Rosie O'Donnell I Had a Secret Heart Attack Last Week 
 
 breaking news 
 
 suffered a major heart attack last week but kept it a secret ... until now, when she revealed the whole scary ordeal on her blog ... as a poem.In a post on Rosie's official blog dated August 20 ... the comedian drops a bombshell with an entry titled "" ... in which she explains how she went into cardiac arrest and didn't even realize it.In the post she explains (in poem form) ... she experienced chest pains, clammy skin, and vomiting ... she then took an aspirin -- but never bothered to call 911.The next day she went to see a cardiologist and was informed by her doctor that her symptoms were a result of a "widow maker" heart attack.She says in the post, "50% of women having heart attacks never call 911 ... 200,000 women die of heart attacks every year in the US ... by some miracle I was not one of them."She ends with a warning to other women saying, "Know the symptoms ladies ... listen to the voice inside ... CALL 911... save urself." ||||| its a semi-sunny monday 
 
 the light bouncing off the flat hudson 
 
 mish is sitting next to me 
 
 i am happy to be alive 
 
 last week i had a heart attack 
 
 here is what happened 
 
 on tuesday morning 
 
 while walking in a parking lot in nyack 
 
 i heard a loud commanding voice 
 
 “can u help me” 
 
 more of a demand than request 
 
 a challenge – a plea 
 
 i turned and saw an enormous woman 
 
 struggling to get out of her car 
 
 she was stuck 
 
 “can u help me? she asked again 
 
 as i walked toward her 
 
 “oh u r rosie odonnell” 
 
 yes i am 
 
 the ghost of christmas future 
 
 me – if i did not wake 
 
 there r no accidents i thought 
 
 as i braced myself and lifted her 
 
 it was not easy 
 
 but together we did it 
 
 she was up and on her way 
 
 with gratitude 
 
 a few hours later my body hurt 
 
 i had an ache in my chest 
 
 both my arms were sore 
 
 everything felt bruised 
 
 muscular – i thought 
 
 strained or pulled tissue 
 
 i went about my day 
 
 the pain persisted 
 
 i became nauseous 
 
 my skin was clammy 
 
 i was very very hot 
 
 i threw up 
 
 maybe this is a heart attack 
 
 i googled womens heart attack symptoms 
 
 i had many of them 
 
 but really? – i thought – naaaa 
 
 i took some bayer aspirin 
 
 thank god 
 
 saved by a tv commercial 
 
 literally 
 
 i did not call 911 
 
 50% of women having heart attacks never call 911 
 
 200,000 women die of heart attacks 
 
 every year in the US 
 
 by some miracle i was not one of them 
 
 the next day i went to a cardiologist 
 
 the dr did an EKG and sent me to the hospital 
 
 where a stent was put in 
 
 my LAD was 99% blocked 
 
 they call this type of heart attack 
 
 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 
 
 xxx
– 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.