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58 year old healthy, active female with high coronary artery calcium

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Not chest pain, left arm discomfort. It would arise with minimal exercise and take about a half hour to resolve. Before I realized what it was, I had minor left arm discomfort when walking up hills and I attributed it to a pinched nerve in my neck.

I have a blood test and an echocardiogram and see my cardio every 6 months plus every couple of years, a cardiac MRI. I also have two leaky valves which they check at the same time and for which I must limit lifting to no more than 25 lbs..

I continue to exercise every day, inject with Repatha every two weeks, take blood pressure meds and I maintain a healthy diet with lots of fruit and veggies, legumes and small portions of chicken or fish and on rare occasions, a 2 oz portion of the leanest red meat, filet mignon. I'm feeling fine and hope this continues for the next 10 years or so.

Donna

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nonna2four | @nonna2four | 1 day ago

Sounds like you’re doing everything right so you can enjoy many more healthy years!

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bitsygirl | @bitsygirl | 12 hours ago

Thanks for posting your story. I have been interested to hear from people that were in my situation many years ago. It's encouraging, though I know everyone is an experiment of one.

Can you describe the severity of your pain? With old age and a relatively high volume of exercise, I get aches and pains a lot. Yet, I think I have enough experience with exercise that I know what is usual pain and what is different. I've had in mind that the severity of the pain/breathlessness/sweatiness would make it obvious, to someone on the lookout, that it would be time to get checked out. I guess I'm wondering what finally made you decide to go to the ER. I get small bouts of sweatiness at rest, breathlessness in odd situations, and chest pain that I think is gastrointestinal, but each time it plants a little seed of doubt/concern. I count on a real heart attack producing symptoms that are "obviously abnormal".

Glad things have worked out so well for you! Did you think it would when you go the diagnosis? Great to hear!

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