How to make things exciting for the strangers around you....
....just forward flip (head first) from a bus onto the pavement!
And that's just what I did Monday night on the way home from work.
Riding the bus on the way to Ruggles station, I was overcome with lightheadedness and nausea. My head and arms were suddenly weakened, and I was afraid that I was going to pass out. Thirty seconds later, the bus stops and I bee-line it for the door. I figure, if I can just get some air I'll be OK.
Wrong.
As I grab a side pole to start my descent down the stairs, I feel by legs dematerialize and I black out. Completely.
I'm awoken by the shock of the back of my head hitting asphalt. My eyes open and people are standing around me with the most horrified looks on their faces. I get up and make my way to a side area where I can sit and figure out what just happend to me. It then occured to me that my head had just dropped a total of about 9 or 10 feet (3.5 foot high stair plus a 6 foot tall body) and hit solid pavement.
At this point, one woman calls an ambulance and another goes into the station to get me a bottle of water.
To cut the story down to size, suffice to say I was taken by ambulance to Brigham & Women's Hospital (located right next to where I had just left work....oooohhh....the irony), where I was EKG'd and pumped with fluids. They figure it was because I hadn't eaten all day, so they gave me a couple of sandwiches and told me I couldn't leave until I ate them. After that, I was discharged....I called Kris, and she picked me up from the place of my employment (where I had gone too after my D/C so I could use the phone there to call Kris...as my cell phone had lost it's charge).
My head is fine. The front of my neck is a little sore. But otherwise the fall didn't seem to do any damage. The Doc in the ER was VERY surprised that the fall didn't even cause a bump, let alone split it open.
But I'm going to be going through a series of tests with my Doctor to rule out any possible heart issues. I'm even going to get to wear a monitor for 24 hours at some point to record my heart's actions.
Because my parents are dealing with a lot of medical stuff with my Grandmother right now, I haven't said anything to them about it. No point in giving them any more additional drama that they can do nothing about.
Needless to say, aside from dragging myself to work, I'll be taking it easy for a little while.
And that's just what I did Monday night on the way home from work.
Riding the bus on the way to Ruggles station, I was overcome with lightheadedness and nausea. My head and arms were suddenly weakened, and I was afraid that I was going to pass out. Thirty seconds later, the bus stops and I bee-line it for the door. I figure, if I can just get some air I'll be OK.
Wrong.
As I grab a side pole to start my descent down the stairs, I feel by legs dematerialize and I black out. Completely.
I'm awoken by the shock of the back of my head hitting asphalt. My eyes open and people are standing around me with the most horrified looks on their faces. I get up and make my way to a side area where I can sit and figure out what just happend to me. It then occured to me that my head had just dropped a total of about 9 or 10 feet (3.5 foot high stair plus a 6 foot tall body) and hit solid pavement.
At this point, one woman calls an ambulance and another goes into the station to get me a bottle of water.
To cut the story down to size, suffice to say I was taken by ambulance to Brigham & Women's Hospital (located right next to where I had just left work....oooohhh....the irony), where I was EKG'd and pumped with fluids. They figure it was because I hadn't eaten all day, so they gave me a couple of sandwiches and told me I couldn't leave until I ate them. After that, I was discharged....I called Kris, and she picked me up from the place of my employment (where I had gone too after my D/C so I could use the phone there to call Kris...as my cell phone had lost it's charge).
My head is fine. The front of my neck is a little sore. But otherwise the fall didn't seem to do any damage. The Doc in the ER was VERY surprised that the fall didn't even cause a bump, let alone split it open.
But I'm going to be going through a series of tests with my Doctor to rule out any possible heart issues. I'm even going to get to wear a monitor for 24 hours at some point to record my heart's actions.
Because my parents are dealing with a lot of medical stuff with my Grandmother right now, I haven't said anything to them about it. No point in giving them any more additional drama that they can do nothing about.
Needless to say, aside from dragging myself to work, I'll be taking it easy for a little while.
5 Comments:
Remember to eat at least once a day,Even if it is hospial food.
Wow, I'm glad to hear that everything seems okay right now. Take it easy and make sure to eat, the body needs fuel.
Hows your blood sugar? sounds like something that happened to me a few years ago,
I'm glad you did not damage the sidewalk.
I think we all pitch in an buy Ron hockey helmet for the bus....
Just kidding I hope your Ok my friend.
Regards from your OLD MAN drummer
That's one hard head ya got there. In more ways than one. ;-)
Hoping you ace your tests,
Heather P-K
Wow, that's scary. Hope everything turns out well. (This is probably a little after the fact, but I just found out.) I've done the heart monitor/diary thing, too, but not from blacking out in public.
take care
--Therese
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