Fun with Heat Exhaustion - Not!
I way overdid it working in the heat yesterday. Even though I drank 5 pints of water and a pint of gatorade in 3 hours my body obviously couldn't stay hydrated. I got so overheated I got dizzy and tunnel vision. I thought I was going to pass out so I went into my clients house and they let me lay down on the living room floor. After 20 minutes I felt even worse so I called an ambulance and went to the emergency room. They did blood work, and EKG, blood pressure tests, and ran 2 quarts of saline into me with an IV. The tests all came out good so I was just very very dehydrated to the point of not being able to function in much of any way. I've got a doctor appointment tomorrow to discuss my blood pressure management. I take a diuretic every morning and I think that's getting rid of too much water so I can't keep up with that and the way I perspire when I'm working out in the heat. I drank water and juicy juice and V8 and Gatorade all day today and feel a lot better. Gotta get my meds fixed so this doesn't happen again. It scared me.