"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
. ..
> On 26/11/2010 12:37 AM, Mark Thorson wrote:
>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>> Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends south of the border. Hope its a
>>> good one.
>>
>> I ended up being taken from the restaurant
>> to the hospital. I almost blacked out.
>> The doctor thinks I was just dehydrated.
>> But the paramedic in the ambulance I think
>> got it right. He said the vagus nerve can
>> get squeezed and cause my symptoms, including
>> low blood pressure and profuse sweating.
>> I had overeaten, which is something I only do
>> once a year. I think that was the direct
>> cause, but I was also dehydrated.
>
>
> Sorry to hear that. That is a bad way to end a pleasant holiday feast/
>
>> This is probably going to cost me a fortune,
>> even with my crappy health insurance.
>
>
>
> Adding insult to injury. I spent a week in the hospital this month. I went
> in for an angiogram and ended up having to have emergency bypass surgery.
> I spent 4 days in cardiac ICU with my own personal nurses, then three days
> in the cardiac rehab ward. I have coverage for semiprivate, but there was
> no semi private room available. My total bill........ Zero.

In spite of all the critics of our Ontario health coverage, it's saved
many people from financial ruin, lost retirement savings, homes etc. I, for
one am grateful.....Sharon in Ontario Canada