Were you ever close to death if you would like to share the story
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Yes and no, not in detail.
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Yes…I OD’d on 50,000 mg of acetaminophen. They flew me on a medevac jet to Seattle from the Alaskan Interior and I was in the ICU for 2 weeks as my liver failed, they thought I’d need a transplant. I recovered with treatment, which is good, cuz they told me in Seattle that they wouldn’t have given me a transplant since it was a suicide attempt. I was VERY lucky to survive, and I haven’t had an attempt since then. I also never use Tylenol.
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Yeah, the school had a pool party I went to the deep side of the pool I don’t even remember how. I can’t swim, I could have drowned, one of my classmates ended up saving me though.
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I got a 12-inch scar on my neck 2mm from the main artery and I was stabbed in the back, didn’t die…long story but lived to tell the tale
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Was shot at by a machine gun, a tracer round missed my head by inches.
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Yes. Now.
I have issues that have made me a stroke and heart attack risk. I could have either at any time. Yay!
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Welcome to the club. Fun, isn’t it? I stopped driving a school bus out of fear of getting hit while behind the wheel. If I go, I go. Would prefer not to take a bunch of kids with me.
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I have high blood pressure and high cholesterol , a risk of stroke and heart attack
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Yes… very close to death
In my 20s I had appendicitis but didn’t know until my appendix burst.
I had to have emergency surgery
The doctors said that I was very close to having sepsis and dying.
I was very lucky
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I am in active stroke risk phase. I had a TIA 2 weeks ago (mini stroke). A week later heart palpitations and chest pressure.
I literally can have either any time. It isn’t a “could one day” from high blood pressure and cholesterol.
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I have cardiomyopathy and when I was at my worst my heart was working at 14% I’m doing a lot better I got cardiomyopathy at 22 years old
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I hit a concrete culvert and flipped a convertible. This was in the mid eighties. Didn’t even have seatbelts installed in the vehicle.
I always have one now.
Escaped with a concussion and a broken jaw.
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sorry to hear that
They say some meds cause a metabolical syndrome in some people
I need my meds imo
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On blood thinners now, I presume?
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Aspirin. If it doesn’t help, we move to shots.
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That happened to me when I was 18, I still have the scar from the surgery. I forget about the fact that it was a life or death situation.
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Um, whut? That’s like throwing a pebble into a pothole to fill it.
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I guess they try that first.
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Yes. I had cancer when I was in my teens. It was rather advanced when they found it (lymphoma) but I survived. Four surgeries, 9 months of chemo 6 weeks of daily radiation. Super fun. It was weird – I had been suicidal before that, and I had to humor everyone and make like I was determined to survive.
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