Bluffs woman 'lucky to be alive' after suffering heart attack without any pain

[Omaha Steve]

WORLD-HERALD NEWS SERVICE
Jamie Sage holds the heart pillow she got at Methodist Hospital while recovering from quadruple bypass surgery. Her experience showed that women do not always have the symptoms typical for men, such as chest pain, perhaps radiating into an arm or shoulder.


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Posted: Saturday, February 13, 2016 12:30 am
By Tim Johnson / World-Herald News Service

Women do not always experience the same heart attack symptoms that men do.

Just ask Jamie Sage, 55, of Council Bluffs, who suffered a heart attack on Aug. 6, 2015, without experiencing any pain.

“That evening, I walked home, and I was just sweating really, really bad,” she said. “My husband told me, ‘You don’t look good. You look pale.’”

Later that evening, Sage’s sister-in-law took her to the emergency room at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital.

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[Mariana]

1. It happens. My grandfather died that way.

My cousin went to see him and realized something was wrong, called my aunt and uncle and they took him to the ER. They had no idea it was a heart attack because he said he had no pain in his chest or anywhere else. Unfortunately, it was too late for him, and he died that night.

[Jackilope]

2. Glad she is okay!

I am a woman and know the symptoms aren't the same as men, but have a feeling I'd be toughing out symptoms and waiting for them to pass. My Grandfather had heart damage from an unknown heart attack and eventually died years later due to heart issues.

It is scary stuff.

[hollysmom]

3. Not surprising

Good for her family to get her to a hospital and treated in time, but she is lucky, seems like they took their time. Wonder why her husband did not take her when he noticed she looked bad?
edited to stay on topic.