Don’t be an idiot

[Dakota]

A family member of mine had a major heart attack last week.   He's still in the hospital, working through whether to live out what's left of his life with a battery powered pump or get a heart transplant as the attack pretty well trashed his heart muscle.  There were warning signs about a year ago that, had he followed up on instead of ignoring them, likely would have prevented what he and his family are going through right now. 

Like the title says, don't be an idiot. If there is a warning sign, consider it a gift and not an annoyance.

End of public service announcement.

[MEK-Dangerous]

This story hits home to me. Late May of '95, I went back home the Friday before memorial Day weekend. My parents were having some issues. I'm sitting in the living room with my Dad and sister, my Mother was in the kitchen venting. My Father grabbed his chest and said I feel like I'm having a heart attack. My sister told him it was just stress. He died on Memorial Day of a heart attack.

[torredcuda]

Goes for other health issues that have signs as well as depression/mental health. I just lost a good friend  a couple weeks to ago to suicide and nobody saw it coming - sad.

[jimynick]

My late, best man had the same choices given to him and the doc told him that the battery deal involved having batteries slung under each arm like pistols with the further caveat that he'd done it once for a patient, who subsequently lived another 18 months with most of that back in hospital due to continuous infections from the battery wiring going into his chest under his arms. As we're now old farts, a transplant wasn't likely and my buddy took the MAID- medical assistance in dying way out with his time of death/estate and family sorted out first. There's no bright spot in these scenariosand I wish him well. 

[70_440-6Cuda]

been about 3 years since I had a Dr visit - just scheduled 3 appointments for routine stuff - trying not to be an idiot!

Thanks for posting!