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Κορίτσια Προσοχή!!!

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Did you know that women rarely have the same dramatic symptoms that men have when experiencing heart attack?

… you know, the sudden stabbing pain in the chest, the cold sweat, grabbing the chest & dropping to the floor that we see in the movies. Here is the story of one woman’s experience with a heart attack.

‘I had a heart attack at about 10:30 PM with NO prior exertion, NO

prior emotional trauma that one would suspect might’ve brought it on. I was

sitting all snug & warm on a cold evening, with my purring cat in my lap,

reading an interesting story my friend had sent me and actually thinking,

‘A-A-h, this is the life, all cozy and warm in my soft, cushy Lazy Boy with

my feet propped up. A moment later, I felt that awful sensation of

indigestion,when you’ve been in a hurry and grabbed a bite of sandwich and

washed it down with a dash of water, and that hurried bite seems to feel

like you’ve swallowed a golf ball going down the esophagus in slow motion

and it is most uncomfortable. You realize you shouldn’t have gulped it down

so fast and needed to chew it more thoroughly and this time drink a glass of

water to hasten its progress down to the stomach. This was my initial

sensation—the only trouble was that I hadn’t taken a bite of anything

since about 5:00 p.m. After it seemed to subside, the next sensation was

likelittle squeezing motions that seemed to be racing up my SPINE

(hind-sight, it was probably my aorta spasming), gaining speed as they

continued racing up and under my sternum (breast bone, where one presses

rhythmically when administering CPR). This fascinating process continued on

into my throat and branched out into both jaws.’ AHA!! NOW I stopped

puzzling about what was happening — we all have read and/or heard about pain

in the jaws being one of the signals of an MI happening, haven’t we? I said

aloud to myself and the cat,Dear God, I think I’m having a heart attack! I

lowered the footrest dumping the cat from my lap, started to take a step and

fell on the floor instead. I thought to myself, If this is a heart attack, I

shouldn’t be walking into the next room where the phone is or anywhere else

… but, on the other hand, if I don’t, nobody will know that I need help,

and if I wait any longer I may not be able to get up in moment. I pulled

myself up with the arms of the chair, walked slowly into the next room and

dialed the Paramedics … I told her I thought I was having a heart attack

due to the pressure building under the sternum and radiating into my jaws. I

didn’t feel hysterical or afraid, just stating the facts. She said she was

sending the Paramedics over immediately, asked if the front door was near to

me, and if so, to unbolt the door and then lie down on the floor where they

could see me when they came in. I unlocked the door and then laid down on the

floor as instructed and lost consciousness, as I don’t remember the medics

coming in, their examination, lifting me onto a gurney or getting me into

their ambulance, or hearing the call they made to St.Jude ER on the way, but

I did briefly awaken when we arrived and saw that the Cardiologist was

already there in his surgical blues and cap, helping the medics pull my

stretcher out of the ambulance. He was bending over me asking questions

(probably something like ‘Have you taken any medications?’) but I couldn’t

makemy mind interpret what he was saying, or form an answer,and nodded off

again, not waking up until the Cardiologist and partner had already threaded

the teeny angiogram balloon up my femoral artery into the aorta and into my

heart where they installed 2 side by side stents to hold open my right

coronary artery. ‘I know it sounds like all my thinking and actions at home

must have taken at least 20-30 minutes before calling the Paramedics, but

actually it took perhaps 4-5 minutes before the call, and both the fire

station and St. Jude are only minutes away from my home, and my Cardiologist

was already to go to the OR in his scrubs and get going on restarting my

heart (which had stopped somewhere between my arrival and the procedure) and

installing the stents.

‘Why have I written all of this to you with so much

detail? Because I want all of you who are so important in my life to know

what I learned first hand.’

1. Be aware that something very different is happening in your body not the usual men’s symptoms but inexplicable things happening (until my sternum and jaws got into the act). It is said that many more women than men die of their first (and last) MI because they didn’t know they were having one and commonly mistake it as indigestion, take some Maalox or other anti-heartburn preparation and go to bed, hoping they’ll feel better in the morning when they wake up … which doesn’t happen. My female friends, your symptoms might not be exactly like mine, so I advise you to call the Paramedics if ANYTHING is unpleasantly happening that you’ve not felt before. It is better to have a ‘false alarm’ visitation than to risk your life guessing what it might be!

