Jan 23 '25

Often. But not all the time. And that's what's frightening. I had a family member who was fit, in amazing shape, didn't drink or smoke, and lived right. Dudes twin brother fell over dead of a widow maker heart attack at 39. He went in to get tested and had a 90% blockage. His brother dying helped save his life.

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u/ChakaCake Jan 23 '25

My gpa was as healthy as could be as far as i knew, he worked out most his life and played sports like tennis and stuff. Yea some environmental some genetic. Ive had labs i have some type of thalassemia not sure yet but im anemic, asthma, ive had high-ish blood pressure in the past my whole life but a bout of sepsis made my blood pressure lower all the time lol in my arms anyway. Cholesterol and sugars are good but right borderline high LDL and low HDL and bad ratio. High RBC. And I do work out so maybe thats why ive made it this far idk. I get out of breath fast no matter what from anemic and asthma though lol

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u/Mulley-It-Over Jan 23 '25

Ask for a calcium score test. It’s a scan that can see if you have any blockage in your arteries. I had one and it was less than $200.

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u/SnortingRust Jan 23 '25

Look at calcium ct scans if you're that high risk. They can be fairly inexpensive.

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u/DietDrBleach Jan 23 '25

Dude. Get a full cardiac workup. EKG, stress test, echo, even a CT angiogram. Clearly some heart issue runs in your family and that shit is a ticking time bomb.