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Skriven 2006-12-25 12:39:00 av WAYNE CHIRNSIDE (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av ROSS CASSELL
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-=> ROSS CASSELL wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 RC> Hello WAYNE!

 RC> 25 Dec 06 11:33, you wrote to me:

 RC>> Yes he is still sharp as a tack, but he got medical attention,
 RC>> hasnt had another stroke since,

 WC> Does he consider himself always a stroke victem?

 RC> Yes he does..

Well I well imagine he would.
It's only later after you filled in detail about his paralysis
that I became aware of that aspect of his case.

I don't imagine I've mind reading abilities.

You must have found my remark most insensitive but please
be advised I possess no supernatural powers of any kind
and thus remain ignorant of a great many things
until otherwise informed.

 RC> He has reduced the risk factors that led to him having one, but he will
 RC> always face the risk of another, in his case he got treatment and the
 RC> risk is lesser, in your case you denied yourself treatment and your
 RC> risk for a recurrence is greater.

 WC>> Did that.
 WC>> No salt, no alcohol and bland low fat diet I've already lost over
 WC>> 20 pounds. Ordinary common sense stuff.

 RC>> and are you taking a aspirin a day?

 WC> Yes I am but was thinking that unwise as regards to stroke.
 WC> I take it rather for my arthritis.

 RC> Most Doctors prescribe an aspirin a day for those whom have had strokes
 RC> or heart attacks, aspirin by its own right is a blood thinner. If you
 RC> are worried about the risk to your stomach, take the lower dose St
 RC> Josephs and.or dont take it on a empty stomach.

Uh, Ross.
I do not believe 
I have a problem tolerating aspirin as the spinal injury
had me at 26 a day for years mixed common aspirin and Ecotrin.

 WC> I shouldn't drink coffee either but I do.
 WC> Tell me Ross, if I stop drinking coffee will I live forever?

 RC> My father drinks coffee, he and you still can, just dont drink it alot.

 WC>> Outside of checking out the nurses, cable T.V. and clean sheets
 WC>> changed every day I can't see as how going to the hospital would
 WC>> have changed my recovery in any way.

 RC>> They would have performed a CAT scan to determine where the
 RC>> blockage

 WC> I do not possess a cat either upon my person or in residence.
 WC> Computer Assisted Tomography would have revealed no cat.
 WC> Of this I am certain.
 WC> If you must know and it appears you must, I am allergic to
 WC> cats.

 RC> But one would have revealed where the defect was.


AH.
I could not have imagined the location of the incident would be 
so important to you.
Next time I have a stroke I'll seek medical attention and have them forward
the CAT scan results to you immediately!

 RC> Of course you turning this nice chat onto a adversarial footing is
 RC> typical of you and I have succeeded into letting you demonstrate to
 RC> others your true nature.

I am uncertain but that seems a familiar line?
You didn't happen to plagerize it did you?
Your original thought Ross?

 RC> After all, who in their right mind lets themself not get medical
 RC> treatment for a event that could have killed them?

 RC>> The bad cholesterol is what causes the plaque deposits to line
 RC>> the inside of your arteries, eventually what happens is one
 RC>> becomes fully occluded or a piece breaks off and makes its way
 RC>> into the brain.

 WC> You know Ross, I don't really need or desire to know all these things.
 WC> I do not partake of high cholesterol foods.

 RC> Cholesterol is not the only risk factor and if you havent sought
 RC> medical care, you havent the foggiest idea as to what your levels are.

You are absolutely correct.
Nor do I care.
Why do you care so much Ross?

You have a mighty fast response time on fido messaging
turnaround.
I know why I am here but don't you have an active social life? 

 RC>> You are in a position now to seek the counsel of a Doctor to
 RC>> assess if what you experienced was a stroke and what course to
 RC>> take to minimize future risks.

 WC> That would be at Medicare funded taxpayer expense right?

 RC> Absolutely, go for it.

Naw, it's approximately six months later and I've done my sheets,
I've seen cable and I know what nurses look like.

 RC>> You dont have a medical degree Wayne, and while neither do I, I
 RC>> do have a far more unique perspective on strokes, for I have a
 RC>> family member whom has had one.

 WC> I think I've a unique persepective on strokes having had one.

 RC> No you dont, because you dont really know that that is what you had,
 RC> remember someone with a medical degree didnt diagnose you????

I've nearly died from having people with medical degrees diagnosing
me.
A sheepskin is no guarantee of infallibility. 

 RC>> If one is to believe your accountings of this stroke and your
 RC>> spinal ailments, its easy to conclude that your self treatment or
 RC>> decisions to not get medical help is exactly why you are disabled
 RC>> to the degree that you are.

 WC> Uh, Ross.
 WC> That's not what those medical board certified fellows
 WC> that do have medical degreees said about my spinal injuries.

 RC> What did they say about your stroke?

That was my orthopedic surgeon in regards to my spinal injury.
Did some text vanish from this thread again?

 WC> The stroke it appears is recoverable.
 WC> Isn't that nice?

 RC> What stroke, remember no medical board certified person diagnosed it,
 RC> remember?

So if a tree falls in the forest there is no alternating
compressions and rarifications of ambient atmospheric gases???
I've always wondered about that. 

 RC>> Next time you wont be so lucky.

 WC> Where from this foreknowledge of events not yet transpired
 WC> comes Ross?

 RC> Common sense, I have, you dont.

Which injury did I expire from?
Was it the Pit Bull attack?
Broken ankle?
Stroke?

Ross you just need to stop being so caring about others
and look after yourself.

I know you think of yourself as number 2 but that just means you must
try harder.

I plagerized some of that from an Avis car rental ad from the 60's <g> 
 
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