Should she ring the ambulance?
She didn’t like to bother them.
After all, they were busy, and had better things to do.
But the pain in her chest wasn’t going away.
She took two paracetemol and went to bed with a cup of hot milk.
That should settle it.
They found her body two weeks later.
beetleypete 
Tragically, all too frequent an occurrence, as “those who really need to ring 999 are those who are most reluctant to do so”
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Exactly that, Sue.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Yep
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😱
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Thanks for bringing this up, Pete! I would have expected better advice from our governments, especially the one with privatized health system. Many people no longer go to the doctor, to avoid becoming infected.
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The government here tells people to continue to ring for help in emergencies, but many old people consider they are just being a nuisance.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thats a really sad situation. ;-( xx
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I think a lot of husbands are alive because their wives insisted they go in despite their maintaining it was just a “little indigestion.”
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Very true. However, many old people living alone still fail to summone help in time, unfortunately.
Best wishes, Pete.
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that is so sad, Pete. you simply don’t take chest pains lightly.
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So many old people who live alone don’t like to ‘bother’ anyone, Wilma.
Best wishes, Pete.
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The two weeks to find her is as sad as her dying.
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Privacy has its downside in a big city, Eddy.
Best wishes, Pete.
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After my grandmother had a heart attack, which she died from, I found a bottle of Pepto-Bismol on the kitchen counter. So sad, C
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It is so common, Cheryl. So many old people who might well have been saved by new procedures and technology.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Getting old is a pain in the ass.
(And in other areas, too.)
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You got that right, David.
Best wishes, Pete.
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THat is all too familiar……delay could well mean death….chuq
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It happens all the time here, especially in big cities, where nobody really notices old people.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Yeah here as well we are all but invisible chuq
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thinking back to the young mothers, would they notice if you were not walking the dog, but then, they would have no apparent way of telling anyone who you are if they did. Even in a small village. Warmest regards, Theo
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That’s true, Theo. But Ollie is microchipped with our details, so if he was taken to a Vet, they would be able to work out who I was. (Or had been!)
Best wishes, Pete.
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My mother-in-law is not one to complain, and tends to take 2 paracetamol. However, in her case she needed 2 stents for blocked arteries and was on the verge of a massive heart attack, but seems okay now.
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Glad to hear she got the help she needed, Stevie. So many old people don’t want to ‘trouble’ anyone.
Best wishes, Pete.
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This is true. They tend to soldier on and ‘get on with it’.
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Heartbreaking. I’m sure it happens all the time.
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Almost daily in London, Pam.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Sigh. I can only imagine the countless times this happened.
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More than I care to remember, Kim.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Oh my. So sad that there was no one to check on her.
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A very familiar story, unfortunately.
Best wishes, Pete.
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well dang. it was the milk right? 😉
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Milk delivery, or post hanging out of her letterbox.
Best wishes, Pete.
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That’s sad and so true
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In my experience, those who really need to ring 999 are those who are most reluctant to do so.
Best wishes, Pete.
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That could be. I think it’s also a generation thing. Have you watched any of the Ambulance programmes?
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No, my wife watches all of them, but they make me angry. 🙂
It’s very much ‘coals to Newcastle’ for me to watch anything medical.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I guess so. I forgot you used to do that
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