Aneurysm
Comedy timing for me.<p>My father was taken into hospital 4 hours ago after collapsing and turns out he's got a brain bleed. They stuck him in a CT straight away and are now doing a lumbar puncture to see if there is any blood in the spinal fluid. They don't know what has precisely happened but they suspect an aneurysm that went undetected. The mortality rate of this event is 50% in 30 days. He's had a long history of hypertension and a couple of surgeries to clean out arteries in his neck.<p>Not sure why I'm sitting here on HN but it was taking my mind off things. Fail :(<p>Anyway, moral of the story: Don't smoke and dint eat piles of shit; it'll get you one day.<p>Edit: Ordered the book as well now like an idiot. Scary tale when you're close to it but I find comfort in knowing things rather than ignorance.<p>Thanks for posting this.