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Another interesting medical update from yours truly! (Because you know you care.)
Only got about an hour of sleep before I went back to the Heart Center to have my tilt table test. I thought they were going to tilt me BACKWARD, and I was really waiting for it, but they actually just tilted me forward, to about a 55 degree angle or something. Higher than forty-five, lower than ninety. Somewhere in between. So, I was tilted and I was thinking, "Man, I'm tired." And it was a really unnatural angle, so it just felt -strange.- The nurse told me to keep her updated with anything that I felt. I told her when I could feel the blood rushing to my legs... I told her when my feet and hands started to get cold... I told her that my knees and my back hurt because my posture is back and unused to being so straight... And then I told her that my head hurt, and she told me to just relax! So... I closed my eyes, and I said, "Wow, I feel really dizzy with my eyes closed..." and IMMEDIATELY passed out. Next thing I know, three of the nurses are around me, helping me raise my head and asking how I feel. I felt really naseous and started gagging, but as one nurse went to fetch me a trash can, another tilted me back so I was level again, and I felt fine. It was really strange. xD
I passed out after about ten minutes of fighting the urge to pass out. Apparently that quite quick. The nurse at the Heart Center was concerned and had me see my cardiologist immediately, but he gave me the same diagnosis as before, and isn't worried. He says that if I eat three solid meals a day and stay hydrated and gain ten or fifteen pounds, I'll be fine! So, I'll work on that. I started off today--after the doctor's visit--with a fatty meal of hash browns, sausage, and bacon at Denny's, so... that's a start, right?
I also finished David Sedaris's When You are Engulfed in Flames, a collection of essays, but the largest (and the namesake) being about his quitting smoking in Japan, ironically, almost entirely while smoking. Every time I had a cigarette by myself (without Codie), I would bring out my book and read. The only time I read some of it without smoking was once in bed, and maybe a page at a doctor's office. (Doctor's office visits = lots of time to chat with Mom about anything, which is fun.)
I'm looking forward to reading another of his books! But I think next on my list is a biography I bought over the "last emperor" in Japan, Hirohito. I'm quite excited to start reading it!
Now, perhaps some sleep...
Only got about an hour of sleep before I went back to the Heart Center to have my tilt table test. I thought they were going to tilt me BACKWARD, and I was really waiting for it, but they actually just tilted me forward, to about a 55 degree angle or something. Higher than forty-five, lower than ninety. Somewhere in between. So, I was tilted and I was thinking, "Man, I'm tired." And it was a really unnatural angle, so it just felt -strange.- The nurse told me to keep her updated with anything that I felt. I told her when I could feel the blood rushing to my legs... I told her when my feet and hands started to get cold... I told her that my knees and my back hurt because my posture is back and unused to being so straight... And then I told her that my head hurt, and she told me to just relax! So... I closed my eyes, and I said, "Wow, I feel really dizzy with my eyes closed..." and IMMEDIATELY passed out. Next thing I know, three of the nurses are around me, helping me raise my head and asking how I feel. I felt really naseous and started gagging, but as one nurse went to fetch me a trash can, another tilted me back so I was level again, and I felt fine. It was really strange. xD
I passed out after about ten minutes of fighting the urge to pass out. Apparently that quite quick. The nurse at the Heart Center was concerned and had me see my cardiologist immediately, but he gave me the same diagnosis as before, and isn't worried. He says that if I eat three solid meals a day and stay hydrated and gain ten or fifteen pounds, I'll be fine! So, I'll work on that. I started off today--after the doctor's visit--with a fatty meal of hash browns, sausage, and bacon at Denny's, so... that's a start, right?
I also finished David Sedaris's When You are Engulfed in Flames, a collection of essays, but the largest (and the namesake) being about his quitting smoking in Japan, ironically, almost entirely while smoking. Every time I had a cigarette by myself (without Codie), I would bring out my book and read. The only time I read some of it without smoking was once in bed, and maybe a page at a doctor's office. (Doctor's office visits = lots of time to chat with Mom about anything, which is fun.)
I'm looking forward to reading another of his books! But I think next on my list is a biography I bought over the "last emperor" in Japan, Hirohito. I'm quite excited to start reading it!
Now, perhaps some sleep...