Thanks, Ig! It was definitely scary. The only thing I can figure is that
it was at least partly due to the stomach flu.

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"Ignoramus12651" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 14:16:34 GMT, Lady o' the house
wrote:
Well, I don't think I have to worry too much about the birthday cake I
ate
yesterday. It all came back up about later, thanks to the stomach flu.

But this was after I had taken a nice hot bath to get rid of the flu
'aches.' After getting up to dry myself off, I passed out and ended up
on
the bathroom floor with DH rushing into the room and blood pouring from
my
nose from where I'd popped it. Then, I tried to get back up gradually
from
my knees and passed out again, this time bumping the back of my head on
the
wall behind me (don't ask me how I bumped the BACK of my head from being
on
my knees.) It was a scary time for all of us. I was so freaked out
because
I've never had that happen to me before!

DH wanted to call an ambulance since he was sure I'd broken my nose, but
I
assured him that I didn't think it was broken (I could press, rub, etc.,
on
it and it didn't hurt), and I told him that the combination of barely
eating
anything all day, the extra sugar in the birthday cake, a pain pill I'd
taken for the flu 'aches,' and the hot bath were what caused me to pass
out.

I'm okay this morning. My neck muscles hurt and my nose is swollen, but
I'll live.


A scary turn of events. i am glad you are fine... I also had a stomach
bug a week ago. Puked and had diarrhea for a few hours and could not
hold water well. I ALMOST passed out. I was standing next to the
toilet, and then felt dizzy, decided to sit on the floor, noticed that
my pulse was something like 30 -- I could not even count it properly
-- and called my wife. Asked for some sugar water, that helped in a
couple of minutes. I was pretty close to passing out.

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