Small Heart Attack: Monday Links Will Be Delayed

[mudskipper]

Yay, glad you're back. Look after yourself and veg out with some daytime telly.

[TimberWolf]

Great news. Maybe you'll be better than ever when fully mended.

[SupremeSpod]

Great news. Maybe you'll be better than ever when fully mended.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaBQTPf57fU

[NickFitz]

So where are the Monday links then?

Can we have our links now please?

Here you are

Get a cab to the pub for a while OK?

Cheers - there's a bus stop just outside both here and there, and I was advised that a couple of units may actually be good for me

[Bunk]

Cheers - there's a bus stop just outside both here and there, and I was advised that a couple of units may actually be good for me

Like we said, listen to the doctor

[administrator]

Christ on a bike!

Well done for spotting the symptoms and getting to the right place in time.

[d000hg]

Christ on a bike!

Well done for spotting the symptoms and getting to the right place in time.

A bit worrying it took so long for our resident encyclopaedia though. Nick, get your nose outside an IT book a bit more, you're obviously a sponge for knowledge.

[NickFitz]

Christ on a bike!

Well done for spotting the symptoms and getting to the right place in time.

Cheers admin, although as d000hg astutely points out:

A bit worrying it took so long for our resident encyclopaedia though. Nick, get your nose outside an IT book a bit more, you're obviously a sponge for knowledge.

I have to admit that deep down inside I knew what I should be doing by about three in the morning; the only reason I left it until almost six in the evening (and even went to sleep for a good eight hours) was denial, pure and simple. I found every single alternative explanation for my symptoms that there could possibly be, and then found additional evidence to back my misdiagnosis up. By the time each one was exposed, I already had a bloody good case constructed for believing the next. The fact that initially the symptoms kept easing off, sometimes for quite long periods, helped.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, and even a lot of knowledge is no bloody good if all it's used for is identifying those areas of sand most suited to head-burying. Weirdly, even when I'd run out of options, I still went to the NHS website to convince myself I wasn't being a wally by calling the ambulance. I recommend the video on this page for anybody who has the luxury of time to watch it before hitting those three 9s.

In fact, here it is on YouTube:

[Gonzo]

I am relieved to hear that you are going to be OK.

[wobbegong]

Yay, glad you're back. Look after yourself and veg out with some daytime telly.

No! For the love of God, No! Evening telly is bad enough, but daytime telly is aimed at the unemployed and unemployable. It will sap your will to live (and may even delay your recovery).

Veg out by all means but with a book, some music, a laptop, or a DVD boxed set, but NEVER with daytime telly.