over in a heart beat

[incisor]

mate over the road was mowing his grass this morning and idled the mower back to move his car so he could do the front section of the yard, hopped into the drivers seat and passed away before he turned the key in the ignition...

his poor missus came around to see why he hadnt moved the car and found him dead..

it was a couple of weeks shy of them both retiring.

very sad.....

[HSVRangie]

bloody hell

so fast.

not very good.

Michael.

[MrsMcRover]

:o Thats Awful.

[BigJon]

Very unpleasant, but better than some of the alternatives. It is never easy when relatively young people die, and it puts my family into perspective (Dad nearing 70).

[MarknDeb]

Not to make fun of this Inc, but thats the way i want to go, nice and piecfull not like the passengers in the car screaming as we hit a tree:eek::wasntme:

[Grizzly_Adams]

At least it was quick.

My condolences to the friends and family :dbcry:

[ak]

mate over the road was mowing his grass this morning and idled the mower back to move his car so he could do the front section of the yard, hopped into the drivers seat and passed away before he turned the key in the ignition...

his poor missus came around to see why he hadnt moved the car and found him dead..

it was a couple of weeks shy of them both retiring.

very sad.....

How old was he?

[Lotz-A-Landies]

mate over the road was mowing his grass this morning and idled the mower back to move his car so he could do the front section of the yard, hopped into the drivers seat and passed away before he turned the key in the ignition... ...very sad.....
Single massive heart attack, thats the way I want to go.

Just hope that the paramedics and my emergency department colleagues don't get a hold of you after that. You could linger in a vegetative state for months.

Don't get me wrong - I am all for reviving people, but only when there is quality of life. :twobeers:

Still it is very sad for the family! :(:(:(

Diana

[incisor]

How old was he?
about 63 or there abouts...

[ak]

about 63 or there abouts...

Bloody terrible that's not old at all. Wonder if he had any condition that he knew about.

[JDNSW]

Younger than me - but it does remind me of a cousin of mine two years ago. Adult son came out for breakfast and found his mother dead on the kitchen floor, breakfast half ready. She was 65, just retired. Comment from my brother "I'll bet it was something she would have known about (and done something about) if she had ever gone to a doctor!"

My sympathy, but as others have commented - something to be said for going suddenly.

John

[p38arover]

Flamin' heck.

I keep thinking about retirement. Maybe I should.

My condolences to his wife and family.

Ron

[Redback]

Very sad, my condolences to the friends and family.

Baz.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Flamin' heck.

I keep thinking about retirement. Maybe I should.

My condolences to his wife and family.

Ron

I've been TRYING to get you to retire for years now Ron,,,:angel:
;)

[jacknz]

Last October I collapsed at work, work mates performed CPR for 20mins until the Ambo got there. 12 shocks and an emergency flight to a major hospital, 24 hours in an induced coma, 3 weeks in hospital and an Implanted Cardiac Defribulator (ICD) later, life is wonderful, I am extrodinarily lucky to have had the best recovery possible.
Cause? probably a bloodclot interfering with the blood supply to part of the heart.
Learn CPR, teach it to your family. By the way, statistics show that this can happen to anyone, generally males over 40, usually around 1:00-2:30 pm. About 2% survive to have any quality of life.

Lucky or what??

[barryj]

Sorry to hear that inc. Please pass on our thoughts from the members here when appropriate.

It makes us realise that no problem in life should annoy us too much (Land Rovers?) and that life can be real short.

[George130]

Sorry to hear that inc.
Most common way to go in my family is like that. It often happens after the annual check up where a clean bill of health has been given. One uncle had only just got home from the doctor, sat down and said beat them for another year. He dropped dead then and there.


jacknz
My mother went that way. Dad gut up and made a cuppa. Took it in to mum and found she was dead. Blood clot dislodged from the IV used in her leg and re lodged in the heart.

[rovercare]

My next door neighbour ( whilst living at the folks) drove himself to the local clinic with chest pain, put him on an ECG? was fine, continued to complain then dropped dead, within 40 mins of leaving home....................43:(

[landyfromanuthaland]

I dont recommend the heart attack,having had 2 they bloody hurt and scare the christ out of u, always sad when somebody leaves us, may he rest peacefully

[DirtyDawg]

Sounds like an Aneurism for him to go that quick.....
I know of someone who was chatting with his wife and just dropped dead ..literaly... Aneurism...

[Roverray]

Sad to die so young but we are all only a breath away at any moment after all.
Seems we will have to do away with retirement! everybody who retires, dies, this bloke was just thinking about it!!
On the serious side, it reminds us that life is finite and we need to use our time wisely and in harmony with our selected environment. All actions have consquences even if it just gets your blood pressure up, and I think that is probably considered good for you at least once a day.

[JDNSW]

........
Thats why if you go to hospital with chest pain they will hook you up to a monitor and keep you in for at least 12hrs, while they determine through blood tests if you've had a heart attack.

My field of practice :D


That's interesting - when it happened to me a couple of years ago I was only at the hospital for about three hours before they sent me home - the blood test took about fifteen minutes for results. Eventually, after detailed assessment it was determined that it was a gallstone (which has given no further trouble).

John

[sclarke]

Sad, Very Sad.

Aunty of mine was making the bed one day and had a massive Anurism (spelling) she went in a flash, doctor said she proberly never felt it.

What a nice way to go, Quick and painless....

My luck will be that Crucifiction will come back into fashion....

[George130]

Thats because the docs would have used more than just the blood test to reach the conclusion. While the pain of gallstones can mimick heart pain it is usually a different pain and not relieved by the treatment for chest pain eg stick an anginine tablet under the tongue of someone with heart pain and it will at least alleviate it somewhat. No effect on gallstone pain and if its gastric reflux you have the pain will likely get much worse...

I must admit, they do usually wait for the 2nd of 3 blood tests taken over a period of time. But some docs do think a negative on the 1st test means no heart attack but this is not necessarily so

Always good to have the knowledgeable people around. My problem is after spending so much time in hospitals growing up I hate them and only go as a last resort. I still remember my mum would sign the discharge papers before the ambo's could take her if it was one hospital in particular.
The biggest problem is realizing it is chest pain and not a stitch or similar. At least I don't get those pains anymore:)

[rovercare]

Thats the thing you see...if you have chest pain you sit down and do nothing...and get an ambulance to come get you...its no good driving anywhere with chest pain...in fact its a great danger to everyone else on the road :(

ECG's only measure the electrical activity of the heart. They don't detect muscle damage (heart attack)...so you can have a massive heart attack and have a normal ECG.
Thats why if you go to hospital with chest pain they will hook you up to a monitor and keep you in for at least 12hrs, while they determine through blood tests if you've had a heart attack.

My field of practice :D

One of my old boy's work mates, also 43 (10 years apart) sitting at home eating dinner in his chair, with his wife and 4 yound kids, start to pretend to choke and carry on......always a practical joker, except this time he wasn't joking, dropped dead in his lounge room, infront of his kids non drinker, non smoker, fitness fanatic:eek:

[Vern]

non drinker, non smoker, fitness fanatic:eek:
My old man at 55. heart attack in his sleep. Mum and i did cpr but was of no luck. Apparently he got up that night with a sore arm or something, thought it was a reaction to Methal Bromide that he was spraying at work, had a panadol and went back to bed for the last time.

This is why i have chosen to have a few drinks and not be very fit;)