In a message dated 10/23/2002 2:01:56 AM Mountain Standard Time, NJ-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Without help, the person whose heart stops beating > properly and who begins to feel faint, has only about > 10 seconds left before losing consciousness. > However, > these victims can help themselves by coughing > repeatedly and very vigorously. So-called "cough CPR" is fairly controversial, but it sure can't hurt! When I took my critical-care course, some eleven years ago, our instructor was telling all of us potential CCU/ICU nurses that if we saw a patient go into a lethal rhythm on the monitor and he hadn't yet lost consciousness, we should yell at him to cough and coach him through until he lost consciousness (in the meantime, calling a code, since CPR of any kind won't stop the lethal rhythm -- it only maintains circulation until a shock can be delivered that breaks the rhythm and restores a normal beat). Doris in Colorado (Up2Nutrix@aol.com) "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." -- Jim Elliot, missionary and martyr

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Hi All........Happy Hump Day (Wednesday), I want a dog.........I grew up with a dog in the house all the time. We've had cats for the past 20 years and right now we have no pets. My daughter got a beautiful golden lab (Marlee) that I just love but is too big for our house. My daughters girlfriend as a Rottweiler and I fell in love with him (Bailey) but that kind is too big too. Bailey weighs 190 lbs and has a head 4 times the size of Marlee's. He is the most gentle dog ever for his size, she leaves her friends infant baby on the floor with him and he has his own single bed LOLOLOLOL. I've been checking out Pet Shops and a few breeders but can't make up my mind. My sons dog is a Shih Zu and she just had 5 puppies but they are a bit "ratty" to me. Don't get me wrong I could love one and they don't shed, that's a plus. I'm just curious what you would recommend. I haven't gone to the local SPCA yet. ellen

In a message dated 10/23/2002 11:23:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Tacy413408@aol.com writes: > I did not know this was a hoax, as I have read about it in the newspaper or > a > magazine. It has been awhile back and I can't recall where I read it. I > know it wasn't on the computer. > Pat: That was the reason I sent it. I know I had seen or read it! Ann

Ann and Bubba, I did not know this was a hoax, as I have read about it in the newspaper or a magazine. It has been awhile back and I can't recall where I read it. I know it wasn't on the computer. Pat

In a message dated 10/22/2002 11:29:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, AnnWicki writes: > > FRIENDS: > HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK ALONE > Everyone on the list. I apologize for the above article. It has been pointed out to me that this is partially a hoax. Please read the following: <A HREF="http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blcpr.htm">Can coughing save your life during a heart attack? - Self-CPR Email</A> It is on Urbans and Legends and Folklore http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blcpr.htm Ann

In a message dated 10/18/02 12:01:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, greenflash60@pocketmail.com writes: > WAFFLE HOUSE..DIESEL...I BET YOU KNOW THE PLACE. Lee, Is that the one in North Ft. Myers. Diesel

In a message dated 10/22/02 10:31:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Up2Nutrix@aol.com writes: > Are we talking blood-sugar levels? Normal blood sugar is 80 - 120 (I think > that's milligrams per deciliter). Our hospital uses 80 - 115; a bit more > conservative. Anything that persists over 130 indicates that a person is > diabetic. If a diabetic is maintaining his sugar at 180 to 220, he's asking > > for a peck of trouble -- kidney failure, blindness, nerve problems, > infections, etc. > > Doris in Colorado Doris, and all, Many thanks. My sugar is within the 80-130 when I take in the morning before eating. But two hours after eating dinner, it is around 180-190. Is this normal? Diesel

Folks, This is a hoax. Neither the American Heart Association, nor the American Red Cross endorse this method. Here's the link to the story: http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blcpr.htm There really are some sick individuals out there who would make up something like this. I hate it when scumbags like this take advantage of well-meaning people out there, and try to promulgate this type of garbage over the internet. Ann, thanks for well-intended message. Your heart was in the right place - no pun intended. The article appeared genuine enough, but nowadays, one can't be too sure. How sad. ....stepping down from soap box...... Bubba ----- Original Message ----- From: <AnnWicki@aol.com> To: <NJ-MEMORIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 11:29 PM Subject: [NJ-Memories] How to Survive a Heart Attack Alone > > > FRIENDS: > HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK ALONE > > > If everyone who gets this sends it to 10 people, you > can bet that we'll save at least one life. > > Let's say it's 6:15 p.m. and you're driving home > (alone of course), after an unusually hard day on the > job. You're really tired, upset and frustrated. > Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your > chest that starts to radiate out into your arm and up > into your jaw. You are only about five miles from the > hospital nearest your home; unfortunately you don't > know if you'll be able to make it that far. What can > you do? You've been trained in CPR but the guy that > taught the course neglected to tell you how to perform > it on yourself. Since many people are alone when they > suffer a heart attack, this article seemed to be in > order. > > Without help, the person whose heart stops beating > properly and who begins to feel faint, has only about > 10 seconds left before losing consciousness. > However, > these victims can help themselves by coughing > repeatedly and very vigorously. A deep breath should > be taken before each cough. The cough must be deep and > prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside > the chest. And a cough must be repeated about every > 2 seconds without let up until help arrives, or until > the heart is felt to be beating normally again. > > Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing > movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood > circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also > helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart > attack victims can get to a hospital. Tell as many > other people as possible about this, it could save > their lives! From Health Cares, Rochester General > Hospital via Chapter 240s newsletter AND THE BEAT GOES > ON ... (reprint from The Mended Hearts, Inc. > publication, Heart Response) > > BE A FRIEND AND PLEASE SEND THIS ARTICLE TO AS MANY > FRIENDS AS POSSIBLE > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

