tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post5643025288780373471..comments2024-01-12T06:12:35.838-05:00Comments on StorytellERdoc: The First TimeStorytellERdochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371229500424449124noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-26004315357995355212010-02-18T06:54:59.947-05:002010-02-18T06:54:59.947-05:00Sounds all too familiar. A friend, fit as a fiddle...Sounds all too familiar. A friend, fit as a fiddle one would have thought, complained of chest pain. <br /><br />No matter how much prompting to get him to go to hospital, he continued to work. He put it down to something he ate - that sounds all too familiar as well. <br /><br />Later I found out he had suffered a heart attack. He's on top of the world now that he's had a few stents put in. <br /><br />Funny thing is, he was passed fit after a echo stress test just weeks before. <br /><br />Just can't tell when the poo's going to hit the fan, can we?<br /><br />Take Care,<br />PeterPeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12097919387041286154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-90417816506411106832010-02-10T13:02:06.598-05:002010-02-10T13:02:06.598-05:00great story, I have seen this before countless tim...great story, I have seen this before countless times. I believe that it was her first encounter with Cocaine. The cath would tell the tale.<br /><br />People dont realize just what how damaging their <br />recreational drugs can be... Cocaine is a rich persons drug, and it doesnt discriminate. <br />I Had a 20 yr old college football player have a Cocaine MI once, we lost him.... how do you tell the parents that your straight A college athlete just lost his life due to something that he chose to put into his body? I am glad I wasnt the bearer of that news.Tonjiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00355425625416597121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-69057354787194768232010-02-09T23:39:00.304-05:002010-02-09T23:39:00.304-05:00Excellent story again. You know may be she was tel...Excellent story again. You know may be she was telling the truth, and lets hope that was her first and the last. May be someone is looking after her and her children, to give scare her a bit. Thanks for sharing your story. Anna :)myonlyphotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07324578791902437827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-59655450458350141282010-02-09T13:27:50.869-05:002010-02-09T13:27:50.869-05:00Hey Storyteller,
First of all: thank you so much ...Hey Storyteller,<br /><br />First of all: thank you so much for having dropped by blog and left such an excellent comment there :D! I hope to see more of you there: you are very welcome at MAX.<br /><br />Now, your post: fantastic writing! Superb account of events! <br />I admit that I wondered if this experience had ever been her first cocaine trip as well. People fool others, so we never know. But what concerned me was the alcohol breath on her husband's being; I mean: what about the children? What kind of life are they leading? *nodding*...those were my worries, cause what adults choose to do, it is up to them; but when children are involved, then it is a whole different matter.<br /><br />Excellent post, and I will be back for more!<br /><br />CheersMax Coutinhohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588149349270422294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-45689962508722361402010-02-09T00:03:23.265-05:002010-02-09T00:03:23.265-05:00You don't miss what you never had.
If you d...You don't miss what you never had. <br /><br /> If you don't cross that "first time" line there won't be a second.<br /><br />I'm glad she was alright and hopefully ... the realization she might not be around for her children and husband scared her silly... permanently.SeaSprayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07906503090688697222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-24731823623375709682010-02-08T23:42:43.090-05:002010-02-08T23:42:43.090-05:00beta blockers are contraindicated in patients on c...beta blockers are contraindicated in patients on cocaine! I just feel special to share my pharmacy knowledge...with someone who already knows it lol.<br /><br />I have to ask, how hard is it to not pass judgement? I feel like the toughest part of a job like yours would be to bite my tongue and not tell someone how stupid and selfish they are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-73762549514411516292010-02-08T22:27:24.644-05:002010-02-08T22:27:24.644-05:00An excellent reminder about the weight of one deci...An excellent reminder about the weight of one decision and the potentially serious repercussions.