If a person places more importance on financial health rather than physical health, they deserve to be miserable. I wonder if, for this guy, a sense of relief at not having had a heart attack ever entered the picture. He’s probably the kind of guy that gripes about having to buy low dose aspirin now in order to prevent a future heart attack. (“Why take Aspirin if I don’t have a headache?”)
About 11 years ago, I went to the hospital with chest pains, and was told I’d had a heart attack – but then they weren’t sure.
This led to an MRI, a CT scan, a nuclear stress test, an ultrasound stress test, an angiogram, an intravenous ultrasound, and some other stuff I can’t remember. End result: I had no heart attack and (despite a lifetime of sausage adoration and the like) all arteries are clean as a whistle. All is good.
Until I applied for life insurance and was denied because of “excessive testing” – no matter what said testing showed. Insurance companies are, plain and simple, evil.
There’s more than one way a heart attack can present. Merely surviving a heart attack does not make one an expert on recognising someone else’s symptoms.
I sincerely hope that in a couple, maybe three or four years, this ’toon is outdated because going to the immediate care clinic is the obvious thing to do, and costs only a minimum co-pay (waived if you have the blue card).
Jeff0811 over 4 years ago
If a person places more importance on financial health rather than physical health, they deserve to be miserable. I wonder if, for this guy, a sense of relief at not having had a heart attack ever entered the picture. He’s probably the kind of guy that gripes about having to buy low dose aspirin now in order to prevent a future heart attack. (“Why take Aspirin if I don’t have a headache?”)
PoodleGroomer over 4 years ago
You don’t get to keep the EKG scope after a heart attack. You don’t get to keep the diagnostic scope when your car doesn’t start.
Cozmik Cowboy over 4 years ago
About 11 years ago, I went to the hospital with chest pains, and was told I’d had a heart attack – but then they weren’t sure.
This led to an MRI, a CT scan, a nuclear stress test, an ultrasound stress test, an angiogram, an intravenous ultrasound, and some other stuff I can’t remember. End result: I had no heart attack and (despite a lifetime of sausage adoration and the like) all arteries are clean as a whistle. All is good.
Until I applied for life insurance and was denied because of “excessive testing” – no matter what said testing showed. Insurance companies are, plain and simple, evil.
Algolei I over 4 years ago
There’s more than one way a heart attack can present. Merely surviving a heart attack does not make one an expert on recognising someone else’s symptoms.
Concretionist over 4 years ago
I sincerely hope that in a couple, maybe three or four years, this ’toon is outdated because going to the immediate care clinic is the obvious thing to do, and costs only a minimum co-pay (waived if you have the blue card).