Death rate is highest on Christmas Day

[shereads]

Not for the reasons you'd think (murders during family reunions) but because people ignore chest pains and other early warnings.

Please keep that in mind before promising to see a doctor right after the holidays.

This means you men. There isn't a wife or girlfriend out there who hasn't heard one of you announce, in sequence: (a) you're having chest pains or some other scary symptom and (b) you're not going to call a doctor or go to the emergency room.

Sometimes one of you will add an explanation like, "There's nothing a doctor can do."



Christmas Day is #1 for heart attacks. Dec. 26 comes in 2nd by a nose. January 1 was a strong favorite, but never runs well when track conditions are poor.

 

[Guest]

 

[cantdog]

Drama

I read you, shereads. But there really is a certain ickiness to getting in the medical care system on Christmas. Whatever happens is always so tragic on Christmas.

Every last patient is accompanied by drama. "Oh, and on Christmas Day, too!" Just dripping with high tragedy. I would avoid it if I could. Still, a heart attack is a heart attack, and will wait for no man.

cantdog

ps reattching severed limbs ought to be attended to promptly, as well, fyi

c

 

[rgraham666]

You'll probably find that the suicide rate is ridiculously high on Christmas as well.

 

[Guest]

Mince pie, anyone?

 

[she_is_my_addiction]

What's with Brits and mince pie?

 

[Guest]

What's with Brits and mince pie?

I dunno, a fetish maybe? But I just made a batch.

Anyway, back to heart attacks... oh joy.

 

[cheerful_deviant]

Anyway, back to heart attacks... oh joy.

Yeah, isn't this a cheery holiday thread.

 

[shereads]

Re: Drama

I read you, shereads. But there really is a certain ickiness to getting in the medical care system on Christmas. Whatever happens is always so tragic on Christmas.

They'll thank you for sparing them the trauma of a hospital visit on Christmas Day. Unless you die on Dec. 26, when they're already faced with having to take the tree down.

 

[shereads]

You'll probably find that the suicide rate is ridiculously high on Christmas as well.

Yes, but that's easily explained by the song, "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas."

 

[minsue]

Yeah, isn't this a cheery holiday thread.

Not cheery, true, but a good reminder.

 

[shereads]

Not cheery, true, but a good reminder.

I gave them a smiley face, min. What more do they want? The dancing banana?

 

[minsue]

I gave them a smiley face, min. What more do they want? The dancing banana?

I'm not sure that's called for. Where'd Joe's rules go again?

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Christmas Day is #1 for heart attacks. Dec. 26 comes in 2nd by a nose. January 1 was a strong favorite, but never runs well when track conditions are poor.

It's the emotional overload of getting argyle socks that does it. Argyle socks are almost as lethal as ties with golfers on them.

--dr.M.

 

[minsue]

Re: Re: Death rate is highest on Christmas Day

It's the emotional overload of getting argyle socks that does it. Argyle socks are almost as lethal as ties with golfers on them.

--dr.M.

As a public service (and not at all because I adore argyle socks, nope, that's not it at all) I volunteer to take all the argyle off everyone's hands. Just ship 'em my way. Do it for your health!

 

[shereads]

Re: Re: Death rate is highest on Christmas Day

It's the emotional overload of getting argyle socks that does it. Argyle socks are almost as lethal as ties with golfers on them.

--dr.M.

Well thank you for the timely gift-giving advice, Doctor. What else do you suggest for a golf-obsessed Republican brother-in-law?

 

[Guest]

I gave them a smiley face, min. What more do they want? The dancing banana?

Yes, or, at the very least, a rose.

 

[minsue]

Yes, or, at the very least, a rose.

The banana collided with the rose and, well, this is what was left

http://www.gifs.net/animate/dancingrosered.gif

 

[TheEarl]

This means you men. There isn't a wife or girlfriend out there who hasn't heard one of you announce, in sequence: (a) you're having chest pains or some other scary symptom and (b) you're not going to call a doctor or go to the emergency room.

Sometimes one of you will add an explanation like, "There's nothing a doctor can do."

I'm afraid I hate doctors and hospitals at the best of times, let alone on Christmas day. If there's any possibility of me avoiding medical professionals, I will. Unless the aforementioned severed limb comes up, I won't be calling anyone out on Christmas Day.

The Earl

 

[Guest]

Earl, I think rugby studs needn't worry on Christmas or Boxing days, especially if they're only 20 .

Pear

 

[scheherazade_79]

I'm not surprised. At Christmas people eat too much, drink too much, argue too much and spend most of their time sitting on their arses watching television. If that isn't a recipe for a heart-attack, I don't know what is.

 

[rgraham666]

Re: Re: Re: Death rate is highest on Christmas Day

Well thank you for the timely gift-giving advice, Doctor. What else do you suggest for a golf-obsessed Republican brother-in-law?

A lead enema comes to mind. Unless you like him. In which case a tie with a golfer on it seems an appropriate… reward.

 

[Lucifer_Carroll]

I think this thread needs an off-topic.

I've had lunch with the guy who released that finding: Dr. Phillip. It's not as morbid as it seems. It's just the buildup of people delaying neccessary health care, the overall stress of the holiday buildup, and a few other factors.


But yes, a to the fallen on what's supposed to be a good day.

 

[cantdog]

Once there are no kids in the picture, there's not much to the day, in my view. Lotta relatives. My infarction, for shereads' sake. That's about it.

 

[carsonshepherd]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Death rate is highest on Christmas Day

A lead enema comes to mind. Unless you like him. In which case a tie with a golfer on it seems an appropriate… reward.

That was brilliant.

We spent last Christmas Eve in the animal emergency clinic. Our dog was fine, but it was so depressing, because a lot of other peoples' dogs were not.

Not that this has anything to do with heart attacks. Just rambling.