Likewise! The veryOriginally Posted by steve monty
of the sheer cost of medical treatment over there filled me with dread!
One evening during my second visit, I developed a burning, indigestion-type pain which increased in intensity as the night wore on ... until I began to worry if I was having a heart attack - since both my parents succumbed to myocardial infarction. Then the head of the household - an elderly relative of my wife - with whom we were staying, suggested Myrna rub my chest with an analgesic lotion referred to as "hot oil" ... and the relief was [almost] instantly palpable.
Turned out my symptoms had been caused by inflamation - arising from the consumption of too many fizzy soft drinks ... like Coca Cola, Sprite etc. - a fact that was later confirmed by a gastroenterologist following my return to dear ol' Blighty.
