X-Message-Number: 4319 Date: 30 Apr 95 02:57:30 EDT From: Michael Riskin <> Subject: The Importance of Being Earnestly Educated Last Saturday, I went to the emergency room with an annoying case of heartburn. It turned out to be a non trans-mural myocardial infarction. So it was ICU time. First...you would have had to be there to know the feeling of being signed up for suspension at that moment. Besides the obvious reasons, it got me focused....real focused...as I made sure EVERYONE at the hospital was aware of my arrangements....and what needed to be done. (Fred Chamberlain did a "what to do if in a crisis at the hospital" training for Alcor members about a year or so ago, and it all came back to me). They took this seriously, it got on my charts, what to do etc. Alcor was contacted of course. It is a bit of a haze right now, but I do recall managing to get a phone hooked up in my ICU room and talking to Hugh Hixon. Exactly the demeanor, voice, and down to business attitude I needed. So: Sign up, be prepared, and make friends with a nice, friendly, and professional suspension team! What I need to figure out is how, in spite of being a non-smoker, very light drinker, weight appropriate, exercising, normal BP, reasonable cholesterol; I have CAD, and what to do about it. Michael Riskin Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=4319