Pretty freaked out right now.

Jul 09, 2009

Well I had a little episode yesterday. I went for breakfast with a friend. We came back to the office, and outside of the building I started feeling light headed. Then I started feeling extremely dizzy. It wasnt going away. So we decided to head to my office where I could sit down. I made it onto the elevator where I had to squat down because I thought I was going to pass out. We got off the elevator and my friend entered the password on our office door and that's all I remember. She said she opened the door and I went down like a tons of bricks. I whacked my head really hard on the floor too. It took me a minute or so to come around. When I woke up my co-workers had me in the recovery position and was on the phone with 911 and had the EMT's on their way. I had a major head ache (no kidding lol) and was very hot and sweaty. When the EMT's got there I was starting to feel better. They got me onto a stretcher and wheeled me into the kitchen for some privacy so they could hook me up to a heart monitor. Well at that point I started feeling awful again. I couldnt focus, felt hot and started sweating again. I couldnt open my eyes either. I could feel my heart beating really slow too. This lasted for a few minutes, then things picked up again and I started to feel better again. Turns out my heart rate had dropped to 30 and my blood pressure had dropped to 80/40. One of the EMT's later told my friend he thought I was going to crash. They got me into the ambulance and my pressure came up to 101/60. By the time I was in a room at the hospital it was almost normal. They did tons of bloodwork and of course everything came back normal. At first they thought I was dehydrated, but that came back fine as well. The doctor said sometimes things like this just happen.
This isnt the first time in my life this has happened to me. About 20 years ago I passed out and hit my head. EMT's were called, but I didnt have any heart rate or pressure issues then.  Maybe it is just somethng that happens to me, but man this has me freaked out.
I have lost what I consider to be a lot of weight in the last week and a half. About 8 pounds. I had been loosing 1 to 2 pounds a days for about 4 days (I dont known if I have lost more in the last day or so as I am at my parents currently). I had been expressing my concern to my friend the morning prior to me passing out. I have no idea if this is linked at all. In the hospital I tried to get them to call Dr L and they basically told me that unless I have a calling card I was out of luck because they wouldnt call him. Unbelievable! NONE of the doctors or nurses who attended to me had any idea what the DS was. They kept referring to it as the gastric bypass, which I then corrected them on. Anyways, I am putting in a call to DR L's office today to let them know what happened, and I am sending him my charts from the hospital stay.
Has anyone else ever had this happen to them?

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