A Manitoba woman who suffered from a heart attack in October is encouraging people to advocate for themselves when seeking healthcare.

 

36-year-old Jessica Solomon, who’s originally from Thompson and currently lives in Killarney, says she was experiencing chest pain and went to the ER in Brandon to get checked out.

 

Solomon was cleared to leave the hospital later that day despite still experiencing chest pain.

 

She later took herself to the ER in Killarney where she was finally diagnosed with a heart attack.

 

Solomon says getting a second opinion when things don’t seem normal with your body is especially important for women.

 

“If you have GERD or heart burn and you have that going on but it’s lasting longer and medication isn’t working, that’s what it was in my case. I just knew that this was different and so I made the decision to go back to the hospital at two in the morning even though I had been told that it was nothing serious. I just knew that it was not right.”

 

Hear the full conversation with Solomon this afternoon on Thompson Today.