December 31, 2011
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Today’s Scare
I went ice skating with my mom and the foreign exchange students she mentors. After about an hour, we headed over to the near-by mall to eat. While waiting in line, I started feeling queasy and lightheaded. By the time my food was ready, I just grabbed my water and collapsed on the floor. When I tried to stand up and walk to the bathroom, my vision clouded over and I began heaving. I made it to the bathroom and started regaining my sight. A nearby woman asked if someone was with me. Then my vision clouded over again, and everyone’s voices sounded far off and muffled. I collapsed again, apparently on top of another woman. I couldn’t control anything, I was just trying to stay conscious. I waited on the floor for a bit until I could stand. I could see in the mirror how pale I was, and my skin was soaking wet. After a few minutes I walked back into the food court. I felt fine, but still not up to eating.
It was a really scary ordeal, and I can’t find a cause. This is the second time it has happened since I came home. I ate, although I might have been dehydrated. I’ve also experienced a few splitting frontal headaches that left me nautious and crying while at school.
My mom is insisting I go to the doctor. I’m worried they are linked to my accident last summer, where the doctors were stumped that I didn’t seem to have any brain damage. It’s not fun, and not something I want to worry about.
Hopefully the new year isn’t full of incidents like this that bring me back to a night I refuse to remember.
May
Comments (6)
oh man! you should definitely go get a check up on that! better safe than sorry babe!
Yeah hopefully drinking more water will help
Oh man it does sound like a doctor visit is necessary! Get checked out.
@drk1mmy - I know, it’s kinda scary.
@phantomFive - That’s what I figure. At school I have a water bottle with me 24/7, so that might be it.
@thiscrazyworld - Thanks, will do!
That IS scary! I’ve had unexplained sickness too where I’m nauseous and pass out for no reason. What sucks is that even if you go to the doctors sometimes they can’t figure out what’s wrong because all the tests show that you’re healthy. Good luck finding out what it is. It could also be from stress from school and now that you get a chance to finally relax, your body is taking the hit it should have earlier.
It could be epilepsy. Best to get checked out just in case though.