FRIENDS: HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK ALONE If everyone who gets this sends it to 10 people, you can bet that we'll save at least one life. Let's say it's 6:15 p.m. and you're driving home (alone of course), after an unusually hard day on the job. You're really tired, upset and frustrated. Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to radiate out into your arm and up into your jaw. You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest your home; unfortunately you don't know if you'll be able to make it that far. What can you do? You've been trained in CPR but the guy that taught the course neglected to tell you how to perform it on yourself. Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, this article seemed to be in order. Without help, the person whose heart stops beating properly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness. However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough. The cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest. And a cough must be repeated about every 2 seconds without let up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again. Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital. Tell as many other people as possible about this, it could save their lives! From Health Cares, Rochester General Hospital via Chapter 240s newsletter AND THE BEAT GOES ON ... (reprint from The Mended Hearts, Inc. publication, Heart Response) BE A FRIEND AND PLEASE SEND THIS ARTICLE TO AS MANY FRIENDS AS POSSIBLE

In a message dated 10/22/2002 2:02:07 AM Mountain Standard Time, NJ-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > I have a low blood sugar problem. Sometimes it gets down to 40. It runs > in my family. However, the low blood sugar in my family always seems to > turn to high. > That's not uncommon. People who have certain types of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) are at higher risk for Type II diabetes in later life. The problem in both cases is glucose intolerance. While we all need to watch our weight, anyone who has either chronic hypoglycemia or family members with Type II diabetes need to be especially careful. So do women who have had gestational diabetes during pregnancy. Doris in Colorado (Up2Nutrix@aol.com) "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." -- Jim Elliot, missionary and martyr

In a message dated 10/22/2002 2:02:07 AM Mountain Standard Time, NJ-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Normally you will not go into a diabetic coma until you reach the > high 100's like 400 - 500 an up. Our hospital's policy is to call any blood glucose level of either 425 or 450 and up (I can't remember which figure iat was) as a critically high number that requires alerting the patient's nurse and doctor immediately so that corrective measures can be taken. Robin, your grandma was in a real "catch-22" situation! That 300 reading may have been what she was accustomed to, and she might have become symptomatic if it dropped significantly lower than that; but you can bet your britches that the high level was causing sugar deposits to build up in her retinas, her kidneys and her blood vessels. It might have been that the doctor was trying to get it down too fast. With the number of Type II diabetics in this country increasing exponentially, the docs have plenty of material to work with; and they've found out that even maintenance levels of 150 are high enough to cause damage. Dave, your new figures are right on, and so is all the rest of the material you've put in. Great teaching -- we should have you at our hospital! :-} Doris in Colorado (Up2Nutrix@aol.com) "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." -- Jim Elliot, missionary and martyr

In a message dated 10/22/2002 2:02:07 AM Mountain Standard Time, NJ-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > We love our boxer and the ones that have passed on. They fit right in with > allergies and all. We laugh that they choose us and not the other way > around. We still laugh about how some of them have chosen us. > My aunt and uncle (Beatty side, Pat!) who lived in North Carolina had boxers for several years. They were great dogs -- but when your face has been licked by a boxer, you know that you've been licked, but good! :-} The only dog that ever did a better job, as I can recall, was our son's friend's Rottweiler. I swear, that dog's tongue must have been four inches wide, and it felt wider! Incidentally, that Rottie was a male, fully equipped, and he actually kowtowed to our Lucky when we were visiting. And that was on the Rottie's home territory! Our daughter and son-in-law in Idaho have back-door neighbors who own a beautiful husky and leave him in the back yard and ignore him all day. That dog just loves people, and he comes to the fence separating their yards so that Sue and Scott can pat him and give him some attention. They'd love to own him themselves, but they have five cats already. Doris in Colorado (Up2Nutrix@aol.com) "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." -- Jim Elliot, missionary and martyr

