Medical Minute: How to Protect Yourself from a Heart Attack

Good Morning Ms. SANDRA. Great medical minute.

I wonder if any if the Roses use baby powder for hygiene? I hope not.

8. Stay in close contact with your family and friends, especially if you are elderly. You may need someone to check on you regularly.
Uhn uhn, some of them azzholes will cause a heart attack!!

I know a medical student (graduate at that) who said sudden death was a symptom!! No lie, he did and argued with me when I told him to fix it to read that it was an outcome!! No need to give y’all his name, cause he ain’t never going to be a full doctor no way.

Great post, Sandra! I like that 5 minute workout, although I detest burpees. I’m going to save this info.

I hope not as well. I believe that talc was the alleged cancer causing ingredient. Most baby powders are now made with cornstarch.

Sudden death is unpleasant and permanent.
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Say you can’t undo managing to die huh.

THEY STILL SELL THE TALC VERSION… THE PURE CORNSTARCH HAS A BLUE NOZZLE

I never used it on any of my children (especially not my daughter- just couldn’t imagine that stuff in her private parts), was never used on me.

I need to implement this 5 minute morning workout. I’m hauling winter weight I have gained.

Down below, I explained how a medical graduate said it was a symptom so ummmm maybe he know something we don’t!! CTHU

I was taught by my mama neva eva to do such a thing because the outcome could be what the outcome was for the poor woman who passed.

Does he pose for pictures like this??? I think I know who it is???? Mornin?

Sandy there is a Life Vest out now that patients who are at risk can wear and it detects a heart attack. When it does, it acts as a defibrillator and sends a jolt to the heart. It has proven to have saved lives, but is only provided to patients who have already suffered an attack.

The company is trying to get more cardiologist to use it.

Excuse me miss? I am still waiting for you to email me something. *looks at watch and taps foot*

He ain’t NEVER going to get that far…..I promise that!! No worries!!

My job considers having a baby a disability. Technically. Because my maternity leave was covered under short term disability. **shrugs**

CTHU, I don’t think so. Good Morning!!

Limit marijuana smoking. I will only smoke it in ceremony. I find it best in food, beverages, and topically with the oil extracted and added to African shea or coconut oil. Off topic: Can someone please get the stylist for these rappers with these scarecrow crackhead dreds and give them a card for a good loctian. Geesh there are amazing people in just about every major city. This fools hair is crying for help and someone had the nerve to do a crappy loc repair on the blond parts that have popped off from bleach damage. If you can spend money on weed and high end clothes surely you can afford to hydrate your thirsty hair?

I’m dying ??? it’s an exercise. It’ll have you sucking air once you’re done like you’ve been underwater for 2 hours

It’s similar to Squat thrust ??

No lie!! He wouldn’t make it pass the residency portion and damn sure wouldn’t make it pass a fellowship!! Just don’t get medical care in Russia. LOL

That is so cute! I’m in this babywearing group on FB and these mamas started a babywearing yoga class. Can you imagine doing downward facing dog with your child strapped to your back? It’s hard for me with just my own fat strapped to my back! LOL! But their pics look awesome. I’m in a different state now so I can’t even try it, but maybe I can find a baby yoga class where I am now.

Walking is a great form of exercise. It’s free, low-impact, and it’s something you can do anywhere. If you’re a beginner in the fitness game, I would suggest you start by walking more, consuming less sugar, drinking more water, and avoiding foods that are high in sodium.

I just re-started Jillian Michael’s 30 day shred. I love to hate her, it gets me through the workout.

I wouldn’t mind if they banned it. I hate seeing women battering their necks up with it when it’s hot.

WEED………What about cannabis oil.

I would have thought stress would play a huge issue in heart health ( an a poor diet )health issues in genreal. Weed is from the God’s not to be demonized ,perhaps a vaporizer would reduce harsh smoke . It’s too freaking stressful to not smoke weed with racism on the rise an America falling apart at the seams

If you are one of those people who get panic attackas/anxiety/paranoia when high you’re just stressing your body. Which could lead to a heart attack in the long run.

Thanks for the info…

Wiz is way too skinny to have a heart lol

Thank you for the information! I hope the loyal reader gets /feels better! ??

I’m sorry. I think 1b is saving my life. I have high blood pressure so I have to take a very small dosage of hydroclorothiazide daily. When I stopped partaking in 1b for a few months (pure misery) my pressure sky rocketed and my dr. Added the lisinopril combination. Started 1b back – pressure went down and I only take the water pill?????. If I don’t partake I get fat, irritable, sorry af and my pressure rises.

