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For those who've been following the long drama surrounding my health troubles in the last few months, I wanted to give you a minor update.
Background: Last October, fainted on the sidewalk in front of a bunch of em411ers in Portland, smashed my leg up. Spent months trapped in the house and losing my mind, now finally walking nearly normally.
The outstanding question, however, has been: Why did I faint? And why does it continue to happen periodically?
Today I did a "tilt table" test, which is the most horrible exam imaginable. Anyone else here done this? It's to look for nervous system glitches wherein you respond inappropriately to changing posture and standing for extended periods of time. I stood there for 1/2 hour, gradually become as sick as hell, and finally went out. When I get sick, I don't fucking around. I was nauseated and woozy for hours. So horrible.
Anyway, why does standing of all things make some people faint? It's a problem with the Vagus Nerve that drops blood pressure too much when you stand and blood pools in the legs. Or something like that. Anyway, it's harmless except when you break legs with it. I do deal with regular bits of faintness for which I eat salt / drink lotsa water, along with sitting or laying down. All in all, manageable.
I actually sort of wanted something less benign to turn up that would help explain general dizzinesss / fatigue / headache problems, but no dice so off to a neurologist with me.
Anyway, that's the deal. This story is pretty much concluded!
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Skyliner
When I stand for semi-long periods I start to feel like shit, I get headaches, and my face and ears get really cold. Hmm.
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tantan
hm, yeah, skyliner, these sound like clues. Shit like nauseated? Sounds like the same thing to me.
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tantan
Catholic weddings are hell for me. fortunately only been to one, although it almost killed me
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ignatius
tantan said: "Catholic weddings are hell for me. fortunately only been to one, although it almost killed me"
the one i mentioned was strict baptist. no drinking or dancing at the reception. lamest wedding ever... and WEIRD. the best man's toast was all about god and hardly anything he said was about the bride or groom. it was all very repressive.
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mlbot
I went to a wedding where the minister gave his little spiel about how most young people are out having fun, but for these two their life was over (he actually said that) and it was all about responsibility now. I'm paraphrasing, but not eggagerating.... if it hadn't been so damn funny, it'd have been a total bummer.
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tantan
I shoulda been more specific about the catho one -- it was hell for me because of 1/2 hour of "Now Rise," "Now Sit," "Now Rise," "Now Sit," etc. I was ready to puke / pass out / die!
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@mlbot ... did he look like this? link
@ignatius .. my family's alabama baptist i've been to a few of those. I always ask them about the water into wine miracle. couldn't jesus have just turned the water into...clean water?
@tantan does it come with the pins and needles thing? does it creep in around your eyes in little sparklies?
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tantan
@p pins and needles after fainting fo sho, hands go numb, weird... no pretty sparklies, just visual slushiness, if that makes any sense.
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RogerRoger
At my Sister's baptist wedding, the preacher was going on and on about how, in so many words, the wife is the obedient servant of the husband and harbringer of babies. There's some new testament passage about how the wife is not allowed to speak in church, only ask afterwards with approval from the husband. Not to mention all that other tyrannical crap they go on about concerning God and family.
I wanted to scream aloud about their outdated,close-minded line of thinking, and how if women really wanted to, they could force all the men to toil night and day filling sperm banks, and then they'd have enough jizz saved up to make males obsolete for 12 centuries, but of course I didn't want to ruin her special day.
I got used to standing at parade for long periods in dress blues in the Air Force. I'd seen people in line pass out though, and everyone just ignores them. Kinda used to piss me off.
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yeah, okay. I get the blackouts but only when I go into the red (anxiety) then it burns out and I'm okay. but I get stars. I know what it's like.
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except mine comes with a bpm increase so I can tell it's coming.
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MonkeyPlus1
we'll get tantan some fighter-pilot pants that will inflate before he passes out. and a helmet just in case.
Recent blogs: MBM pictures
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tantan
p yep bpm increase here too, tachychardia is part of the deal as the blood pressure falls
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oh...you were built for different parts of space. we're supposed to be traveling. 
meanwhile, I hope there's something to sort you out.
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frnortnr
i am glad you are sorting stuff out, not knowing is lame.
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