A Horribly Frightening Thing Happened To Me Today on The Treadmill...

August 28, 2008

I went to the gym today and got on the treadmill as usual to do my HIIT. I

felt FINE when I got to the gym. I started the treadmill and did my warm up

for 5 minutes and then kicked the incline up to 10. I made it another 4

minutes or so and then went temporarily BLIND. Seriously my vision LEFT me.

This happened right after I got a shooting pain in the right side of my head

above my ear, which made me really dizzy and super nauseated. I kind of

freaked out and hit the stop button but I still stumbled and went down on my

knees, THEN I was STUCK on the treadmill for another 4 minutes until my

vision returned. (of course during this time everyone else went on around me

like nothing was wrong.)I was standing there completely unable to form a

complete thought as to what was happening and clutching to the sides of the

treadmill for dear life, BLIND as a bat. I was very " clumsy " getting off

the treadmill and couldn't get my legs and arms to work quite right I

flagged down a trainer who sat me down in a chair and I told him what

happened. He got me a bottle of water and a protein bar and asked me if I

wanted him to call an ambulance. I mumbled " no " because I really didn't want

to go to the hospital. I was however SCARED to death. I carry a Glucometer

in my purse due to Diabetes running in my family and SOMETIMES I get low

blood sugar but my sugar was normal. I have no idea what could have caused

this but eventually it did pass. However, I am now left with a slightly

" dingy " and disconnected feeling in my brain, and my vision and coordination

aren't what they were before the incident...

I do not have insurance so a trip to the doctor is out of the question right

now.

Do you think this could have been because I hadn't eaten? Does it sound

familiar to anyone??

My mom said it sounded like a stroke but obviously it wasn't because I am

functioning rather normally afterwards. Just a little slow and clumsy..

Any advice would be appreciated..

Thanks..

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Body For Life Challenge June 30, 2008-September 21,2008

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