On 28 Dec 96  07:38:50 Bob Lawrence typed to All ....

Hi Bob

 >   What a shit of a day! And of course it impressed the hell out of me,
 > so when the Southerly Buster arrrived and I caught the 'flu, I sat
 > around yesterday convincing myself my HEART was back. My sore throat
 > had become a pain radiating up the jaw, my blood pressure was a mile
 > high, and I drove off to Concord Hospital in a panic, again.

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

 To get around a repeat of this, get some valium 5mg from the doc, (muscle
 relaxant). When brain says "SHIT! ANOTHER ATTACK" place half a tablet
 under you tongue on each side (where they tell you to put the heart
 tablets) and lie down and keep still! If symptoms have not decreased
 in 20 mins then get to the hospital.

 I've had 10 "real" heart attacks so far, (IE Hospital jobs) but due to
 my spinal damage, the spine causes the same symptoms to appear anywhere
 from 2 to 6 times a week, and has been for the past 4 years. Needless
 to say I needed _some_ method of deciding which were real and which were
 spinal damage messages to the brain.

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

Cheers
Niels

* OLR 5.1 *  Nothing is wrong with you that a couple of miracles or
             reincarnation can't cure.

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