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From: Frank.Whitney@p0.f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.org (Frank Whitney)
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Subject: Re: Spasms
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Date: 15 Apr 91 15:50:42 GMT
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[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]

> JC>         Ahhhh, yes.  The pounding headaches and cold sweats.
>
>
>To quote the medical profession:  "But you can't feel it anyway, so why
>worry about it?"  *adh*

What always ticks me off is when my blood pressure is higher then
normal for myself but within tolerable limits for other people.  Of
course when they are taking my pressure the headache has almost gone
away.  My last episode was at Good Samaritan Hospital.  That was
several years ago but my pressure was about 150/90 whenever they would
take it.  Finally I got them to take it when the headache was still
pretty high and it was 200+/100+ and they said well I guess we might
have to give you some medication.  It must have been divine province
because they put me on the rehabilitation floor and after about 3 days
there was a new patient admitted that had just come from another
hospital.  He was in a bad way and put his call button on and there
was no response.  Finally, I put my call button on and when they asked
what I wanted I told them that I had been around enough people that
had died to know when someone was ready to go and if they didn't get
their ass in there pretty damn quick they wouldn't be needed but could
send for the stretcher to take him to the cooler.  They came in
immediately and all hell broke loose.  They transferred him up into
ICU so I don't know if he made it or not.  All I can say is when I had
to have a surgical procedure done there I'm happy that I stayed on the
surgical ward.
Frank.
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