Bah, Humbug

Nadie_AZ: be merry

That's my name.

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/no shiat

My name too.

/really no shiat
//so all I have to do is eat and drink
///drinking now, got it covered.

What the hell kind of holiday is it if I can't overindulge on booze?

Go back and hide under your rock Dr. Oz.

"You get very light-headed and dizzy, you can get short of breath, you can get chest pain," Dr. Brooks said, "and the next step is speed dial 911."

You know, as opposed to dialing it very slowly, and stepping out for a cigarette between each press of the "1" key.

But I don't look like that.

Outside of being brunette.

More like holiday fart syndrome. Am I right or am I right?

elev8meL8r: "You get very light-headed and dizzy, you can get short of breath, you can get chest pain," Dr. Brooks said, "and the next step is speed dial 911."

You know, as opposed to dialing it very slowly, and stepping out for a cigarette between each press of the "1" key.

I'm not supposed to light up before I dial?

well.....


damn.

"You get very light-headed and dizzy, you can get short of breath, you can get chest pain," Dr. Brooks said, "and the next step is speed dial 911."

speed dial 911?
if you are so lazy as to have to speed dial 911 you deserve what you get.

I'm more worried about Holiday Head syndrome.

Nick Nostril: What the hell kind of holiday is it if I can't overindulge on booze?

Not one I want any part of.

I've found that not having enough to drink during the holidays can cause severe spikes in blood pressure that could lead to heart problems.

Karma Curmudgeon: I've found that not having enough to drink during the holidays can cause severe spikes in blood pressure that could lead to heart problems.

Sounds like a catch-22. Like that holiday fable where the girl sells her hair to the wig factory to buy her boyfriend a watch, without knowing the guy had pawned his left hand to buy her a weave or something.

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Was thinking exactly this. How could subby have missed out on an obvious Grinch reference in the headline??

So drinking heavily the rest of the year is perfectly ok, but if you do so during the holidays it will magically kill you?

unyon: I get around this by drinking at holiday pace year round.

1.75L every 5-6 days does the trick. If you don't keep up your training regimen then you'll pay in the Big Game.

Asmenoth: So drinking heavily the rest of the year is perfectly ok, but if you do so during the holidays it will magically kill you?

YES.

/beware

eat, drink, but don't be this guy...

Why am I waiting for this?

/and yes that would probably kill you

valkore: FTFA:

Holiday Heart Syndrome is blamed, in part, for a spike in emergency room visits during the holiday season. It causes an arrhythmia, which is when the heart beats chaotically and often much faster than normal.

Huh, weird. If I have more than four drinks in a night without the proper water consumption in between each, I will usually wake up after about two hours of sleep with a rapid heartbeat. I then can't get back to sleep for the rest of the night and have a lousy day following.

I have the same problem, but after about 8 drinks. More I drink, less I can sleep and spend the night laying there drinking water.

Alcohol just kills the weak hearts

Asmenoth: So drinking heavily the rest of the year is perfectly ok, but if you do so during the holidays it will magically kill you?

Excessive eating along with excessive alcohol consumption really increases the chances you'll get arrhythmia. The rest of the year you're likely to drink too much or eat too much, but probably not both.

I had this last year (not during the holidays) because I drank at a party when I had, uh, intestinal distress. Severe dehydration from the drinking and diarrhea left me in the hospital for three days. It took twelve hours and eight liters of saline just to get my resting heart rate back under 130, and another day before it went below 100.

If it happens to you - you'll know. You won't have any control over your heart rate, and it is wildly uncomfortable. You may get tunnel vision or pass out as your blood pressure spikes. If your heart rate spikes and you can't control it, there are a few things you should do:

1) Sit down and flex whatever muscles you use to take a crap. I don't know why this works, but it's the first thing they had me do in the ambulance, and sure enough it calms your heart down. If you don't feel like almost shiatting yourself, force yourself to cough repeatedly.
2) Drink a large glass of very cold water very fast, preferably while you're pretending to take a crap. Dehydration is one of the most popular causes of an irregular heartbeat, so drinking a lot of water might resolve your problem.
3) Avoid nicotine like the plague if you are hungover or dehydrated. Dehydration itself is enough to cause your heart to race, nicotine and dehydration is just dumping gas on a potential fire. My "event" was set off by a cigarette.
4) If you have been drinking the night before, guzzle some V8 or tomato juice. Either one contains a large amount of potassium, which will help the water you should also be drinking re-hydrate you faster. Actually, if you are a heavy drinker over the age of 25, you should always have V8 or Bloody Mary Mix as a hangover cure - it's not an accident that it makes you feel better the day after.

