Fainting

Date: 2005.06.14 | Category: Prior to March 2007 | Tags:

There is a point where might you ask yourself, does she make this stuff up? Let me assure you, if you come to that point, the answer is no. I do not make this stuff up.

I have fainted three times in my life. The first time was when I was a kid, and was in church. I couldn’t stop yawning, and my mother was having a fit because I was ruining the mass. Next thing I know, I’m on the floor and she’s shaking me awake. I had fainted, and let me assure you, the yawning wasn’t such a big deal anymore.

The second time I fainted was the day I had my wisdom teeth pulled. Oh sure, I bet lots of people faint after having their teeth pulled, however I fainted prior to my appointment. My mom (see a pattern here?) dropped me off so she could shop while I had my teeth pulled, and there I was, sitting in the waiting room, minding my own business, signing all the forms that said things like if you die during the surgery blah blah blah….. sign here. And then there was the guy in the waiting room who had just gotten his teeth pulled, he was moaning and looked miserable. I started to feel, icky, like I might puke, so I asked where the bathroom was — and then I fainted. I woke up on my back, feet up in the air, propped against the wall, and a cold washcloth on my forehead. They tried to tell me I should come back another day to have my wisdom teeth pulled. I said, “You’ll do it today, or I’ll never come back.”

The third time I fainted was today. I was at the lab, getting blood drawn for some tests that a doctor ordered. I’ve never fainted while having blood drawn, or while getting a shot, or anything like that. But today, in middle of having blood drawn, I felt it happening. I told the lady,
“I’m going”, and the next thing I know, she’s shaking me awake. Are you okay? Are you okay? Huh? What? Leave me alone, let me get back to my nap….. huh? Why are you asking me if I’m okay? And then she made me sit there until my husband came to pick me up. Boy, did I feel like a dork.

Tomorrow, I’ll tell you what happened when I woke up after having my wisdom teeth pulled. That’s a good story! A funny one! Had I not have fainted today, I’d have forgotten all about it…… and you’d never get to ask yourself, does she make this stuff up?

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