incessant rambling

i'm a borderline hypochondriac and i find myself trying to interpret every smallest bodily function, action or reaction to be a symptom of the latest ailment i've heard about. a previous blog entry talked about how to identify a possible "stroke" using the STReS (Smile, Talk, Reach Out Your Arms, Stick Out the Tongue) method, given this, i imagine everyone to be a candidate for stroke. i was taking a walk with marty (imagine a rotund, heavyset fellow) and he fell over - what better way to test the STReS method. Me: "Can you smile for me?" Marty: "Pucha, nadapa na nga ko pipicturan mo pa. ang sakit ha! Bwiset." (Shit, I already fell down and you want to take a picture of me! Eeeets painful you know!) Ok, that eliminates the symptom for smiling and talking coherently. I immediately asked him to put out his hands in front of him. Marty: "Heller, wala ako planong mag ala darna dito.. madapaka ka rin kaya! tulungan mo ngako!" (I am not darna!...

you ever asked yourself how do you identify "stroke" when it happens? a "stroke" or cerebrovascular accident is caused when a blood clot clog a vein that leads to your brain. the effect can be lethal or it can leave you a vegetable for the rest of your life. unfortunately, a "stroke" is sometimes not so obvious until the patient goes into arrest. Doctors say that if stroke is identified and given treatment within three (3) hours of incident, the effects can be COMPLETELY reversed. The following are general symptoms of stroke: severe headache with no known cause weakness, numbness, or tingling in the face, arm, or leg, especially on one side of the body trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance, or coordination inability to speak or difficulty speaking or understanding trouble seeing with one or both eyes, or double vision confusion or personality changes difficulty with muscle movements, such as swallowing, moving arms and legs loss of bowel a...