On 26/11/2010 12:37 AM, Mark Thorson wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends south of the border. Hope its a
>> good one.
>
> I ended up being taken from the restaurant
> to the hospital. I almost blacked out.
> The doctor thinks I was just dehydrated.
> But the paramedic in the ambulance I think
> got it right. He said the vagus nerve can
> get squeezed and cause my symptoms, including
> low blood pressure and profuse sweating.
> I had overeaten, which is something I only do
> once a year. I think that was the direct
> cause, but I was also dehydrated.


Sorry to hear that. That is a bad way to end a pleasant holiday feast/

> This is probably going to cost me a fortune,
> even with my crappy health insurance.



Adding insult to injury. I spent a week in the hospital this month. I
went in for an angiogram and ended up having to have emergency bypass
surgery. I spent 4 days in cardiac ICU with my own personal nurses, then
three days in the cardiac rehab ward. I have coverage for semiprivate,
but there was no semi private room available. My total bill........ Zero.