Thanks Brian As always you are a wealth (and health?... ;-) of great information. The aspirin portion of the recommendation seemed innocuous to me when I read it but you make important points. I trust that others have picked up on them. The key from what I have seen personally is taking action without delay. My uncle had a mild stroke at his 80th birthday party and he could not pass all of the tests. He is fine today but certainly in part due in no small part to the presence of one of my cousins who is a physician. When noticed our uncle's suddenly slurred speech he made a quick decision and said it was "party over" and drove him to the hospital (in spite of my uncle's protests that he wanted to wait to see if it would pass). Thanks again. Joe --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------