[Artemisia] Fwd: [KC] In memory of a dear friend

[Richard Samul]

And I don't normally echo advice, but I will in this case.

A couple of years ago, my dear wife wound up in the hospital with  
deep vein thrombosis (DVT,  a blood clot in the veins of the leg  
caused by sitting too much) and a double pulmonary embolism -  
basically, the clot broke free, and wound up plugging the blood  
vessels in her lungs, reducing her lung capacity and ability to  
breathe. She recovered with treatment, after a week in the hospital.  
As a result, she is now more prone to pneumonia and the flu. The  
scary part is that either one of those clots could have bypassed her  
lungs and gone to her brain.

Invest in software, put a timer in your car, do whatever it takes,  
but don't just sit there for hours on end.

--
Earc
Arn Hold

On Dec 10, 2006, at 4:52 PM, Catherine Helm-Clark wrote:

> I don't usually plague people with forwarded messages but knowing  
> some of the folks involved, I am sending this on.  I will add  
> briefly that one of my collaborators at the lab almost died a  
> couple of years ago of the same causes as also my mother almost did  
> when I was in high school.  I have software at work that annoys me  
> with the reminders discussed below - I suspect a kitchen time would  
> be a bit cheaper...
>
> ttfn
> Therasia
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>> From: "Kim" <viscountessk at rogers.com>
>> Date: December 10, 2006 4:24:00 PM MST
>> To: <SCA-Chirurgeon at yahoogroups.com>, "Kingdom Chirurgeons List"  
>> <kc at lists.sca.org>
>> Subject: [KC] In memory of a dear friend
>> Reply-To: Kim <viscountessk at rogers.com>, Kingdom Chirurgeons List  
>> <kc at lists.sca.org>
>>
>> Last Friday I had the unfortunate occasion to attend the funeral  
>> of a dear friend, Count Sir Sarnac Kir. A relatively young and  
>> healthy man, he died because of blood clots that treatment and  
>> surgery were unable to clear. While the exact cause is still being  
>> investigated, his wife has extracted a promise from all his  
>> friends to pass this message along.
>> ********
>>
>> Some of you have heard of this already, but I ask all to take this  
>> very seriously and in Sarnac's name. It is called the "Sarnac  
>> Stretch". This is a request...no a demand in his name that NO ONE  
>> out there sit longer than 2 hours at a time FOR THE REST OF YOUR  
>> LIFE. I'm serious here. The ONLY cause we can find for his death  
>> is the 5-6 + hour stints he would do at his computer every night -  
>> mostly playing World of Warcraft. Buy a timer, set it for 2 hours  
>> and if it goes off, get up and go for a walk around your house  
>> immediately. If you are driving (I know we have all have gone on  
>> the major road trips and "just want to get there, don't want to  
>> stop") ...well stop, get out and stretch, run around your car a  
>> few times. This counts for everyone in the car, it doesn't count  
>> unless everyone gets out. If you are on an airplane, walk the aisle.
>>
>> Take 5 minutes to save your life. Get your guilds to do it, get  
>> your squires to do it, get your Knight to do it, get your kids to  
>> do it. I don't care who they are, get them up and moving every 2  
>> hours and think of my honey baby when you do it. He was a big,  
>> strong, active man, taken down by his own body.
>>
>> ..and if anyone riding or playing online with you tries to tell  
>> you "we don't need to stop" you look them straight in the eye and  
>> say "no, and Joleicia didn't NEED to be a widow". It sounds harsh,  
>> but if that's what it takes to get this cause moving, I'll use it.  
>> Sarnac always feared those not on my side when I got my mind set  
>> on something, so please don't be there.
>>
>> Think of it as your tribute to him. It costs you nothing but a  
>> little time and effort.
>>
>> Joleicia
>> ***********
>>
>> I will add my own words to this. We are a sedentary society. I  
>> myself drive for long periods of time, work at a computer all day  
>> and play on the computer at night. I have already changed that,  
>> and will continue to do so. My computer at home now has an kitchen  
>> timer beside and will go off every hour as long as I am on. I am  
>> passing this to the people I work with, the St. John group I  
>> volunteer with, and to the friends I play online with. And to you,  
>> the friends I work beside to care for the members of our Society.
>>
>> Please pass this message as far as you can.
>>
>> Viscountess Kaellyn mac Dermott, OP
>> Ealdormere
>>
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