Scary. I know heart disease runs in my family; my dad had a heart attack around 39 as well... but he was also a heavy smoker at the time, was living an almost entirely sedentary lifestyle (walk to the car drive to work, sit at a desk for eight hours, drive home, then sit on a couch until bedtime). His brother had died early of some congenital heart defect. You'd think a heart attack would have been a kick in the keester to start living better but he's still mostly living the same way almost 20 years later (minus the smoking- he swapped that for nicotine gum which I don't think is really much better)
I'm 30 now and with every year I tell myself "I really need to eat better/exercise more/etc or else I'll have a heart attack like dad". It's stories like this that make me even more scared haha. Lesson learned: listen to your body.
Yeah I’m not going to lie, it’s taken quite a bit of time not to be anxious every time I have any sort of chest pain. I even went back to the ER one time which turned out to be nothing. I’m back exercising and living relatively healthily so hopefully get many more years in but this was so random that I’ve lost a sense of trust of my own body. It seems like a drag but take care of yourself!
I'm 30 now and with every year I tell myself "I really need to eat better/exercise more/etc or else I'll have a heart attack like dad". It's stories like this that make me even more scared haha. Lesson learned: listen to your body.