text: 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
target: – 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.