Toni Braxton Says She Dismissed Signs of a Massive Heart Attack: 'I Would Not Be Here Today'

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Toni Braxton is feeling lucky to be alive! On Tuesday, the 55-year-old GRAMMY-winning musician spoke about a recent health scare on The star, who was diagnosed with lupus in 2008, revealed that she dismissed chest pains that she was suffering following the 2022 death of her sister, Traci Braxton, thinking it was simply a bout of sadness.«I had some pain in my chest,» Braxton told co-hosts Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager. «But I was having this pain in my chest and I thought it was because I was so sad, we had just lost one of my sisters.»Braxton revealed that she kept postponing an appointment, until finally her doctor made it for her.

After she went in to have a test done, she shared that she got some concerning news. «Shortly after that, I was told that I would have had a massive heart attack,» she recalled. «And I wouldn't have survived.»In an exclusive interview, Toni Braxton opens up about dismissing symptoms that could’ve led to a heart attack and encourages people living with lupus nephritis to complete routine testing to prevent kidney damage.

https://t.co/PuQgLbGJP4pic.twitter.com/qLUIZaZe5BBraxton said the doctors informed her that the issue was affecting the main artery in her heart, which would have resulted in a widowmaker heart attack.

The «Just Be a Man About It» singer said she is lucky to be alive. «Even sometimes when I talk about it, I get a little emotional about it,» she said while getting choked up. «Because I feel so fortunate and so  blessed.