bobbie (imported) wrote: Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:18 pm The longer the blood flow is stopped the greater the chance a blood clot can form. Do not think you would want a clot returning to your heart.

or even worse, the brain..

or even worse, the brain..

Won't make it to the brain...

...it will get stopped in the lungs...pulmonary embolism... they can be pretty fatal. Better to cut 'em off with a kitchen knife than to risk a pulmonary embolism. Of course, if you stop putting oxygen into the blood you may as well have a big stroke. The brain will be just as dead...