I. "I Had a Heart Attac~"<br >A HEART ATTACK is an intensely personal experience. "You can-<br >not live until you have almost died，" one heart victim told us. "It<br >taught me life is too short to be mad at anybody，" a fifty-year-old<br >woman said. Although each person s experience and reactions are<br >unique， by reading the e~perience of others， perhaps you will rec-<br >ognize portions of your o~~n. This will not only be comforting， it<br >will also be informative. It will show you life is not about to end;<br >you will not become a semi-invalid.<br > A heart attack can happen to anyone--young or old， rich or<br >poor， athlete or sedentary individual. We spoke with scores of vic-<br >tims whose ages， economic status， and symptoms varied widely.<br >However， their feelings and personal ruminations were startlingly<br >similar. Here are just a few of their stories as they told them:<br > Jacob Silver is a fifty-three-year-old gastroenterologist. He is<br >married for the second time and has three sons. On June 26， 1976，<br >Dr. Silver suffered a severe myocardial infarction， "I celebrate the<br >date each year as my second birthday，" he told us. Today Dr. Silver<br >maintains a full work schedule， a normal social life， and jogs<br >three miles daily.<br > "I had finished my rounds on a Saturday morning and went<br >to play tennis. We played to a six-to-six tie on a grueling hot day.<br >Then I sat around the club pool， read the Times， and went into the<br >sauna. I didn t stay long. As I walked out， I began to feel nause-<br >ated， and decided to get dressed quickly，<br > "Next thing I knew I passed out. I never had any chest pain，<br >but was very， very nauseated.<br > "I tried to get up and dressed but wound up fiat on my back<br >again with faces looking at me. Then I broke into a terrific sweat<br ><br >