Of course, if you pass out like I did before you get to any of that - hopefully someone is nearby who can call an ambulance.

I'm eating and drinking heavily right now, so I'm getting a ki--GAAAAAAAH!! *THUD*

phamwaa

I'm eating and drinking heavily right now, so I'm getting a ki--GAAAAAAAH!! *THUD*

I hope whoever was typing that dictation did the right thing and called for help after hitting <RETURN>.

Larva Lump: phamwaa

I'm eating and drinking heavily right now, so I'm getting a ki--GAAAAAAAH!! *THUD*

I hope whoever was typing that dictation did the right thing and called for help after hitting <RETURN>.

Not to worry. They had 911 on speed dial.

Lsherm: Asmenoth: So drinking heavily the rest of the year is perfectly ok, but if you do so during the holidays it will magically kill you?

Excessive eating along with excessive alcohol consumption really increases the chances you'll get arrhythmia. The rest of the year you're likely to drink too much or eat too much, but probably not both.

I had this last year (not during the holidays) because I drank at a party when I had, uh, intestinal distress. Severe dehydration from the drinking and diarrhea left me in the hospital for three days. It took twelve hours and eight liters of saline just to get my resting heart rate back under 130, and another day before it went below 100.

If it happens to you - you'll know. You won't have any control over your heart rate, and it is wildly uncomfortable. You may get tunnel vision or pass out as your blood pressure spikes. If your heart rate spikes and you can't control it, there are a few things you should do:

1) Sit down and flex whatever muscles you use to take a crap. I don't know why this works, but it's the first thing they had me do in the ambulance, and sure enough it calms your heart down. If you don't feel like almost shiatting yourself, force yourself to cough repeatedly.
2) Drink a large glass of very cold water very fast, preferably while you're pretending to take a crap. Dehydration is one of the most popular causes of an irregular heartbeat, so drinking a lot of water might resolve your problem.
3) Avoid nicotine like the plague if you are hungover or dehydrated. Dehydration itself is enough to cause your heart to race, nicotine and dehydration is just dumping gas on a potential fire. My "event" was set off by a cigarette.
4) If you have been drinking the night before, guzzle some V8 or tomato juice. Either one contains a large amount of potassium, which will help the water you should also be drinking re-hydrate you faster. Actually, if you are a heavy drinker over the age of 25, you should always have V8 or Bloody Mary Mix as a hangover cure - it's not an accident that it makes you feel better the day after.

Of course, if you pass out like I did before you get to any of that - hopefully someone is nearby who can call an ambulance.

In response to 1) - it's the vasovagal reflex. Same reason why some people pass out while dropping a deuce, or have heart attacks while straining

FTFA: Dr. Brooks is also happens to be a heart transplant patient.

Editors is also are and sleeping in on the job apparently.

Or, if, like my dad, you've had stents put in - you can get clots which act like blockages and send you back to the hospital where they put in four MORE stents.

Two years, and while he hasn't exactly turned over a new leaf and become a health nut, he's done a lot better than the 'bus driver' years, he eats better and at least tries to get off the recliner more often. And yet, blood clots sent him to the hospital for five days and he'll have to take heart meds for the rest of his life now. Plus he caught Pneumonia and has to lug around an O2 tank for a few weeks.

/Happy Holidays
//at least he's still with us

Lsherm: Asmenoth: So drinking heavily the rest of the year is perfectly ok, but if you do so during the holidays it will magically kill you?

Excessive eating along with excessive alcohol consumption really increases the chances you'll get arrhythmia. The rest of the year you're likely to drink too much or eat too much, but probably not both.

I had this last year (not during the holidays) because I drank at a party when I had, uh, intestinal distress. Severe dehydration from the drinking and diarrhea left me in the hospital for three days. It took twelve hours and eight liters of saline just to get my resting heart rate back under 130, and another day before it went below 100.

