Tuesday, February 8, 2011

A FAINTING SPELL (OR TWO!)

I had a little scare on Sunday night when an hour or so after going to bed I decided I needed to go to the bathroom (this is happening alot lately!) and got up and started walking around the bed only to feel lightheaded within a couple of steps before passing out cold on the floor at the end of the bed! Gave the HG one hell of a fright! I woke up to him shaking me in a panic asking if I was ok. Luckily I realised what was about to happen before it happened and lowered myself to the floor so I didn't have the full impact of head or body versus hard floor when I did pass out. Still must have been a loud enough thud to wake the HG though! 

I hate fainting. The first time I fainted was when I was about 13 and was playing with the lamp cord by my bed and it came out and electrocuted me, short circuiting the entire house. I got out of bed (hadn't fainted at this point) and wandered out to the lounge in an utter daze and asked 'What happened?' (hands all black from the electrocution too!) before passing out on the lounge floor! Second time was when we took the dog to the vets. Yep, I passed out cold on the poor vets linoleum floor! I don't know what the hell happened but basically she was explaining to us that our labrador puppy had hip dysplasia and I think I got such a fright that I just started to feel lightheaded and had time to say 'Babe, I don't feel so good' before fainting into his arms. Very embarrassing!!! I bet the vet wasn't expecting to treat a human patient that day and the HG still gives me a hard time about it. I always feel sheepish when we have to take the cat or dog to the vet now. I also nearly passed out in McDonalds after my first egg collection and the HG was in a real hurry to get my out of there after that, so we ended up eating in the car at the beach instead. I think I need to get my blood pressure tested again because today I went out to the mailbox, dropped some leaflets on the ground and bent down to pick them up only to have a dizzy spell right on the edge of the concrete steps. Dangerous! 

Other than that and a few aches and pains, I'm not doing too bad!


8 comments:

  1. Um, scary! Glad you managed to break your own fall, but still! Get that blood pressure checked and take it easy! You poor chook. Gotta love the randomness of pregnancy. Just when you get rid of one ailment, another one comes along, just to keep you on your toes.

    xoxo

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  2. Oh no - I am also a fainter so I get it! It can be scary!

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  3. Oh man I am so glad you are ok and caught yourself falling. I have never met someone who had been electrocuted, that must have been so scary. I have been shocked by an electrical fence while riding my horse.

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  4. It probably wasn't so much electrocuted as just a really large elecrtic shock but I don't remember much about that part to be honest! I just remember coming out and all the lights and other electricals being off and wondering what the hell happened!

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  5. Oh my goodness, you are a worry! I never had any dizziness, but alot of stacks from the topheaviness of my fat belly late in pregnancy. So dont go bending down when you get bigger!

    Thanks for you support xo

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  6. Scary! Please get yourself checked love. It may be blood pressure but it can also be sugar levels and lack of iron.

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  7. I am a fainter too. I have had it since I was a toddler. I really hate it and I am so scared one day I can really hurt myself. I am fainting so much during the blood tests, one after the other. How did you deal?

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  8. I can relate. I was seriously electrocuted a few yrs back. Since then I've had fainting spells. Had one last night, fell face first and broke my nose.

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