Ginette describes being treated with skepticism and 'laughed at' by providers in the emergency when having a heart attack.

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This bothers me and makes me so upset but when I went into the hospital six years ago telling them, “I know it’s me, I know I have a heart attack and you’ve got to –” and they thought oh what a bitch. But it wasn’t that, I was a nice, I’m still a nice girl. But I knew [coughs] exactly and specifically my body because I was so in tune… But they didn’t see it like that, they just thought it as either I was cocky or knew it all; but it was not, I knew. Why? I don’t know. Even to this day I don’t know why I knew I was having a heart attack but –. It was so funny, my boyfriend just kind of said, “How do you know?” I said, “I don’t know.” I just knew. I don’t know why but I knew. It’s weird. It’s just so weird but to have been laughed at and made fun of for saying that. [Coughs] The first thing he said to me was – I think it was something to do with indigestion. He said, “Oh you must have acid reflux or indigestion” and I thought dude seriously? What does that mean?, “Are you anxious, do you have –” and I’m like god what an insult. So education is the key, you know.

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