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This incident happened recently in North Texas .
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>A woman went boating one Sunday taking with her some cans of coke which she
>put into the refrigerator of the boat. On Monday she was taken to the
>hospital and placed in the Intensive Care Unit. She died on Wednesday.
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>The autopsy concluded she died of Leptospirosis. This was traced to the can
>of coke she drank from, not using a glass. Tests showed that the can was
>infected by dried rat urine and hence the disease Leptospirosis.
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>Rat urine contains toxic and deathly substances. It is highly recommended
>to
>thoroughly wash the upper part of soda cans before drinking out of them.
>The
>cans are typically stocked in warehouses and transported straight to the
>shops without being cleaned.
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>A study at NYCU showed that the tops of soda cans are more contaminated
>than
>public toilets (i.e).. full of germs and bacteria. So wash them with water
>before putting them to the mouth to avoid any kind of fatal accident.
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>Please forward this message to all the people you care about.
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>(I JUST DID)
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x_x I wish I would have read this before I opened and started drinking out of the can of pop I have now. x_x

XD I always wash my soda cans so i dont have to worry!

Ladies, this is an email I had received from a lady in WV. She runs an
animal rescue shelter and she recently suffered a Heart Attack. I wanted
to forward this on to every woman I know. Also, Sherry, a good friend of
mine lost her
mother last year to a sudden heart attack which was
devastating for her family. One of my clients also at the young age of
50, had a heart attack and a bypass surgery last year. I thought she was
such a healthy looking lady and I was a little shocked because she is not
over weight, although she is a smoker, I was still shocked because she is
only fifty years old. Heart disease is still the number one killer among
women. I know this is long, but it's very important to me that you all
read this. And PLEASE forward to other women in your life too.
All my love,
Crystal Wolfe



from Rosie in WV:
I've meant to send this to my women friends to warn them that it's true
that women rarely have the same dramatic symptoms that men have when
experiencing a heart attack...you know, the sudden stabbing pain in the
chest, the cold sweat, grabbing the chest & dropping to the floor that we
see in the movies.
I had a completely unexpected heart attack at about
10:30 pm with NO prior exertion, NO prior emotional trauma that one would
suspect might've brought it on.

I was sitting all snugly & warm on a cold evening, with my purring cat in
my lap, reading an interesting story my friend had sent me, and actually
thinking,"A-A-h, this is the life, all cozy and warm in my soft, cushy
Lazy Boy with my feet propped up." A moment later, I felt that awful
sensation of indigestion, when you've been in a hurry and grabbed a bite
of sandwich and washed it down with a dash of water, and that hurried bite
seems to feel like you've swallowed a golf ball going down the esophagus
in slow motion and it is most uncomfortable. You realize you shouldn't
have gulped it down so fast and needed to chew it more thoroughly and this
time drink a glass of water to hasten its progress down to the stomach.
This was my initial sensation---the only
trouble was that I hadn't taken a
bite of anything since about 5:00 p.m. After that had seemed to subside,
the next sensation was like little squeezing motions that seemed to be
racing up my SPINE (hind-sight, it was probab ly my aorta spasming),
gaining speed as they continued racing up and under my sternum (breast
bone, where one presses rhythmically when adminstering CPR). This
fascinating process continued on into my throat and branched out into both
jaws. AHA!! NOW I stopped puzzling about what was happening--we all have
read and/or heard about pain in the jaws being one of the signals of an
MI happening, haven't we?

I said aloud to myself and the cat, "Dear God, I think I'm having a heart
attack !" I lowered the foot rest, dumping the cat from my lap, started to
take a step and fell on the floor instead. I thought to myself "If this is
a heart attack, I shouldn't be walking into the next room where the
phone
is or anywhere else.......but, on the other hand, if I don't, nobody will
know that I need help, and if I wait any longer I may not be able to get
up in moment." I pulled myself up with the arms of the chair, walked
slowly into the next room and dialed the Para medics... I told her I
thought I was having a heart attack due to the pressure building under the
sternum and radiating into my jaws. I didn't feel hysterical or afraid,
just stating the facts. She said she was sending the Paramedics over
immediately, asked if the front door was near to me, and if so, to unbolt
the door and then lie down on the floor where they could see me when they
came in. I then laid down on the floor as instructed and lost
consciousness, as I don't remember the medics coming in, their
examination, lifting me onto a guerny or getting me into their ambulance,
or hearing the call they made to St. Jude ER on the way, but I did briefly

awaken when we arrived and saw that the Cardiologist was already there in
his surgical blues and cap, helping the medics pull my stretcher out of
the ambulance. He was bending over me asking questions (probably something
like "Have you taken any medications?") but I couldn't make my mind
interpret what he was saying , or form an answer, and nodded off again,
not waking up until the Cardiologist and partner had already threaded the
teeny angiogram balloon up my femoral artery into the aorta and into my
heart where they installed 2 side by side stents to hold open my right
coronary artery.

