I had an interesting incident this week. I say interesting, my husband says scary. We had gone to lunch on Tuesday afternoon. When we were done with our meal we got ready to go and I noticed my foot was asleep. I gave it a shake and figured that even though it was asleep it would still work but might feel funny. WRONG. I took a step and my foot was like dead weight. It sorta rolled and when my weight shifted to that foot it was on it's side. OUCH! I sat down on the other side of the booth that we had occupied and was trying to give it a moment to recover.
That's when the sweat started. I got light headed. I could hear CCB talking to me but it seemed I had cotton in my ears. I struggled to keep his face in focus. I remember he kept telling me to stay with him. Not to go to sleep. HE says that at that point I told him "let's go." We stood up to leave and then I just crumpled. I don't remember this or the conversation immediately after. I opened my eyes and saw people staring at me. I asked why people were looking at me. HOW RUDE! Then I realized we weren't in the booth we had eaten at. I asked what happened. That's when the paramedics rolled up. They took my blood sugars....NORMAL. They took my blood pressure....not normal. 70/40. NOT GOOD.
They were taking care of me when the restaurant manager came to CCB. Making sure he signed off on their liability I'm sure...While he was away I asked if I HAD to go to the ER. They said I didn't have to but they recommended it. CCB came back before that conversation was over and insisted on me going. I had to go but I did talk them out of the stretcher. I couldn't handle anymore humiliation in front of these people.
In the Er they ran tests. Blood tests were normal...CT scan of my brain normal....It was my low blood pressure that concerned them. I asked if I could go home....NO. They wanted to keep me for observation....UGH.
It was quite a long 24 hours. I'm home now. Still don't know the results of the heart ultrasound but the doc decided not to make me wait. Turns out I was dehydrated. It could very well have played a part. Who knows. Important part is....I'm home with my family.
(Getting discharged is a whole other story. I'll share that later! :) )
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If I didn't know better I'd swear this was my wife's blog. Last year she went through the thyroid biopsys (and parotid gland), and she constantly has blackout spells. She's never actually passed out like you did, but she loses her vision and almost passes out about once a day. She has low blood pressure all the time. Somewhere around 78/56 or something crazy low. Her doctor told her to eat more salt and she's on medication to increase her blood pressure. It's helped. I'm hoping for the best in all your evaluations, I know it's not easy.
TIM- I started having the dizzy spells after I lost weight. Has your wife lost weight recently too? Does her doc think the thyroid and the dizziness are related?
That whole experience-with-facebook was frightening for all but you, apparently. all the better, of course, you don't need low blood pressure AND panic when you can share it out with friends and family. Glad you're feeling better.
Wow is right. The unfolding of this tale had me on the edge of my seat. What a scary incident and I am so happy that you are okay. Let's pray that you get to the bottom of all your recent health concerns very soon.
Totally scary. I'm glad you're alright!
I'm glad you are ok too...SCARY is right. I'd be drinking water like crazy if I were you...here's hoping for no more issues like this...ever.
No, she hasn't lost weight recently. Every doctor she went to see said to go see another one because no one could explain the blackouts. Eventually the cardiologist said it was the low blood pressure. When she goes from sitting to standing her blood pressure drops to an even lower level than it's normally at and that causes the blackouts.
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