tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post3655032589986132039..comments2024-01-24T11:20:46.055+00:00Comments on in regione caecorum rex est luscus: Reports of my demise have been greatly exagerated (a close run thing)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-45167482495573656412009-12-24T10:00:09.429+00:002009-12-24T10:00:09.429+00:00Glad to hear it was a false alarm, but never hesit...Glad to hear it was a false alarm, but never hesitate to call an ambulance if you think you need one, as a friend of a paramedic I can assure you that it doesn't once occur to people NOT to call one when they damn well know they don't need one. <br /><br />Perhaps you should pen a letter to the hospital caring for you outlining some of the basic things that could have been done to make Adelenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-70352550279202338542009-12-23T22:11:17.456+00:002009-12-23T22:11:17.456+00:00Since I am horrible with checking E-mail lists, I ...Since I am horrible with checking E-mail lists, I only found out today that you'd been hospitalized. I'm glad to read that nothing serious was going on and that you're back home.Astridhttp://astridvanwoerkom.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-84604794775790007632009-12-22T23:34:22.595+00:002009-12-22T23:34:22.595+00:00Larry, I had a heart attack in the spring (I was 4...Larry, I had a heart attack in the spring (I was 41). My brother, 10 years my senior has has 4 and currently is awaiting to have a defibulator placed in his heart. What I felt was an extreme amount of weakness and light headedness, no pain, no rushing heart rate, just exhaustion from doing very little. My brother though, in his first heart attack felt an extreme amount of pain in his arm.<br /Kent Adamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-28114576292222916902009-12-22T23:30:08.986+00:002009-12-22T23:30:08.986+00:00I too am relieved it was a false alarm this time. ...I too am relieved it was a false alarm this time. Best wishes from Kalen and me.Martijnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01017721606427896018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-62674846875758768052009-12-22T22:44:19.922+00:002009-12-22T22:44:19.922+00:00Yes, call an ambulance, maybe take an aspirin. Ign...Yes, call an ambulance, maybe take an aspirin. Ignoring tachycardia is a bad idea, I can tell you from experience. Glad you're home again!Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11578123223843089702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-52669936635614400582009-12-22T21:55:58.845+00:002009-12-22T21:55:58.845+00:00Your story so resonated with me, Larry. I'm gl...Your story so resonated with me, Larry. I'm glad you told it. Glad also you're holding your own but wish for you a more definitive treatment plan to quell the anxiety. I got an ICD--implanted cardioverter defibrillator--which along with a couple of additional hospitalizations & medication re-combinations (see "Winter Breaks" at for my merry tale)I appear to be living jEAnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03891062580687261659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-10639718927062510922009-12-22T19:47:13.718+00:002009-12-22T19:47:13.718+00:00Happy to hear that you're back home. Hope you ...Happy to hear that you're back home. Hope you still get the christmas you were planning.kabienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-68897274915243854642009-12-22T19:30:56.141+00:002009-12-22T19:30:56.141+00:00Glad you are safely home.Glad you are safely home.Kim Wombleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15492455180502821052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-81453759230540808922009-12-22T18:08:44.955+00:002009-12-22T18:08:44.955+00:00Lets hope there isnt a next time. Glad you are hom...Lets hope there isnt a next time. Glad you are home.Casdokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497897393162856190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-21415466173117126822009-12-22T17:31:46.601+00:002009-12-22T17:31:46.601+00:00Am relieved to know you are home again, and basica...Am relieved to know you are home again, and basically okay for now. <br /><br />I had a similar run-in a few years ago (also a "false alarm" as it turned out) and sympathise deeply with you over all the stresses involved in the experience. Noisy, bright, uncommunicative staff, inefficient arrangements, lack of privacy - a veritable smörgåsbord of all the things that are the antithesisAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15154378428423031306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-67480574347708839442009-12-22T17:08:01.984+00:002009-12-22T17:08:01.984+00:00Glad you're back home safe and sound!Glad you're back home safe and sound!abfhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01228622726560993968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-41187090620127234412009-12-22T15:50:15.854+00:002009-12-22T15:50:15.854+00:00Very glad to have you still among us, Larry. And I...Very glad to have you still among us, Larry. And I concur with your doctor's advice: Call an ambulance when/if there's another event of this kind. Every time!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02007438536672893141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-82007830105361621222009-12-22T15:05:13.929+00:002009-12-22T15:05:13.929+00:00I am very glad that you are home safe and sound, L...I am very glad that you are home safe and sound, Larry; I was worried about you. I hope you have many years coming to you.<br /><br />Merry Christmas!Jannalouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16013268003390172957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-41777704202606169942009-12-22T14:58:53.048+00:002009-12-22T14:58:53.048+00:00Glad to here you're back home. We were all rat...Glad to here you're back home. We were all rather worried.<br /><br />Does this mean Lake Unpronounceable to Englishers is off for this Xmas?Socrateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12525104555859213125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-65928394616553525822009-12-22T14:38:58.382+00:002009-12-22T14:38:58.382+00:00As someone who has spent his life in the administr...As someone who has spent his life in the administration of Academic Health Centers in Boston and Cincinnati, I am glad you shared your report of your experiences. They resonate with great to fidelity with what I have heard from other patients and observed myself. I am not sanguine about the likelihood of change in the short run because hospitals function irreducibly as businesses and there are Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com