I know it sounds like all my thinking and actions at home must have taken
at least 20-30 minutes before calling the Paramedics, but actually it took
perhaps 4-5 minutes before the call, and both the fire station and St.
Jude are only minutes away from my home, and my Cardiologist was already
to go to the OR in his scrubs and get
going on restarting my heart (which
had stopped somewhere between my arrival and the procedure) and in
stalling the stents.

Why have I written all of this to you with so much detail? Because I want
all of you who are so important in my life to know what I learned first
hand.

1. Be aware that something very different is happening in your body ..
not the usual men's symptoms, but inexplicable things happening (until my
sternum and jaws got into the act ). It is said that many more women than
men die of their first (and last) MI because they didn't know they were
having one, and commonly mistake it as indigestion, take some Maalox or
other anti-heartburn" preparation, and go to bed, hoping they'll feel
better in the morning when they wake up....which doesn't happen. My
female friends, your symptoms might not be exactly like mine, so I advise
you to call the Paramedics if ANYTHING is unpleasantly happening
that
you've not felt before. It is better to have a "false alarm" visitation
than to risk your life guessing what it might be!

2. Note that I said "Call the Paramedics". Ladies, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE!
Do NOT try to drive yourself to the ER--you're a hazard to others on the
road, and so is your panicked husband who will be speeding and looking
anxiously at what's happening with you instead of the road.
Do NOT call your doctor--he doesn't know where you live and if it's at
night you won't reach him anyway, and if it's daytime, his assistants (or
answering service) will tell you to call the Paramedics. He doesn't carry
the equipment in his car that you need to be saved! The Paramedics do,
principally OXYGEN that you need ASAP. Your Dr. will be notified later.
3. Don't assume it couldn't be a heart attack because you have a normal
cholesterol count. Research has discovered that a cholesterol elevated
reading is
rarely the cause of an MI (unless it's unbelievably
high,and/or accompanied by high blood pressure.)
MI's are usually caused by long-term stress and inflammation in t he body,
which dumps all sorts of deadly hormones into your system to sludge
things up in there.


Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be
aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive...

A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people,
you can be sure that we'll save at least one life.

**Please be a true friend and send this article to all your friends you
care about**

This one is pretty slick since they provide YOU with all the information, except the one piece they want.

Note, the callers do not ask for your card number; they already have it. This information is worth reading. By understanding how the VISA &MasterCard Telephone Credit Card Scam works, you'll be better prepared to protect yourself.

One of our employees was called on Wednesday from "VISA", and I was called on Thursday from "Master Card".

The scam works like this: Person calling says, "This is (name), and I'm calling from the Security and Fraud Department at VISA. My Badge number is 12460. Your card has been flagged for an unusual purchase pattern, and I'm calling to verify. This would be on your VISA card which was issued by (name of bank). Did you purchase an Anti-Telemarket ing Device for $497.99 from ;a Marketing company based in Arizona?" When you say "No", the caller continues with, "Then we will be issuing a credit to your account. This is a company we have been watching and the charges range from $297 to $497, just under the $500 purchase pattern that flags most cards. Before your next statement, the credit will be sent to (gives you your address), is that co rrect?"

You say "yes". The caller continues - "I will be starting a Fraud investigation. If you have any questions, you should call the 1- 800 number listed on the back of your card (1-800-VISA) and ask for Security.

You will need to refer to this Control Number. The caller then gives you a 6 digit number. "Do you need me to read it again?"

Here's the IMPORTANT part on how the scam works. The caller then says, "I need to verify you are in possession of your card". He'll ask you to "turn your card over and l look for some numbers". ; There are 7 numbers; the first 4 are part of your card number, the next 3 are the security Numbers' that verify you are the possessor of the card. These are the numbers you sometimes use to make Internet purchases to prove you have the card. The caller will ask you to read the 3 numbers to him. After you tell the caller the 3 numbers, he'll say, "That is correct, I just needed to verify that the card has not been lost or stolen, and that you still have your card. Do you have any other questions?" After you say No, the caller then thanks you and states, "Don't hesitate to call back if you do", and hangs up.

What the scammers want is the 3-digit PIN number on the back of the car d. Don't give it to them. Instead, tell them you'll call VISA or Master card directly for verification of their conversation. The real VISA told us that they will never ask for anything on the card as they already know the information since they issued the card! If you give the scammers your 3 Digit PIN Number, you think you're receiving a credit. However, by the time you get your statement you'll see charges for purchases you didn't make, and by then it's almost too late and/or more difficult to actually file a fraud report.


What makes this more remarkable is that on Thursday, I got a call from a "Jason Richardson of Master Card" with a word-for-word repeat of the VISA scam. This time I didn't let him finish. I hung up! We filed a police report, as instructed by VISA. The police said they are taking several of these reports daily! They also urged us to tell everybody we know that this scam is happening.

Please consider passing this on to all your family and friends.

I'll never leave you....