on February 17, 2008 by lieven in egotism, Comments (6)
valentines_night@intensive_care
Not your idea of a romantic evening out? Neither it’s mine, but then, sometimes shit happens…
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Kea
February 18, 2008 @ 7:47 am
Well, I hope all is well, anyway. I’m sure it was more interesting than my Valentine’s day.
Florin
February 18, 2008 @ 5:14 pm
What a coincidence, shit (of a different nature) happened to me also on Valentine Day this year…Anyway, good to hear you are OK now…
Carl Brannen
February 19, 2008 @ 12:13 am
I got my ER visity and surgery safely in advance of V’s Day this year. And I seem to be doing fine without a gall bladder.
beans
February 24, 2008 @ 7:30 am
Hi, I’m glad all is well, but if you don’t mind me asking, did the doctors recommend anything? (It’s just that my mum has been experiencing them symptoms for the past few days…)
lieven
February 24, 2008 @ 2:06 pm
@beans : someone susceptible to syncopes usually has a history of (near) faintings and has a pretty good idea what causes them. basic recommendation is to avoid these triggering events…
other tips ive learned in the process are :
agree on a signal with ThePartner to warn that it’s going downhill (you feel it coming for several seconds, if not minutes) in order to avoid panic around you when it happens. when i collapsed the default assumption was that i was having a heart attack, so on the way to the hospital blood was taken as well as an ECG, i was hooked up to monitors for a whole night and the next morning they insisted on taking a full echo of my heart mesassuring all dimensiona of cavities and arteries and only then they concluded it was ‘just’ a syncope…
if you have children with ThePartner, agree beforehand on how to communicate with them on such events in order to prevent them from freaking out…
beans
July 19, 2008 @ 12:25 am
Hi again! Thanks for your tips, and knowing the second one before might have helped. (Not me of course, I don’t freak out externally… just internally!)
My mum didn’t have what you linked. She’s got a problem with her blood pressure and blood sugar level. (The plus to this is that the house is always stocked with chocolate now!)