Wipe Out.
[ Posted by Dan on April 15, 2003 | 7 Comments ]

Over the weekend I passed out while with my wife at a group function. We had been there for just a little while, and I began to feel kind of funky, the next thing I knew I was being led out of the room by my wife. I had been unconscious for a little while and was twitching, with my eyes rolled back, while on the floor.

I remember the feeling right before I lost consciousness and the absolutely horrible feeling of coming out of it. In both cases, I had no clue at all about where I was or what was going on or if I was awake or dreaming. The extreme confusion, dizziness and a weird mentholated feeling in my head were extremely disturbing. I though this would be an isolated incident due to being exposed to something I hadn't expected (and sort of made the squeamish part of me come out).

In a twist of somewhat comical reoccurrence, I almost went down again in a staff meeting yesterday. It's not actually funny, but it kind of is at the same time. Nothing disturbing was going on, but again, I was in a room full of people and felt the terror of my mind slipping away.

I know my Dad reads my blog from time to time, and may be learning about this for the first time right here. The whole situation is extremely embarrassing, and disturbing, and caused me to go see my doctor, who is sending me to another doctor (in a process that I would call 'an escalation' if this was a project at work).

It's been difficult to talk about, but writing has always been a cathartic process for me. I can't say if I will be doing much in the way of blogging in the coming weeks, but I will be trying to crank out the quality prose if time allows. The changes in my life are becoming increasingly significant.

 

		As a recent fainter, I can sympathize with many of your feelings. My circumstances were quite different as I'm pretty sure I just had some virus and became dehydrated, but I don't think there is any reason to be embarrassed. You probably had no control over what happened. Anyways, I'm glad to hear that you went to the doctor. Hopefully, your doctor can at least explain what happened. I hope all goes well, Dan. You'll be in my thoughts. -Posted by Joshua Kaufman on April 15, 2003 10:59 AM

		Don't worry about the blog. Prioritize time with your family first. The site is always here when you need it. Take care of yourself! -Posted by Quinn on April 15, 2003 12:12 PM

		Sorry to hear you are having a rough time of things lately. I hope that you are ok and that any future significant changes to your life are significant improvements. -Posted by Josh on April 15, 2003 01:12 PM

		I'm sorry to hear about your fainting. I can only hope that one of the doctors that you'll see can straighten things out for you. And, as others have said, don't worry about your blog. We'll be here when you get back. -Posted by milbertus on April 15, 2003 02:46 PM

		Get Well Dan! -Posted by Steve Miller on April 15, 2003 03:03 PM

		Thanks for the kind words. I'm doing fine today and I'm going to be fine, but I need a few more doctors to agree with me :) -Posted by Dan on April 15, 2003 08:54 PM

		I hope that you're OK, and like Quinn says, don't worry about the blog - get well first and then give us all of the gory details... -Posted by Anthony on April 16, 2003 11:48 AM

Comment posting has been turned off because I don't have enough time and will to deal with the constant comment spamming. I'm very sorry and will fix this sometime soon (soon = before 2004 ends).