Yesterday at work I blacked out. I stood up and nearly fell down on the floor. The world was spinning. So they called the school nurse and took me down to the office. She decided I was probably dehydrated, since the room was 80 degrees and I was in long sleeves and pants. She still wanted me to go to the doctor though, and didn't want me driving my jeep so she called my husband to come home from work and pick me up. He came and then we went to my family doc. He was just about to send me home with the "drink plenty and rest" shpiel when I said (stupid me) "Well, I'm glad that's what you think, because every time I get a twinge in my chest or feel short of breath or dizzy or anything it reminds me of the blood clot thing, so I freak out". Mind you, I've seen this doctor once before since it is a largish practice and I dont usually care who I see as long as I can be seen. He hasn't looked THAT carefully at my chart, which is slowly being converted to all electronic notebooks.The poor man's eyes got as round as saucers and he said "Tell me about the bloodclot thing..." and proceeded to tell me that I needed to go to the ER and have testing done. Oh joy 
. So I spent a few hours in the ER (amazing how they rush when they think you have a heart condition and you are 25) And, suprise suprise, they too think I was dehydrated, and maybe anemic..."take it easy tomorrow, drink lots of fluids, get lots of rest...we don't know what happened." Um...okay. So by this point I'm feeling better, just dumb for being all panicked over "nothing". We decide to grab dinner out and then go pick up my jeep. All is going well until about a mile before my house when all of a sudden the world started to spin. I pulled over and managed to say coherent through it. My poor husband was in his truck behind me freaking out. I made it home and fell down twice more. By this point I am scared out of my mind but in no way shape or form want to do anything besides sleep. Since I was still alert my husband let me make the call, but wasn't so happy. fast forward to today. I'm home from work, I'm exhausted but can't possibly sleep anymore, my head is throbbing and I can't drive anywhere because,well I promised I wouldn't and it's probably not safe. What do I do now? I feel pretty gross. My chest hurts, I'm sorta dizzy. I should go to the doctor but I shouldn't drive myself and no one lives nearby with a car (all amish neighbors) I won't freak out my mom by having her pick me up (she's my last to know for any medical emergency since she's the least helpful...) Am I just worried for nothing, or did the doctors do all they could yesterday and I'm still just dehydrated and over tired?
. So I spent a few hours in the ER (amazing how they rush when they think you have a heart condition and you are 25) And, suprise suprise, they too think I was dehydrated, and maybe anemic..."take it easy tomorrow, drink lots of fluids, get lots of rest...we don't know what happened." Um...okay. So by this point I'm feeling better, just dumb for being all panicked over "nothing". We decide to grab dinner out and then go pick up my jeep. All is going well until about a mile before my house when all of a sudden the world started to spin. I pulled over and managed to say coherent through it. My poor husband was in his truck behind me freaking out. I made it home and fell down twice more. By this point I am scared out of my mind but in no way shape or form want to do anything besides sleep. Since I was still alert my husband let me make the call, but wasn't so happy. fast forward to today. I'm home from work, I'm exhausted but can't possibly sleep anymore, my head is throbbing and I can't drive anywhere because,well I promised I wouldn't and it's probably not safe. What do I do now? I feel pretty gross. My chest hurts, I'm sorta dizzy. I should go to the doctor but I shouldn't drive myself and no one lives nearby with a car (all amish neighbors) I won't freak out my mom by having her pick me up (she's my last to know for any medical emergency since she's the least helpful...) Am I just worried for nothing, or did the doctors do all they could yesterday and I'm still just dehydrated and over tired?
