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Manager, 52 years old

Françoise, Antony

Françoise, Antony

In the spring of 2016, I'm 48 years old. My back hurts regularly, but nothing visible on the X-ray. My doctor tells me to work a bit more standing up, maybe change my mattress and rest, to have less stress. I spend my summer vacations hiking in the Auvergne. I'm pretty out of breath and my back hurts in the evening. I went back to work in the middle of a redundancy plan, with a lot of stress to deal with. A week after starting work again, I'm out of breath at the slightest effort, with a stronger point between the ribs in my back. I go back to the doctor, who sends me to hospital to have my lungs x-rayed, as I've had pleurisy in the past. I'm exhausted. I decide to go to the emergency room. It's 1:30 pm. On the electrocardiogram, they don't see anything. I set off on foot to have my lungs x-rayed, dragging myself along. They take a blood sample and talk about letting me go. It must be the August heat, I'm overweight, but I don't smoke, no cholesterol, borderline diabetes, just triglycerides. Then, at around 6 p.m., the blood tests arrived and everyone was in a panic. I'm taken immediately to the operating room. I'm having a heart attack. A stent is inserted. I immediately felt the pain in my back evaporate. Since then, I've recognized it and felt it when I had a restenosis. But before, I felt like I was going crazy with my back pain... Since then, I've resumed physical activity and lead a normal life. It was important for me to testify on the website www.agirpourleoceurdesfemmes to save women's lives.

 
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