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[pauraque_bk]

So today I felt basically fine, and then as I was ringing up a customer I started to feel dizzy. This went extremely quickly from "I feel dizzy" to "I better sit down after this customer" to "I am rapidly losing consciousness".

I made it to Boss's office and said I needed to sit down or something to that effect, and sat at her desk with my head between my knees for about 15 minutes while she ran out and picked up the line of people that I had abandoned.

I was probably seconds away from blacking out, I couldn't see a thing, my ears were ringing, and I could not sit up. It's a good thing I didn't actually go out cold, because then I imagine Boss would have called 911 and the day would have gotten a lot more interesting. And my bank account too.

When I was able to get up again Boss made me go eat some ginger snaps, which seemed to make me all better... Except that I had already eaten as much as I normally do, so I wasn't having low blood sugar or something. (Coincidentally Boss suffers from panic attacks during which she faints, so she took it very much in stride, perhaps imagining that everyone faints a lot. I don't!)

I guess almost fainting isn't as impressive as really fainting, but it certainly frightened the shit out of me.

Comments

[skywaterblue.livejournal.com]

The sensation of almost passing out is really awful. I've done it several times. My sympathy.

[florahart]

Eep! Yes, but actually fainting can mean hitting your head and stuff, so less impressive is FINE.

[sistermagpie.livejournal.com]

Oh my! I have very little experience with fainting and near fainting but that little experience that is not fun at all. Though I have met some people who apparently faint all the time. I have low blood pressure so I do sometimes get lightheaded from weird things but...I wonder why that happened?!

[lilacsigil.livejournal.com]

I'm a frequent fainter (and vomiter) so you did the right thing listening to the signs and going and sitting down - you really don't need to faceplant from standing height! It's not uncommon to get particulates in your middle ear after having a cold and this can give you severe vertigo followed by fainting. It's especially noticeable if you're dehydrated - was that a possibility?

[wootsauce.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're ok! That's scary. It's only happened to me a couple of times, when I was really sick.

[idlerat.livejournal.com]

I'm sure everyone's saying this, but watch for dehydration, especially if you've been sick/had a fever. Saly snacks, fluids, salty fluids! chicken soup!

xox