Qikz wrote:So my Dad has had a heart attack of some kind. He started feeling chest pain on Thursday or Friday and thought nothing of it, went out Saturday for dinner with my step mum and had trouble walking back to the car and yesterday he finally went to the hospital. They did a few ECGs which came back fine and then took a bloodtest which is showing the proteins in the blood that appear before, during and after a heart attack.
He seems absolutely fine in himself, but he was kept overnight for observation and today he's got to have an ultrasound and angiogram which I guess will check his heart and the status of all his blood vessels to I assume see what's happened/is happening and what they can do to stop it. I wasn't worried yesterday as they spoke to a cardiologist who said depending on the results they may need to send him to a London hospital for him to see him, but that wasn't necessary.
I just don't really know how to process this - im going to the hospital in a few hours to see him and my Step Mum is there already, but Dad doesn't seem to be worried at all or at least he's not showing it and the first thing he asked me this morning was if I was ok. I moved my flights to Japan last week to this Wednesday and I can't move them again. I'm not sure if I should cancel the whole thing or still go - I think I'll ask my Dad and wait to see what the results are to make my decision but god I hope he's going to be ok. He's been so stressed for so long that hopefully this is just something super minor and it'll be a bit of a wakeup call for him to slowdown on the stress and relax a bit more. He overworks himself like crazy.
Sorry to hear this, and hopefully it sounds like it’s been caught just in time. Sadly heart disease is common - and treatment is incredibly well developed, but it doesn’t take away from your point on lifestyle adjustments. As the last few pages have shown us, take the time to talk to your loved ones and tell them what they mean to you. I hope you feel comfortable enough to go to Japan, with your Dads blessing, and don’t be afraid to ask the medical team questions about what is happening.