14 2 / 2010
Sick…
Yesterday I was at the ranch. I ate a sandwich from Starbucks, drank a chai tea latte, then rode my horse for an hour. I got off her, was walking her over to the wash rack to hose her off and all of a sudden felt like I was going to pass out. Was seeing stars, my whole face went numb, felt like I was going to vomit. I tied her up to the fence and went to go sit down in the shade and drank 20oz of water, assuming I was dehydrated since it was 75 degrees out and I’d been riding my horse.
I started to feel a bit better, so I decided to try driving home. I got 4 blocks and started to almost pass out again. I made it to the gas station to call Luke and he had to come down and get me. We sat in his truck with the breeze and a bottle of Gatorade (I still figured it was heat exhaustion or something) and I started to feel a bit better. (This is after I had to sit down in the hallway outside the gas station bathroom when it was occupied because I almost passed out). This was at 4pm yesterday.
We got home, I felt good enough to shower and sit down. I still felt “not right” all day, but we ordered Chinese food and I had a normal dinner. The evening started to get worse and worse. Randomly, my nose and mouth and hands and feet would start to get all tingly/numb. I would have waves where I would feel like I’m about to pass out and vomit. I would try to go vomit, and nothing would happen. I took Pepto Bismol hoping it would help…it didnt. I tried to lay down to sleep at midnight and nearly passed out. I sat up, my heart was beating so fast (probably because it scared me) and I sat there while Luke talked to me to help me relax. We almost went to urgent care, but I decided to see if it could subside.
By that point I was terrified to lay down. I sat on the couch upright until 2am, then Luke and I went to bed and he made me a pillow wall so I could sleep sitting up. I felt nauseous and sick, and now and then would feel about to pass out. I managed to fall asleep sitting up at 4:30am. Woke up at noon today and felt a bit nauseous, but okay. I had a half bowl of soup, and then started getting worse and worse. If I stand up, I’m getting dizzy and my extremities are getting tingly. I took more Pepto because the nausea is getting worse. My belly feels unsettled.
At this point, I’m not sure what it is - heading in to the doctor now…my theories are:
1) Food poisoning from the Starbucks sandwich?
2) Allergic reaction to Nexium, a new delayed-release medication for acid reflux that I started taking Friday night around 11pm.
3) Blood pressure/blood sugar/iron?
4) Insert idea here?