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Happy new year

I’m in poor health and I don’t really know why. I’m not older or obese, and I’m pretty active. I have a very unhealthy diet though. It angers me to see people who are way bigger and older than me, but healthy. I fear I’ll have a heart attack or something in my 40s. I take all medications but worry that my health seems strangely fragile or something.

Don’t let them tell you. Demand a second opinion. God bless you

You know your diet is unhealthy why not try to fix it. There are many healthy foods that taste so delicious. Look up recipes. Just gradually cut out the crappy food.make Friday and Saturday your junk days eventually you will give it up

Stop taking all medications and start taking a teaspoon of Cayenne Pepper twice a day,exercise and get you some Apple Cider vinegar. Should help alot.

I don’t have the best diet in the world but I eat stuff in moderation. I was gonna get me a run in tonight but Lil Hots kept fussing at me saying it was toooooo cold. Next time I am gonna call them when I come back from my run.

Stress kills. Get the toxic people out of your life, including POS friends and men. Once you have a peace of mind, you can focus on better health and you will feel better! I’ve never done recreational drugs, but one idiot told me that heroin or coke would help my pelvic pain, as well as marijuana. No thanks, I’ll stick to surgery and prescription narcotics when I need them :)!

Thanks. I have always been busy and active. When I was young I would play football in the mud in the daytime, take a bath, pick out my fro/put on mini and be the flyiest chick in the room at night. I am the chick that will go to the club and dance 3 hours non-stop if the d-jay is popping. I will get on the floor and dance by myself. I like to get out and have fun. I don’t go looking for a man or sit at the bar and down expensive drinks/empty calories all night when I go to a club. When I take a vacation I will run on the beach or get a walking tour. I like being outside with nature. It is something spiritual about running and the wind in your face/hair. I see tooooo many black women who feel when they get to be over 30 they act as if someone had died and don’t move around anymore. We have forgotten how to have fun. I plan on doing more in my life besides going to church, mall and eating every weekend. I am tired of hearing I can’t walk because I don’t have anyone to walk with me. You gonna die by yourself. So why do you need someone with you to do what you know you need to do. I would never forget my beautiful run in Dubai last year looking over the ocean or my wonderful experience hiking in the mountains of Spain. I plan on being an active ole girl til I am a dead ole girl.

I have been trying to tell my well ex best friend that.

Her father visited her from the islands one week and informed her about her brother’s stupidity and the next week she had multiple anxiety attacks the following week.

When I confronted her about it she told me that she loved her brother so I just kept my mouth shut after that.

Do you take vacations to get away from it all. That helps me out a lot.

The silent killer. If the government wants to give the American people something free they can add BP machines to the list. I hv Stage IV kidney failure because high blood pressure was never treated. The docs always would say it was high. I just thought white coat syndrome. All the time I felt fine. Dr. at Patient First said I can’t let you go with your BP this high. I felt fine I was there for my ankle. Nurses & 2 docs are rushing in giving me aspirin, drawing blood, hooking me up to EKG machine. Top number was 200 I can’t remember the bottom. I asked is that bad? She said any second you could die.. I said O.K. that’s bad They couldn’t get it down.Next I’m on a ambulance. Still feeling great. That was when the docs looked at my records from past visits. I’m admitted they do a biopsy of my kidney. It could hv been avoided if it was treated earlier. I’m not on dialysis but the damage is not reversible. Get a BP machine and take your BP once a month or more. Don’t depend or wait for your doc. You are never too young to hv a heart attack.

Me too..I take Carvedilol 6.25 twice a day with it. First it was 25mg twice a day, then 25mg once and still high.. I did lisinopril but that didn’t work either. Didn’t like how it made me feel. Chorthiazide was what made it perfect. But doc thought that was why my BP dropped so low. But I told him I took Prazosin at night for PTSD but he brushed it off. Stopped taking that it and made a difference.

Thank you for the reminder! I hope the reader is better & continues to be well.

That workout 3 times is 5 minutes, though?! I will be passed out halfway through the jumping jacks. ? But it looks doable. I’m gonna go for it.

They hv great videos on YouTube.

I agree! I’m a living breathing example that pulling away from toxic people – even family; fasting from certain foods for at least a week a month; and something as simple as walking to the corner store after dinner, makes such a tremendous difference in your overall health.
I tried the yoga thing, I do the stretches and sit in silence for at least 30 collective minutes talking with God. I’m a Christian (try to be to MY PERSONAL best) so I’ve been having little difficulty reconciling what I have read yoga is at the root, with my religion.

