Close call with death.

[SimmoW (SIMON)]

Sorry to hear your troubles Alex, yes from my own experience, such events put things into perspective and remind you to savour life, toys and anything else you enjoy as much as you can...within reason of course!

Best to get a thorough checkup and blood tests to be sure. Need you around for your fun rants and tales!

[OzEclipse (Joe Cali)]

Sorry to hear you are not well. Look after yourself. Nothing more important than your health.

Best wishes

Joe

[gary]

Hi Alex,

Sorry to hear you weren't well.

Be sure to follow-up with your GP.
As in, if you haven't done so already, please pick up the phone and book to see your GP ASAP.

The E.D. at Hornsby Hospital are a hard working crew and no doubt briefed
you before discharge and probably gave you the letter to give to your GP.

It can come as a relief having been discharged and even more relief when you start to feel better.

Hopefully it was just a bit of heat stress. It was bloody hot in Sydney yesterday. And hopefully you will now be on the up and up.

But you never want to brush these sorts of things aside just in case this
event was a tap on the shoulder of something more perilous quietly ticking away.

When Hornsby E.D. put you back on you bike, it is all too easy to become complacent that everything is right.
The E.D. will only do so much for you if it was not obvious to them what was wrong. They will typically assume
that your GP will patiently follow-up.

That's why you need to follow-up with the GP. Now.

[xelasnave]

Originally Posted by PeterM

Whoaa... now heres a character we can't lose to early here in IIS...geewiz who could replace the witty & ever sharp Alex.
There's a lot more posts left in you.
Merry Christmas Alex

Thanks Peter, don't worry I will still post after I die.
Alex

[xelasnave]

Thanks Garry.
All in the plan.
I have the letter.
Will ring now. Had my mate over who called for help, I told him I owed him my life because I could not have gone thru talking to anyone, they would want name address and I could not have do more than grunt and gasp.
But mate said same so ringing now.
Alex

[brisen (Brian)]

Alex good to hear you are OK.

I have worked as a paramedic and spent time in ambulance communications centres over the years and whilst calls where the caller cannot speak for any number of reasons are not that common, provided you can dial 000 your call should be put through to an ambulance call centre nearest to the address where the phone is registered. Even if there is no verbal communication with the caller on the line, as long as the line is open a crew should be responded. This is a bit problematic now with mobile phones as in the good old days of land line you had a physical address where the caller was calling from. Now you just get the billing address for the account and the caller may not actually be at home.

Brian

[gary]

Originally Posted by xelasnave

Thanks Garry.
All in the plan.
I have the letter.
Will ring now. Had my mate over who called for help, I told him I owed him my life because I could not have gone thru talking to anyone, they would want name address and I could not have do more than grunt and gasp.
But mate said same so ringing now.
Alex

[xelasnave]

Done.
I am together and have a philosophy for bad news.
A man who knows he only six months left is probably better of than someone who does not know they have twenty years to live.
I exist in an eternity from my perspective not knowing when I arrived and not knowing that I have left.
Other will know but they should be happy for me.
Alex