At 06:48 PM 1/17/2003 -0600, you wrote:
Deborah Harrell wrote: > > --- Jon Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > > "The guy mind doesn't believe in medical care. Guys > > will generally not seek > > medical treatment, for themselves or for others, > > except in clear-cut > > situations, such as decapitation. And even then, > > guys are not going to be > > 100 percent certain. "Let's put his head back on > > with duct tape and see if > > he can play a few more innings," is the prevailing > > guy attitude." ~ Dave Barry > > <LOL> > One of my friends told me about trying to get her > husband to get in to the doc's because he was having > some chest pains - he said he had to finish his work, > that he couldn't possibly leave the site unsupervised > for at least 3 more days, and it wasn't that bad > anyway... Fortunately, it turned out to be acid > reflux instead of his heart. :PMy friend's father, who is downright *phobic* about hospitals and doctors, was experiencing some symptoms my friend thought might be a heart attack. Both his parents pooh-poohed it, but my friend called 911, and if he hadn't, his father would have had his heart stop when there *wasn't* the equipment handy to try to restart it. (He flatlined between the original hospital the EMS took him to and the heart-specialist hospital in the same city, but they got him going again, and he's still alive.) Julia
I said last year was one of my best ever, everything went my way even with my car getting hit. This year is already turning out not as good, and this discussion has a certain eeriness to it. A few things happened before today, and this morning my kitchen pipes are frozen*. But the most important, while he's fine now, my brother had a episode at work Thursday. Out of nowhere his right shoulder was throbbing with pain. He was literal crying. Of course, he refused any help and offers to go to a hospital or an ambulance. Instead he finished his day and drove three hours back home.
This will sound callous, but usually I say to my friends that this will be the year that his lifestyle finally catches up with him. Maybe it's to insulate myself in case something does happen. But the last year he was trying a little to be healthier and it has been working somewhat. But now this and he won't go to the hospital.
Just venting.
Kevin T.
The hot water pipe is free now, just waiting for the cold one.
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