2. Note that I said ‘Call the Paramedics.’ And if you can take an aspirin. Ladies, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE! Do NOT try to drive yourself to the ER – you are a hazard to others on the road. Do NOT have your panicked husband who will be where you live and if it’s at night you won’t reach him anyway, and if it’s daytime, his assistants (or answering service) will tell you to call the Paramedics. He doesn’t carry the equipment in his car that you need to be saved! The Paramedics do, principally OXYGEN that you need ASAP. Your Dr. will be notified later.

3. Don’t assume it couldn’t be a heart attack because you have a normal cholesterol count. Research has discovered that cholesterol elevated reading is rarely the cause of an MI (unless it’s unbelievably high and/or accompanied by high blood pressure). MIs are usually caused by long-term stress and inflammation in the body, which dumps all sorts of deadly hormones into your system to sludge things up in there.. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let’s be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive. A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we’ll save at least one life.

**Please be a true friend and send this article to all your friends (male & female) about whom you care!**

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Μεγαλώνουμε…

Old Age, I decided, is a gift!

I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted to be. Oh, not my body! I sometime despair over my body, the wrinkles, the baggy eyes, and the sagging butt. And often I am taken aback by that old person that lives in my mirror (who looks like my father!), but I don’t agonize over those things for long.

I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my loving family for less gray hair or a flatter belly. As I’ve aged, I’ve become more kind to myself, and less critical of myself. I’ve become my own friend.

I don’t chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not making my bed, or for buying that silly cement gecko that I didn’t need, but looks so avante garde on my patio. I am entitled to a treat, to be messy, to be extravagant.

I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.

Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer until 4 AM and sleep until noon?

I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60&70’s, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love .. I will.

I will walk the beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set. They, too, will get old.

I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten. And I eventually remember the important things.

Sure, over the years my heart has been broken. How can your heart not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody’s beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding and compassion. A heart never broken is pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of being imperfect.

I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could turn silver

As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don’t question myself anymore.. I’ve even earned the right to be wrong.

So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert every single day. (If I feel like it)

MAY OUR FRIENDSHIP NEVER COME APART ESPECIALLY WHEN IT’S STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART!
MAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE A RAINBOW OF SMILES ON YOUR FACE AND IN YOUR HEART FOREVER AND EVER!

FRIENDS FOREVER!

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ΓΙΑΝΝΗΣ ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥ – ΕΚΘΕΣΗ ΖΩΓΡΑΦΙΚΗΣ

«Ταξίδι στα Περίχωρα»

Γκαλερί Φωτοπούλου

Ερμού & Διάμεση 2, Μαρούσι

Διάρκεια: 29 Μαίου 2008 – 28 Ιουνίου 2008

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Έκθεση ζωγραφικής του Γιάννη Σταύρου, με τίτλο «Ταξίδι στα Περίχωρα», εγκαινιάζεται στην Γκαλερί Φωτοπουλου, την Πέμπτη 29 Μαίου 2008, από 8μμ, στο Μαρούσι (Ερμού & Διάμεση 2)

Ο Γιάννης Σταύρου χωρίς να περιορίζει τη χρωματική του γκάμα, πειραματίζεται συνεχώς και φτάνει σε ένα προσωπικό εικαστικό ιδίωμα παρουσιάζοντας μια βιωματική ζωγραφική με μια σχεδόν μεταφυσική ισορροπία και αρμονία.

Δεν πρόκειται για έναν δημαγωγό του χρώματος ή της φόρμας, αλλά για έναν ζωγράφο που δεν καταδέχεται τις περιττολογίες. Κάνοντας το αόρατο ορατό, προσπαθεί όχι να μας ξαναθυμίσει τα πράγματα, αλλά να μας εμπνεύσει καινά οράματα.

Οι πίνακές του, με θέματα όπως καράβια μέσα σε σκοτεινές θάλασσες, τοπία με σπίτια ή με δέντρα, αποκτούν μια ανεξάρτητη και αυτόνομη ύπαρξη. Μπορεί να δημιουργούν την εντύπωση ότι παραλλάσουν την πραγματικότητα, αλλά στην πράξη, αποκαλύπτουν τη βαθύτερη ουσία της και τη θαυμαστή της λειτουργία. Χωρίς να έχει σκοπό να αιχμαλωτίσει το επίκαιρο, ο ζωγράφος χαρίζει στον θεατή «εικόνες» με χρωματικό ρυθμό, βάθος και συγκινησιακό περιεχόμενο.»

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