over in a heart beat

**JDNSW** · 12th September 2007, 03:01 PM

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** · 12th September 2007, 03:16 PM

Flamin' heck.

I keep thinking about retirement. Maybe I should.

My condolences to his wife and family.

Ron

**Redback** · 12th September 2007, 04:55 PM

Very sad, my condolences to the friends and family.

Baz.

**Pedro_The_Swift** · 12th September 2007, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by p38arover

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,,,

jacknz · 12th September 2007, 05:55 PM

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** · 12th September 2007, 06:42 PM

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** · 12th September 2007, 07:33 PM

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** · 12th September 2007, 09:46 PM

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 · 12th September 2007, 10:04 PM

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** · 13th September 2007, 02:54 AM

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...

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