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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Alwayscooking345 on 2026-05-13 08:18:46+00:00.

I didn’t feel right the day before yesterday, about 11pm after using the bathroom, wasn’t sure if I stood up too fast or pushed too hard or something else happened. But felt a little bit lightheaded and like someone punched me hard in my diaphragm, with a slight pain in my shoulder. Both didn’t get any better in about 10 minutes of me walking in circles, drinking water, and doing breathing techniques. Turns out I was having a heart attack and could’ve died on the way, or crashed into something and never made it.

I probably could’ve Ubered there or had a neighbor drive me or called 911 and wait for an ambulance to show up and take me. But none of this seemed right for whatever reason. The other part of the problem (IMO) is I live in-between two very mediocre hospitals, both 2-3 miles away, and the next “better” hospital is 20 minutes drive, but I was determined to go there (and I did, somehow).

So yeah don’t do this if possible. Good news, I’m still alive and doing better now 👍 They did a procedure and I have to follow up with my cardiologist and primary doctor. The hospital doctor when following up said, if I tried to sleep it off I never would’ve woken up.

The irony is I was getting ready to go to the gym when this happened. Can’t imagine how it would’ve gone down if it occurred there. I’m not overweight or enjoy greasy/fried foods, but I did have a lot of other risk factors like family history, genetics, etc and was already taking some medicine for it.

TL; DR I had a heart attack in the bathroom and drove myself to the hospital 20 minutes away and could’ve died. 49/M