by Carolyn Thomas    ♥    @HeartSisters

The chest pain. The shortness of breath. The freakish pressure radiating up to the jaw or down the arm. All of these can be signs of a heart attack or other cardiac events..  But for Martie, a 46-year old heart patient diagnosed with Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD), her worst symptom was described like this:

“The most prominent symptom I had, which kept getting stronger and would not go away, was the little voice in my head telling me this was NOT normal. It is my one piece of advice to all my friends. Listen to that voice in your head!”              . Continue reading “The most frightening cardiac symptom” →