sometimes, the most valuable lessons are the harshest ones. What’s a piece of brutal, no BS advice you think every younger generation needs to hear? It could be from your own experience, something you learned the hard way, or just a tough truth no one talks about enough. Let’s hear the cold, honest reality.
To help jumpstart this community, I am crossposting posts that I like from /r/askmenover30. The original post can be found here.
If something seems wrong for more than 24 hours, get to a doctor, urgent care, or ER.
Thanksgiving, 2018. I was 49 years old. A good time was had by all. Met the girl who would become my daughter-in-law.
3 days later I developed really bad heartburn. Yes, I did have that extra plate of sweet potatoes. “Take some pepto, you’ll be fine.”
Monday - heartburn all day. “Eh, it’s the holidays, you’re already working from home, don’t be a wuss.”
Tuesday - “Man, I wish I could have got to sleep last night, oh well, work isn’t going to do itself.”
Wednesday - Massive nausea and vomiting. “OK, now I’m taking a day off.”
Thursday - Heartburn moved into my upper arms. “That’s a thing??!?!?” Center of my chest feels like there’s a chunk of granite, pulling down on all my innards.
Advice nurse: “Yeah, go to the ER, get checked out. Don’t drive yourself.”
ER: “Blood test confirms the heart attack, come with us.”
Thursday: Cardiac ward.
Friday: Cardiac ward doctor: “That heavy feeling is your heart, every time it beats, it’s only pumping out 30% of what it’s supposed to. That’s the line between ‘walking around, talking to people’, and ‘no longer walking around, talking to people.’ You have to have open heart surgery.”
Saturday-Sunday: Cardiac ward.
Monday: Open heart surgery, ICU.
Tuesday: ICU “OK, let’s get you up and walking around!” Really? Are you sure? “Yup! Come with us! Let’s see you walk!”
Wed-Thur: Cardiac ward.
Fri: Back home on a 6 week recovery clock.
Wow glad you are better!
Been a tough couple of years… congestive heart failure, 2nd heart attack, now my doc is making noises about potential cancer. 🤷♂️
More tests that had been scheduled for September have been moved up to the 25th.
The vagus nerve is a bitch, it gives very confused messages.