That’s really all you can do?????
#mytwocents

As a person who had congestive heart failure, I really appreciate your medical minute.
Thank you

Thank you!

Never Clonidine it’s used for alot of things. I was taking Prazoin for PTSD but it’s mainly a blood pressure pill. It’s like walking a tight rope. It took awhile before finding the right med & dose. I hv lab work once a month and keep track of my BP. Just like I didn’t feel anything to let me know my kidneys where failing or my BP was too high. I hope he finds the right med. But when you hv CKD your whole life is centered around protecting your kidneys from further damage.

Sounds like you are LIVING and I love it! LIVING is one of my top 3 resolutions this year, IDC if it’s as small as eating a food I’ve never heard of or driving to another state to watch a movie. Sounds like you already have “living” down pact!

It didn’t take me but one time to stare death in the face. I had a fibroid that was killing me. I told death I be damned if you gonna bury me while I am still alive I get a lot of hate from women that freaked me out. Even at 60. They have made snide comments and I have to check them and say what is it about my life that bothers you so much that everything I say or do you have something to say. I am spending my own money not asking you for nothing and I don’t even speak to you. We women need to stop listening to wrong generational life advice handed down to us by Big Mama and them and change the course. Lil Hots love that I have a full life so I stay out of their lives. They tell me that everyday and that is all that matters. People ask me when am I gonna settle down. I tell people I am not gonna settle down. The man that I choose to marry we are gonna rise to the top. It is toooo crowded at the bottom because people settled. Too many women live our lives according to our girlfriends or a man in our lives. As if they don’t have a girlfriend or a boyfriend they are not gonna do anything or go anywhere. I live my life according to me. I don’t need either one of them to create my own memories. I would have missed out on a lot in life had I waited on other people to give me one.

This is a good and informative post.

I am responding late, but you don’t have to run! I don’t like to run, but I speed walk as many places as I can. We have a lot of hills where I live, so I walk up hills as fast as I can, which makes for a good workout! It is amazing the benefits that just walking can provide.

I’ve found that when I am depressed, I get sick more often or my sickness worsens. Our mental and physical health are intricately linked. When I was chronically ill, it just made me sadder, which made me physically sicker, and then it became a cycle. If we can focus on getting our minds right, our bodies are soon to follow. One of the best comments here talked about getting rid of toxic people — this is a good example of freeing ones mind.

Mindfulness has really helped me. It takes some practice, but it is free and once you’ve trained yourself, you can do it anywhere! There are many resources available online, but the wikipedia article gives a preliminary definition and examples for beginners.

Thank you! So how did weed get included in the medical minute write-up? Weed can be consumed without the use of any tobacco products. I truly am asking, even though a person does not use tobacco to inhale weed, are they still at risk?

Thank you??

I’d say weed is definitely not good for the heart.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=117399

“A new study from Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School says marijuana increases the risk of having a heart attack within the first hour of smoking to five times that of non-smokers.
Within the second hour, the risk declines to 1.7 times normal; and returns to an average risk after 2 hours.”

Sorry for your loss. Blessings to you and your fam

Great INFO!!

Hugs

My mom gave me one last year for my BD and I love it. The step counter and that damn “Time to get on your feet ” Then I hv to do at least 5 waist stretches. I use it to keep track of water. And it monitors my BP I downloaded different watch faces some add extra features that makes the watch do even more. I hv so many different watch faces. It sure as hell beats my clip on pedometer..lol I’m thinking about upgrading to the one that you can make & receive calls.

Thanks for your response! I’ve only been prescribed clonidine once after a hospital stay for my pressure – O just couldn’t function other than headaches most times I won’t have physical symptoms but the few pills I took, I literally felt sluggish and tired like I have HBP. I’m looking for a cardiologist now so I can pinpoint the cause.

If you don’t mind me asking, what’s your speciality in the medical field?

stay away from the fried chicken and ribs,get plenty of exercise and plenty of sleep and above all else get all that left over, built up, pig feet and hog maul in your colon out.

A constant dry cough is an early warning sign that something could be wrong with your heart.

You’re the best! Thank you! Going to walk into my check Friday with this info like I know what I’m talking about (finally) lol! Thanks again!!

Right thats helping me avoid an attack!

Happy new year? I hope all is well with you and yournz. I ain’t no millionaire?? yet, but iz workin on it? I’m still team F SR and that clique she claim????? Is what it is. Actually I’ve been kept pretty occupied offline. You see how long it took me to see this?!!lol. Blessings to you. And stay Black???????