If it happens to you - you'll know. You won't have any control over your heart rate, and it is wildly uncomfortable. You may get tunnel vision or pass out as your blood pressure spikes. If your heart rate spikes and you can't control it, there are a few things you should do:

1) Sit down and flex whatever muscles you use to take a crap. I don't know why this works, but it's the first thing they had me do in the ambulance, and sure enough it calms your heart down. If you don't feel like almost shiatting yourself, force yourself to cough repeatedly.
2) Drink a large glass of very cold water very fast, preferably while you're pretending to take a crap. Dehydration is one of the most popular causes of an irregular heartbeat, so drinking a lot of water might resolve your problem.
3) Avoid nicotine like the plague if you are hungover or dehydrated. Dehydration itself is enough to cause your heart to race, nicotine and dehydration is just dumping gas on a potential fire. My "event" was set off by a cigarette.
4) If you have been drinking the night before, guzzle some V8 or tomato juice. Either one contains a large amount of potassium, which will help the water you should also be drinking re-hydrate you faster. Actually, if you are a heavy drinker over the age of 25, you should always have ...

Wow..the more you know. That is quite a lot of useful info. As to #4...while it wasn't V8 juice, the morning after a rather robust night of drinking I found I could not get up the next morning. I would try to stand and get dizzy and fall over. A friend of mine saw this and tossed me a bottle of Gatorade. Drank that down and a few minutes later I was right as rain. I don't drink like that anymore.

Asmenoth: A friend of mine saw this and tossed me a bottle of Gatorade.

Gatorade is still good for Sodium and water, which helps with dehydration. Prior to (I'm going on memory here) 1998 Gatorade also used to have a lot of potassium per serving (like 20%), but they dropped that, and you can see it in the nutritional info on the side of the bottle (now it's 1-2%). I don't know why they dropped it, but I'm pretty sure you can make a great re-hydration cocktail with Gatorade and V8 the morning after if you need to. They still nail the other two pretty good.

Well, they don't have to worry about me~ As a taste-oriented drinker, I'm really good at moderation. I tend to avoid things with a particularly high alcohol content, as the burn is unpleasant and whatever flavor the drink may have had gets covered up with something reminiscent of the way nail-polish-remover smells. Also, I tend to drink really slowly.

/Yeah, yeah, I know... then what the hell am I doing on Fark.com?

valkore: FTFA:

Holiday Heart Syndrome is blamed, in part, for a spike in emergency room visits during the holiday season. It causes an arrhythmia, which is when the heart beats chaotically and often much faster than normal.

Huh, weird. If I have more than four drinks in a night without the proper water consumption in between each, I will usually wake up after about two hours of sleep with a rapid heartbeat. I then can't get back to sleep for the rest of the night and have a lousy day following.

Pfft... amateur.

Regarding the V8 juice advice - I probably go through 2 or 3 jugs of V8 every week. I'm addicted to the stuff, in fact I prefer to have a couple of glasses of it before my morning coffee.

Could be because I drink WAY more than 4 drinks per night...

ladyfortuna

Or, if, like my dad, you've had stents put in - you can get clots which act like blockages and send you back to the hospital where they put in four MORE stents.

Pity lord_spap-oop isn't around to read these comments. He'd have gotten a kick out of them. Whilst on a stroll to the post office his ticker said "APRIL FOOL!" Got re-plumbed back to working condition and seemed to be doing OK, but didn't quite make it to year's end.

I blame the blizzard.

Larva, why'd you have to tell me that. Why. ~_~

Let someone else shovel the snow.

And lay off the deep-fried Marlboros.

My dad ended up his working days as a charter bus driver for a local company that did casino runs and whatnot. Basically despite a life of being relatively active and eating *mostly* healthy, after my mom died and he ended up working that crappy job, he stopped taking care of himself at all. So not surprising that he needed the first two stents at the age of 66. He's retired now but so many medical issues that he still doesn't exercise. I'm hoping he lasts long enough for my niece and nephew to remember him better than I remember my grandfather and my uncle =/

/dad was originally a networking engineer, educated at Purdue
//lost all motivation after mom died