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Rosie O'Donnell Had Secret Heart Attack

Comedian writes poem about scary 'ache in my chest'

By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 20, 2012 6:06 PM CDT | Updated Aug 20, 2012 6:30 PM CDT

(Newser) – Rosie O'Donnell had a life-threatening heart attack last week and didn't even know it, TMZ reports. The comedian describes the incident as a poem on her blog, saying she had chest pains, vomited, and gobbled an aspirin, but never called emergency services. A cardiologist told her the next day that she'd suffered a "widow maker" heart attack. A few lines from Rosie's poem:

my LAD was 99% blocked
they call this type of heart attack
the Widow maker
i am lucky to be here

know the symptoms ladies
listen to the voice inside
the one we all so easily ignore
CALL 911

save urself

See more about Rosie's health scare.

Rosie O'Donnell talks to the audience during a taping of her old show in Chicago.
Rosie O'Donnell talks to the audience during a taping of her old show in Chicago.   (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, FILE)
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Redtopp
Aug 22, 2012 11:22 AM CDT
Ok--not to nitpick..but that AIN"T no poem! --Now for the more serious matter--glad Rose made it through--but why is this such a biiiiig surprise to her -- she is so overweight/obese/call it what u want...how about just 'fat'--and having been this way all of her life and she didn't know she was having a heart attack...or that she was even PRONE to one...i don't know what's wrong with peope--all overweight people do not have heart attacks---but they are more apt to have one than more slender folks is all i'm saying. Glad you're ok Rosie....now back away from the table and get on the dam treadmill or whatever your cardiologist is telling you to do.
Redtopp
Aug 22, 2012 9:42 AM CDT
Ok--not to nitpick..but that AIN"T no poem! --Now for the more serious matter--glad Rose made it through--but why is this such a biiiiig surprise to her -- she is so overweight/obese/call it what u want...how about just 'fat'--and having been this way all of her life and she didn't know she was having a heart attack...or that she was even PRONE to one...i don't know what's wrong with peope--all overweight people do not have heart attacks---but they are more apt to have one than more slender folks is all i'm saying. Glad you're ok Rosie....now back away from the table and get on the dam treadmill or whatever your cardiologist is telling you to do.
Kookey90
Aug 21, 2012 5:18 PM CDT
Headlines: "Rosie O'Donnell Had Secret Heart Attack."  Well, it's not a secret if everyone knows about it, duh.

 
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