(not so)routine check-up.

...began this morning, 8 a.m.

i was finally establishing care with my physician so i could then see a specialist for my wrists.

first off, i was sitting in the office waiting, kind of laughing to myself, wondering if my mom was right about me possibly being a bit of a hypocondriact (sp?). idk, i just feel that if something feels not right about my body and there is something further i could possibly prevent, i would rather take care of it now...

anyway, my primary said let's just do some blood work to check before seeing a specialist. right off the bat, the idea of "blood work" started making me feel nervous. next, the blood drawer said, "i'm gonna need three," and mind you, these tubes are NOT small. so this made me feel even worse. knowing how queasy i get, i pretty much figured i might pass out..especially because i only drank a little and didn't eat any breakfast before my appointment.

so as he's starting with the needle i started praying..saying the hail mary in my head, i think.

next thing i recall, i'm in what seems like the scariest f'in trip of my life. one of my first thoughts as i was coming to was wondering if i had o.d'd on drugs or something...but then i realized where i was again and realized that, yeah, i must have just passed out.

at first they thought i may have had a seizure, but i didn't (my body just jerked a bit when i fainted).

since i was only at a clinic when this happened, they called the emt's and i had my first ambulence ride (to the main hospital). (yes, they were speeding with the sirens, i.v. and everything..)

when i got there they did lots of tests, most of with the blood they had taken already. but they had to take one more blood test and i was crying because i was really scared. ...i ended up being okay though.

after a couple hours i was released. like i thought, the combination of pain/blood anxiety and not eating/drinking resulted in that. doc said to eat well, drink water and rest.

ae86 tomodachi picked me up and we got some lunch.


it was and unusual day, but i'm okay.