> I drove off to Concord Hospital in a panic, again.

 NP> Once you've had one heart attack the brain can readily identify
 NP> the signals and tends to go into panic when it senses the
 NP> "same" symptoms.

  Exactly! At one level I knew it was just the 'flu, but on the gut
level it was BACK! A sore throat became a "radiating" pain up the
neck.

 NP> To get around a repeat of this, get some valium 5mg from the
 NP> doc, (muscle relaxant). When brain says "SHIT! ANOTHER ATTACK"
 NP> place half a tablet under you tongue on each side (where they
 NP> tell you to put the heart tablets) and lie down and keep still!
 NP> If symptoms have not decreased in 20 mins then get to the
 NP> hospital.
 NP> I've had 10 "real" heart attacks so far, (IE Hospital jobs) but
 NP> due to my spinal damage, the spine causes the same symptoms to
 NP> appear anywhere from 2 to 6 times a week, and has been for the
 NP> past 4 years. Needless to say I needed _some_ method of
 NP> deciding which were real and which were spinal damage messages
 NP> to the brain.

 NP> I have found the above works for me. I hope it is of help to
 NP> you.

  Thank you for that, Niels. I'll give it a go. Vallium can't hurt,
anyway.

  My problem is that Vallium doesn't work very well for me, and when
they actually gave me anginine the "imaginary" pain went away just
like the real thing... and in the same way, a sudden whoosh - gone!
But I've only panicked once in a month, so it could be worse.

  I'm under stress and don't realise it. I don't want to lose any more
weight, and I'm eating like pig just to keep the weight stable! 

Regards,
Bob
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