<br /><>< KatieKatie Axelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09361471654719262744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-75533282394943493722010-02-08T20:14:13.717-05:002010-02-08T20:14:13.717-05:00I doubt it was her "first" time using. O...I doubt it was her "first" time using. Once a crack-cocaine addict, always a crack-cocaine addict. After her recovery she'll want more. <br /><br />I have been wondering lately what will cause me to need medical attention. It's kind of like thinking about how you will die etc. After a recent positive health check-up with my GP, I sort of feel like a medical emergency is not in the near future, and so how would I ever need medical attention in the next 20-40 years, besides giving birth if I am lucky? Humans are pretty resilient and on-average, life is pretty safe. It is the choices that we make in the day-to-day that determine where we will end up at night I guess. <br /><br />The risk of getting run over by cars or trucks or busses in Toronto lately is quite scary, and I also hear that falls are the cause for many emergency visits. Bystander gun violence has gone down in Toronto, but there is a 1:1000 chance. Botulism and food poisoning is always on my radar, but it is hard to feel in-control of this one.<br /><br />My last visit to the ER was two years ago. I stuck it out overnight because I didn't want to go to the ER at 8pm. I filled up a stainless steel water bottle after an evening class to take home on the streetcar during the hot month of July. As I approached the elevator with my sandals on, I dropped the heavy and full water bottle on my great left toe, and it split the nailbed, cracking the nail. The next day I had to have 3/4 of my nail removed and seven stitches. That evening I planned to go to med school #1 for an information session, and someone stepped on my bandaged toe (OUUCHHH!). The Dr. was so kind to give me the suture kit with scissors in-case I needed it (um, sure). The following week when I had to get my stitches taken out, the nurse left two in, and it still hurt like something was pulling when I got home, and I had a closer look, only to find that the scissors would come in-handy as I had to remove the remaining two sutures myself. Thankfully there was no infection and I treated it with the good old American Polysporin. The lady next to me in the waiting room was in for her second corneal tear, which I hear is probably the worst pain ever, so I felt a little bit better. Bandages were so expensive- I paid about $80 for two weeks of bandages. No one tells you this before getting an injury~!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-42799354239963940602010-02-08T18:55:18.037-05:002010-02-08T18:55:18.037-05:00Very nicely written. I'm with you, sure hope ...Very nicely written. I'm with you, sure hope things turn out well for the family.rlbateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236331355857884458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-41067420194951832312010-02-08T16:29:34.135-05:002010-02-08T16:29:34.135-05:00Heather, seriously?! That's insane.Heather, seriously?! That's insane.coulrophobic agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13529243280844103232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-76773854381955498142010-02-08T15:59:47.821-05:002010-02-08T15:59:47.821-05:00Funny...our son is adopted. He was born with enoug...Funny...our son is adopted. He was born with enough cocaine in him to kill a small country--his mother stating: "I've never touched cocaine...how'd that get in there!" <br /><br />ugh. <br /><br />:) Voting away!The Hopeful Elephanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00004038685351656184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-4327924620310333372010-02-08T13:03:45.871-05:002010-02-08T13:03:45.871-05:00Here's hoping that she never touches the stuff...Here's hoping that she never touches the stuff again and whatever issues that led her to use cocaine in the first place get resolved quickly for the kids' sake.Mahahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04860979377398925052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-65251347505867799542010-02-08T12:58:31.603-05:002010-02-08T12:58:31.603-05:00Scary stuff! I'm hoping right along with you.Scary stuff! I'm hoping right along with you.terri chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09398808840234914275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-91771503911565860972010-02-08T12:16:45.779-05:002010-02-08T12:16:45.779-05:00The classic "can't happen to me" syn...The classic "can't happen to me" syndrome. At least she had the sense to wonder what the hell she'd been thinking. <br /><br />Sometimes I think I was the only person listening to those anti-drug speeches in junior high health class. It just takes the one time to mess you up or kill you. FFS, I understood that at ten years old. <br /><br />I hope she never felt the need to try anything else for the first time after that.coulrophobic agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13529243280844103232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-2402898738622955122010-02-08T07:15:32.089-05:002010-02-08T07:15:32.089-05:00Makes a very good anti-drugs advert. I doubt she&#...Makes a very good anti-drugs advert. I doubt she'll be telling many people about her experience but at least you are.WrightStuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16684505907887354154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558528804236989500.post-61415402261327555062010-02-08T07:08:55.776-05:002010-02-08T07:08:55.776-05:00Great post. She was very lucky.Great post. She was very lucky.Chrysalis https://www.blogger.com/profile/00757696627388704079noreply@blogger.com