Have you ever thought you're about to die?

[vetran]

Green Jelly= Too fast down the garbage chute.

Stool can also appear green for physical reasons, and not just from what you've been eating. We think of a healthy stool as being brown. However, bile that is secreted in the first part of the small intestine is actually green. As stool is digested and passed through the large intestine it changes into a darker brown color.

If stool is still green by the time it is excreted from the body, it could mean that it went through the large intestine too fast to be changed to brown. This is often called "rapid transit" or "decreased colonic transit time," and diarrhea that is green in color could be the result.

learnt something new.

[DaveB]

You are about to die.

Oh, you meant imminently. No, but sooner than you'd like. There is no time to waste.

Indeed; that's one lesson from it.

Yup.

This isn't a run through, it's the real deal.

I love that song, but god it's depressing if you stop and think about the lyrics.

[cojak]

Yeah what IS the greeny jelly like stuff? In India it was greeny yellow, bloody terrifying.

Your stomach lining I suspect.

(Ah, just saw the following post, that's an improvement, at least.. )

[socialworker]

Yes,

The fear of drowning was very real during my kayaking days.

ah yes kayaking.

Mediterranean in October, 2 days after the big storms of 06, group leader decides to take us out in force 6 past the end of a headland, very steep waves, couldnt turn the boat around, next stop Africa, rest of the group had got back to shore and the instructor was trying to rescue someone else. Sheer stroke of luck, got pivotted around on top of a wave and blown around the corner, adrenalin got me back to shore, plus a lovely Canadian bloke who came back out to accompany me back. Was absolutely certain I had 5 mins til my energy gave out. Funny thing was I remember deciding to take a few seconds out from my sheer terror to admire how pretty the waves were, seeing as they were the last things I was going to see, or so I thought. When I got back to shore the instructor thought we should paddle back around the headland. Resisting the temptation to tell him exactly what I thought of the idea I stomped off to the nearest beach restaurant and had lunch. Did put me off rough water paddling though.

[MyUserName]

Yep, couple of times:

Got caught in a rip tide in Cornwall when I could not swim and everyone else had gone back to shore, nearly the end of me.

Lost control of the car on a patch of ice going at about 70mph

Stared down the barrel of a gun after refusing to hand over money.


I am sure that there was one more recent but I cannot think of it.

[darmstadt]

Coming out of a morphine induced coma in hospital to find a priest standing over me giving the last rites. That was pretty scary

[minestrone]

Dublin to Largs on a floating gin palace cabin cruiser in a force 8.

After an hour of it I downed a bottle of wine. What else are you going to do?

[OwlHoot]

Driving down the motorway, and felt a gradual tightening of the chest. Thought, Oh God is this it? Heart packing up? -Gasp- Damn, should have given up smoking, and I haven't even made a will. -Gak- It'll all go to the Crown! Blast!! Better pull over ...

Turned out it was my seat belt, gradually tightening round me like a python. Had to have it replaced the next week. Close shave though, and one day it may happen like that for real.

[stek]

As I've said, had defibrillator fitted for arrhythmia, mostly feel ok, but a few weeks ago felt wonky, heart doing ten to the dozen, no reason for it, though that as had a device, a solution builtin now, and it wasnt doing anything, feeling worst, really awful without any real quantifiable symptoms, I did think it was my body just shutting down, giving up.

Parameds came, ambulance too since I have a history now, lay on bed in LGI waiting for the inevitable, but it was no problem, no issue at all - seems I am one of those who can feel palps/rhythm changes by defib, most can't. Oddly, since then I've had almost no episodes that I remember, either I got used to them now or maybe just dont have them?

Still, it's always there, keeps me wary...

[KentPhilip]

...
my son looked at me and said 'Dad. are we going to die?' 'yep'.

And did you die?
(inevitable silly question)

Yep, couple of times:

Stared down the barrel of a gun after refusing to hand over money.

Blimey - tell us more about that one..

I had a bloke try to rob me in Rio, and he only said that he had a gun. I walked away. I was shot dead.
(only joking! )