[wumbernang]

Comedy timing for me.

My father was taken into hospital 4 hours ago after collapsing and turns out he's got a brain bleed. They stuck him in a CT straight away and are now doing a lumbar puncture to see if there is any blood in the spinal fluid. They don't know what has precisely happened but they suspect an aneurysm that went undetected. The mortality rate of this event is 50% in 30 days. He's had a long history of hypertension and a couple of surgeries to clean out arteries in his neck.

Not sure why I'm sitting here on HN but it was taking my mind off things. Fail :(

Anyway, moral of the story: Don't smoke and dint eat piles of shit; it'll get you one day.

Edit: Ordered the book as well now like an idiot. Scary tale when you're close to it but I find comfort in knowing things rather than ignorance.

Thanks for posting this.

[plq]

God, so sorry to hear that. There's no "Fail :(" here, please don't think like that. You're just trying to cope with this stuff. It's the most humane thing to do, and you know what, you need to stay strong for your family and for that your mind needs such breaks from time to time.

[wumbernang]

Thanks for the uplift; appreciated.

[mrbill]

May your dad have as good an aftermath as my friend has.

[wumbernang]

Indeed. Thanks for the kind words.

Glad your friend got through it. Terribly traumatic but a good outcome looking at your other post. Happy to know someone who got through it against the odds.

[ars]

How is he?

[wumbernang]

Transferred to another hospital overnight (this time a competent one). CT again. Found a small bleed and are currently waiting for a surgical opinion. He's in a shitty mood unsurprisingly!

[marincounty]

"Anyway, moral of the story: Don't smoke and dint eat piles of shit; it'll get you one day."

I'll add this warning as a former chiropractic student. I sat in back of a perfectly healthy 20 something classmate in Chiropractic school. He was getting weekly Ghonstead Rotaries(basically twisting the Atlas, and Axis, and probally a few cervical vertebrae?). Well on Sunday, he was biking with his beautiful wife, and father in-law. He suddenly stopped peddling, and had a major stroke, and died on the spot. Even through Chiorpractic claims to have a low rate of vessel tears; I honestly think the adjustments caused his death?

Sharon Stone was undergoing weekly Chiropractic adjustments. The Chiropractor was trying to cure the elusive Subluxation. She had a bilateral stroke late one night.(I have no idea what Chiropractic adjustments she was getting--there's literally over 50 different techniques.) A famous vascular surgeon just happened to be giving a talk in San Francisco. The hospital contacted him and he repaired both vessels. She is so lucky to be alive today.

Be wary of any Chiropractor who snaps your neck.

(I dropped out of Chiropractic school because I realized the subluxation is so rare, only a few have been documented, and they are always due to blunt force trama, like horrendous automobile accidents, and the like. I could only find two verified medical subluxations when I did my own research in the 90's.)

I used to snap my own neck when I was in school. It was a nervous habit. I'd turn my neck, hear the C02 pop, and feel better--for a few minutes; I thought? I stopped the nasty habit years ago. I haven't carried any tension in my neck for the last few decades.

I hope your father is feeling better.

[wumbernang]

Interesting - thanks for posting.

He's waiting for a surgeon to have a meeting about him now. Not sure what the state of things is TBH.