Reply to: Small Heart Attack: Monday Links Will Be Delayed

[RichardCranium]

For Heaven's sake, this is as bad as working in the public sector.

Me: "Where this week's Monday links?"

Public sector 'employee': "What links?"

Me: "FFS. We agreed you would have the links ready for Monday morning."

Public sector 'employee': "Err. The dog ate them."

Me: "You said that last week."

Public sector 'employee': "Oh. Err, Granny had a heart attack."

Me: "You've buried three grannies already. And five grandads."

Public sector 'employee': "Oh, err, no not granny, me."

Me: "What? You ate the links?"

Public sector 'employee': "No, had a heart attack. I had a heart attack, that was it."

Me: "What? You buried you? You couldn't do the links because you buried you?"

Public sector 'employee': "No, I had heart attack. I've been off sick. With a heart attack."

Me: "Riiiiiiight. A heart attack. Self-certificated too, I take it. Hmm. Thought so. So you couldn't post one little message - which is all that was required of you in an entire week - because you 'had a heart attack'? Just half a dozen links, copy 'n' paste 'n' post, but you couldn't do it, because of 'a heart attack'."


NF, are you quite sure it was a heart attack, and not just an infarction from realityhack?

[scooterscot]

Years ago I had felt similar feelings although very mild. It was at that point I drew the line enough is enough. Throughout my twenties my body never knew what a gym was now in my thirties the picture is very different.

Make a swift recovery Nick

[DS23]

that was a close one eh fitzy? time to take the wrapper of those choice dvd's and settle down for rest and recuperation. how long before you are allowed out to work and play?

did they put the blockage in jar?

have a bunch:

[NickFitz]

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

Sorry to hear that Nick. Glad to see you're on the mend.

Thanks chaps

Loads of educational content for Nick to stuff his brain with and regurgitate here in future

If I want a screenful of educational content, I can just read General

[sasguru]

Sorry to hear that Nick. Glad to see you're on the mend.

[d000hg]

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.

There's a difference between "DayTime TV" and watching TV during the day, if you've got extra channels. Loads of educational content for Nick to stuff his brain with and regurgitate here in future

[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.

[Gonzo]

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

[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:

[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.

[administrator]

Christ on a bike!

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

[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

[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

[SupremeSpod]

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

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaBQTPf57fU

[TimberWolf]

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