I feel like I almost died today.
Now that I finally have insurance I went to the hospital today to have a Bone Scan of my whole body, so we can see what can be done about my aching back and neck. I went with my mum, and when we got there, the car stopped working. Some guy helped us push it into a parking spot and then I went off to find out which building to go to for my appointment.
It was a hot day today, and I spent a little while going between buildings looking for where my thing was gonna be. Anyway, I got checked in, waited in the lobby for a bit, signed some wavers and stuff.
When I went in to get my shot of radiation for my bone scan, it took less then a minute after pulling out the needle for me to go flashing hot, faded vision, weakness, and white-face. They said my lips were bone white. And, I had a blood pressure lower then 40. As I sat there and felt faint, they watched me like a hawk. The most disturbing thing about it was the blindness. You know how you play a FPS that has no HP meter, but instead has red or blood splatters that creeps in on the edges of the screen when you get hit and/or are near death? Well it was exactly like that, except it was gray creeping in on me, and not red. It even had a weird splatter pattern on it.
It took about another 5-10 minutes of feeling like I was back outside in the strange California heatwave, and of near-blindness before I started feeling normal again. They'd brought in a stretcher and gave me Orange Juice with salt in it. I lay and drank as I recovered.
I was instructed to drink a lot of fluids, and come back in 3 hours for the actual scan. So we went across the street and had some chicken for lunch. I stepped outside and left a short message on Fuzzy's cell, telling him what happened. Only then did I feel scared for myself and feel water in my eyes. Which, I guess is a good way to have it, since I'd rather be worried about something at a point of reflection, rather then panicking as it was happening.
Edit: The doctor told me it was a reaction the the actual needle/shot, and not what was injected. Just, fyi.
It was a hot day today, and I spent a little while going between buildings looking for where my thing was gonna be. Anyway, I got checked in, waited in the lobby for a bit, signed some wavers and stuff.
When I went in to get my shot of radiation for my bone scan, it took less then a minute after pulling out the needle for me to go flashing hot, faded vision, weakness, and white-face. They said my lips were bone white. And, I had a blood pressure lower then 40. As I sat there and felt faint, they watched me like a hawk. The most disturbing thing about it was the blindness. You know how you play a FPS that has no HP meter, but instead has red or blood splatters that creeps in on the edges of the screen when you get hit and/or are near death? Well it was exactly like that, except it was gray creeping in on me, and not red. It even had a weird splatter pattern on it.
It took about another 5-10 minutes of feeling like I was back outside in the strange California heatwave, and of near-blindness before I started feeling normal again. They'd brought in a stretcher and gave me Orange Juice with salt in it. I lay and drank as I recovered.
I was instructed to drink a lot of fluids, and come back in 3 hours for the actual scan. So we went across the street and had some chicken for lunch. I stepped outside and left a short message on Fuzzy's cell, telling him what happened. Only then did I feel scared for myself and feel water in my eyes. Which, I guess is a good way to have it, since I'd rather be worried about something at a point of reflection, rather then panicking as it was happening.
Edit: The doctor told me it was a reaction the the actual needle/shot, and not what was injected. Just, fyi.