In a message dated 10/22/2002 2:02:07 AM Mountain Standard Time, NJ-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > 200 seems to be the magic number for most adults. 180 to 220 is in a range > that's good. Are we talking blood-sugar levels? Normal blood sugar is 80 - 120 (I think that's milligrams per deciliter). Our hospital uses 80 - 115; a bit more conservative. Anything that persists over 130 indicates that a person is diabetic. If a diabetic is maintaining his sugar at 180 to 220, he's asking for a peck of trouble -- kidney failure, blindness, nerve problems, infections, etc. Doris in Colorado (Up2Nutrix@aol.com) "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." -- Jim Elliot, missionary and martyr

In a message dated 10/22/2002 2:02:07 AM Mountain Standard Time, NJ-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > I just love dogs, like em better than most people I know. > I love dogs, too -- but I love people more! Right now we have a ten-year-old mixed-breed dog named Lucky; I call him either a Duke of Lancaster Sheepdog or a BHM (Big Hairy Mutt). That dog weighs between 55 and 60 pounds, and I'd swear that 40 of those pounds are doghair. The mix appears to be collie, German shepherd, husky and something that had floppy ears. People in California used to take him for a purebred (don't ask me what kind of purebred; that's why I made up the "Duke of Lancaster Sheepdog" name). I have loads of wonderful memories attached to Lucky; but if he were to die tomorrow, I'd get another dog pretty quickly. Walking the dog is the best exercise that I get -- Lucky gets an hour's walk every day, and I wouldn't want to lose that. Recently I picked up a couple of paperback books at our local PetSmart; one was called "Dogs Are Better Than Cats," and the other was "Cats Are Better Than Dogs." Both are by the same author/cartoonist. And they're both hysterical; they hit right on the oddities of each kind of pet. Doris in Colorado (Up2Nutrix@aol.com) "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." -- Jim Elliot, missionary and martyr

In a message dated 10/22/2002 2:02:07 AM Mountain Standard Time, NJ-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > AW-W-W-W Doris I am game, but it would only get to my stomach then > lookout here she comes. Standback. > But how would your stomach know if you didn't tell it? Doris in Colorado (Up2Nutrix@aol.com) "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." -- Jim Elliot, missionary and martyr

In a message dated 10/22/02 9:34:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time, robinpaulstinson@mybluelight.com writes: > Hi, > Does anyone know how the leaves are around the Hacketstown, NJ area. > My mom wants to go up for a visit. > > Robin > Robin, Hacketstown is about even with us here in Pa. and about ten miles north of Rt78 in Jersey. I travel on Rt78, and get off at the exit for Rt31 for Trenton three times a week. I would say they should be at their best in about another week. Not that their not nice now, but I would say, only half way turned. I just hope we don't get any storm's for a while, and the leaves fall on their own. Diesel

Hi, Does anyone know how the leaves are around the Hacketstown, NJ area. My mom wants to go up for a visit. Robin

Robin, I had low blood sugar for years and now am diabetic so it did follow in my case. Dot ooo---This Email Scanned for Virus---ooo by ooo--- Norton Anti-Virus---ooo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robin M. Stinson" <robinpaulstinson@mybluelight.com> To: <NJ-MEMORIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 10:18 PM Subject: Re: [NJ-Memories] Blood Sugar Levels > Hi again, > I have a low blood sugar problem. Sometimes it gets down to 40. It runs in my family. However, the low blood sugar in my family always seems to turn to high. > I hope I did not hurt your feelings. I did not mean to offend you. > > Robin > ----- Original Message ----- > From: DMS59Dart@aol.com > To: robinpaulstinson@mybluelight.com ; NJ-MEMORIES-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 10:10 PM > Subject: Re: [NJ-Memories] Blood Sugar Levels > > > You are right, I am wrong and don't know why I put in 200 as the number. The number is 100 and not 200. Anything between 80 and 120 is concidered normal for most adults. Below 80 and you risk insulin shock, but the rest is correct. Normally you will not go into a diabetic coma until you reach the high 100's like 400 - 500 an up. However, if your elevations are above 120 as a normal level, you should seek guidance. Usually diet will help. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Hi again, I have a low blood sugar problem. Sometimes it gets down to 40. It runs in my family. However, the low blood sugar in my family always seems to turn to high. I hope I did not hurt your feelings. I did not mean to offend you. Robin ----- Original Message ----- From: DMS59Dart@aol.com To: robinpaulstinson@mybluelight.com ; NJ-MEMORIES-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 10:10 PM Subject: Re: [NJ-Memories] Blood Sugar Levels You are right, I am wrong and don't know why I put in 200 as the number. The number is 100 and not 200. Anything between 80 and 120 is concidered normal for most adults. Below 80 and you risk insulin shock, but the rest is correct. Normally you will not go into a diabetic coma until you reach the high 100's like 400 - 500 an up. However, if your elevations are above 120 as a normal level, you should seek guidance. Usually diet will help.