LonelyInAtl
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Ok, so I'm at dinner on a first date. We go to a Teppanyaki type restaurant and they sre serving up HUGE portions, double of what you get in Atlanta. I ordered a combination with Lobster, Filet, and Scallops. OMG, it was SO much. So I'm chowing down and about 2/3 of the way through when I start feeling sort of warm and sweaty. I sort of remember getting a bit lightheaded, and the next thing I know I'm on the floor with all these people around me and a lady who is an Army medic asking me questions. Apparently I was out for about 30 seconds. I get my bearing and feel fine after that, other than my tongue being sore (must have bit it when I hit the ground) and a HUGE knot on my head. But, they went ahead and called an ambulance. So, I get up and go sit in a chair...fried rice getting hard all over my shirt and pants. UGH. So here I am, having been unconscious, and worrying about being embarrassed and embarrassing my date! 
So the ambulance gets there and the EMT starts asking me stuff like what day is it, the date, year, where am I, who the president is, etc. I pass with flying colors and am considering refusing treatment. However, I start sweating a bit again so I decide to play it safe and have them take me to the ER. I get out my CC to pay the bill, but my date pays for it (bless her heart!) and they walk me to the Ambulance and strap me in.
The EMt and I are BSing on the way to the hospital while he takes my O2 levels and BP. Both are normal. I get to the ER and they wheel me in (rules, once I'm on the stretcher I'm strapped on until they get me to the ER table). I get put in Cardio 9 and I'm thinking WTF? Did I have a heart attack? FYI, if you come in on an ambulance you get go go in a private entrance and get straight into a room before the hoards in the ER waiting room!
So they hook me up to some TV monitor and watch my heart, respiration, BP, and O2. Everything looks fine. Nurse comes in and tells me she needs blood...great.... So she takes a few vials and leaves the kit in just in case I need an IV. Well, 5 minutes later the Dr orders an IV. Then, I get to have an EKG. They don't use the three pads like you see on TV. Those are for the TV monitor. For an EKG, they hook up like 10 black stickers to you all over...just above each ankle, you arms, chest, etc. I was afraid that at the rate he was going I was getting on on my Johnson!
Then the Dr comes in and checks me over physically. Nothing wrong except for a knot on my head. As a precaution, I get to go to radiology for a CT scan. No big deal, it took 30 seconds. Don't know why people freak out over it.
So I'm wheeled back to the room and the Radiology nurse gives me the TV remote. GOD BLESS HER, she was my favorite hospital employee of the night!
So we wait for the Dr to come back in. The nurse says I was a bit dehydrated and that he is reviewing my CT scan. I think "Great, he's found a tumor or something. That's why he's taking so long".
So, he comes in and says everything was good on my blood work and there is no abnormal internal bleeding due to my head knot. He said that it could have been that I was dehydrated but couldn't get a medical reason as to why it happened. I got wheeled to registration and check-out, paid my $80 copay, and we left.
After reading, I think it could have been the huge meal I ate. Apparently the vagus nerve can sometimes so into overdrive and cause too much blood to be redirected to the digestion system. This can cause low BP and fainting, and is not uncommon.
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-connection-between-the-vagus-nerve-and-fainting.htm#slideshow
I do want to mention that my date was with me through all of this, and went back to my hotel room with me and stayed until the wee hours of the morning to make sure I was ok. She was a total sweetheart through all this and it made a very big impression with me.
Of course, I'm hoping that wasn't the ONLY reason she stayed! LOL I do owe her a makeup dinner, though.
So the ambulance gets there and the EMT starts asking me stuff like what day is it, the date, year, where am I, who the president is, etc. I pass with flying colors and am considering refusing treatment. However, I start sweating a bit again so I decide to play it safe and have them take me to the ER. I get out my CC to pay the bill, but my date pays for it (bless her heart!) and they walk me to the Ambulance and strap me in.
The EMt and I are BSing on the way to the hospital while he takes my O2 levels and BP. Both are normal. I get to the ER and they wheel me in (rules, once I'm on the stretcher I'm strapped on until they get me to the ER table). I get put in Cardio 9 and I'm thinking WTF? Did I have a heart attack? FYI, if you come in on an ambulance you get go go in a private entrance and get straight into a room before the hoards in the ER waiting room!
So they hook me up to some TV monitor and watch my heart, respiration, BP, and O2. Everything looks fine. Nurse comes in and tells me she needs blood...great.... So she takes a few vials and leaves the kit in just in case I need an IV. Well, 5 minutes later the Dr orders an IV. Then, I get to have an EKG. They don't use the three pads like you see on TV. Those are for the TV monitor. For an EKG, they hook up like 10 black stickers to you all over...just above each ankle, you arms, chest, etc. I was afraid that at the rate he was going I was getting on on my Johnson!
Then the Dr comes in and checks me over physically. Nothing wrong except for a knot on my head. As a precaution, I get to go to radiology for a CT scan. No big deal, it took 30 seconds. Don't know why people freak out over it.
So I'm wheeled back to the room and the Radiology nurse gives me the TV remote. GOD BLESS HER, she was my favorite hospital employee of the night!
So we wait for the Dr to come back in. The nurse says I was a bit dehydrated and that he is reviewing my CT scan. I think "Great, he's found a tumor or something. That's why he's taking so long".
So, he comes in and says everything was good on my blood work and there is no abnormal internal bleeding due to my head knot. He said that it could have been that I was dehydrated but couldn't get a medical reason as to why it happened. I got wheeled to registration and check-out, paid my $80 copay, and we left.
After reading, I think it could have been the huge meal I ate. Apparently the vagus nerve can sometimes so into overdrive and cause too much blood to be redirected to the digestion system. This can cause low BP and fainting, and is not uncommon.
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-connection-between-the-vagus-nerve-and-fainting.htm#slideshow
I do want to mention that my date was with me through all of this, and went back to my hotel room with me and stayed until the wee hours of the morning to make sure I was ok. She was a total sweetheart through all this and it made a very big impression with me.
Of course, I'm hoping that wasn't the ONLY reason she stayed! LOL I do owe her a makeup dinner, though.
