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bending_sickleSo yesterday I think I actually fainted.
Let me explain:
Thursday night sucked because I couldn´t sleep, what with the on-coming cold. Friday announced itself with a combo: cold and cramps. Yes, yours truly got the friggin´ jackpot. I spent the day at MCarmen´s, getting up to a measly 37-odd degrees in the evening.
Saturday I woke up late, having entered into that coma-like sleep of those with colds. Took the train to Cubelles, said hi to my other uncle, Pablo, who´s come to visit.
I was feeling dandy all through lunch. Just a bit stuffy-headed. Then the cramps started sneaking in, mild at first. Since I wasn´t feeling quite up to fighting the cramps, I went upstairs to the bathroom. (Dunno why, but feel better inside a bathroom when I have cramps. There´s all sorts of options there. Hot water, cold water, cold floor...)
And then WHAM, the Cramps from Hell.
Now these aren´t the apocalyptic cramps I´ve had three or four other times in my life, the kind of cramps you refer to as, "the cramps of ´98" like it was some kind of war. Those cramps are slow to come and slow to go and leave me sobbing in a corner.
The usual cramps are just a crushing pain in my knees and lower abdomen.
The Apocalytic Cramps have caused dimness of vision, buzzing in my ears, vague sense of pressure - not nausea exactly - at the base of my throat, hot and cold chills, tingling sensations varying in extension, from hands and arms to face and even teeth - having your teeth tingle like there´s ants on ém is something to experiece alright - and the momentary lapse into religion, if only to have someone to blame and beg.
These? Not so much with the pain, but I got all dizzy all of the sudden and my vision started to go dim and kinda polka-dotted. Hearing started to go a bit too.
I wasn´t too concerned seeing how I´ve had these symptoms before, with the Apocalyptic Cramps.
So I went down the stairs to the kitchen to ask Ana for an analgesic. I sat down because, hey, vision thingy, and not feeling so good. Then something happened, I don´t quite remember, I think I stood up and took a few steps. Only I couldn´t see and I was bumping into something (turned out to be the wall) and I think I stumbled too. Ana and Cesar sat me down and got me to put my head between my knees. I must´ve bit my lip because there´s blood in my mouth and I couldnt really see anything.
I sat there for a while until I literally got my senses back, then sat up.
Then I´m thinking about some plot hole, figuring everything out, planning and everything, like I do when I´m falling asleep. Felt like a long time, too, like I was asleep in my bed.
And suddenly Ana´s talking to me and I open my eyes, realizing that I´m not so much leaning on a pillow as leaning my head on her arm. Broke out in a clammy sweat.
So yeah, fainted.
Ana helped me upstairs, gave me the analgesis, and I lay down for the rest of the afternoon. My knees still ached like billy-o and my hands and arms were still tingling, alterantively hot and cold, the occasional cramp making me squirm a bit.
Then I slept.
Feel just fine now. And while I may never have fainted, I´ve had this and worse before, so I´m not terribly concerned. (Alright, not at all concerned, just concerned because others are concered.) I know that this summer I had my blood pressure on the low side. I´m eating fine (hell, better than past Finals season´s). I figure it was a combination of various things, like the cold, mild fever, walking down a flight of stairs when I shouldn´t´ve...
But everyone else is concerned and want me to go to the doctor´s. Sigh.
Let me explain:
Thursday night sucked because I couldn´t sleep, what with the on-coming cold. Friday announced itself with a combo: cold and cramps. Yes, yours truly got the friggin´ jackpot. I spent the day at MCarmen´s, getting up to a measly 37-odd degrees in the evening.
Saturday I woke up late, having entered into that coma-like sleep of those with colds. Took the train to Cubelles, said hi to my other uncle, Pablo, who´s come to visit.
I was feeling dandy all through lunch. Just a bit stuffy-headed. Then the cramps started sneaking in, mild at first. Since I wasn´t feeling quite up to fighting the cramps, I went upstairs to the bathroom. (Dunno why, but feel better inside a bathroom when I have cramps. There´s all sorts of options there. Hot water, cold water, cold floor...)
And then WHAM, the Cramps from Hell.
Now these aren´t the apocalyptic cramps I´ve had three or four other times in my life, the kind of cramps you refer to as, "the cramps of ´98" like it was some kind of war. Those cramps are slow to come and slow to go and leave me sobbing in a corner.
The usual cramps are just a crushing pain in my knees and lower abdomen.
The Apocalytic Cramps have caused dimness of vision, buzzing in my ears, vague sense of pressure - not nausea exactly - at the base of my throat, hot and cold chills, tingling sensations varying in extension, from hands and arms to face and even teeth - having your teeth tingle like there´s ants on ém is something to experiece alright - and the momentary lapse into religion, if only to have someone to blame and beg.
These? Not so much with the pain, but I got all dizzy all of the sudden and my vision started to go dim and kinda polka-dotted. Hearing started to go a bit too.
I wasn´t too concerned seeing how I´ve had these symptoms before, with the Apocalyptic Cramps.
So I went down the stairs to the kitchen to ask Ana for an analgesic. I sat down because, hey, vision thingy, and not feeling so good. Then something happened, I don´t quite remember, I think I stood up and took a few steps. Only I couldn´t see and I was bumping into something (turned out to be the wall) and I think I stumbled too. Ana and Cesar sat me down and got me to put my head between my knees. I must´ve bit my lip because there´s blood in my mouth and I couldnt really see anything.
I sat there for a while until I literally got my senses back, then sat up.
Then I´m thinking about some plot hole, figuring everything out, planning and everything, like I do when I´m falling asleep. Felt like a long time, too, like I was asleep in my bed.
And suddenly Ana´s talking to me and I open my eyes, realizing that I´m not so much leaning on a pillow as leaning my head on her arm. Broke out in a clammy sweat.
So yeah, fainted.
Ana helped me upstairs, gave me the analgesis, and I lay down for the rest of the afternoon. My knees still ached like billy-o and my hands and arms were still tingling, alterantively hot and cold, the occasional cramp making me squirm a bit.
Then I slept.
Feel just fine now. And while I may never have fainted, I´ve had this and worse before, so I´m not terribly concerned. (Alright, not at all concerned, just concerned because others are concered.) I know that this summer I had my blood pressure on the low side. I´m eating fine (hell, better than past Finals season´s). I figure it was a combination of various things, like the cold, mild fever, walking down a flight of stairs when I shouldn´t´ve...
But everyone else is concerned and want me to go to the doctor´s. Sigh.
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Date: 2006-02-26 05:14 pm (UTC)so i'd be concerned if i got them... but if you've had them before maybe not?
the fainting thing i've almost done while on my period. i've never ACTUALLY fainted (whch sounds damn scary from your descripton) but i've almost been there. um, more specifically while in church a few times. awwwwkard.
kathleen
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Date: 2006-02-26 05:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-26 06:27 pm (UTC)even more embarrassing to admit? i was a rather religous 12 year old who wondered if i was getting 'the call'!
kathleen
ps- AWESOME icon!
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Date: 2006-02-27 11:56 pm (UTC)Besides that, go with your gut. If you don't think its a problem, eat some stuff high in iron (meat, peaches etc.) and try to take it easy. If its so disruptive, because they are always bugging you, or you feel really bad for another days, then go.
So sorry to hear you are having such a difficult time and hope you feel better damn quick.
K