Thursday I woke up unbalanced.
 

When I got out of bed I almost fell when I tried to stand up -- caught myself
from hitting the floor by grabbing a chair. Kept kind of wobbling awhile.

I tried to settle myself but I got in the car to drive aware that it was not safe
to drive. I had a mammo appointment nearby. I did not have the right paperwork with me so I came home really really upset.
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Back home, I looked to Google re symptoms. It said the balance issue might be caused from not drinking enough water / lack of electrolytes. Also mentioned low blood pressure.
-- I did not have any sports drinking handy so I drank tons of water and
two cans of soup for the salt and ate raisins and an orange for the sugar that might be in store-bought sports drinks.


After drinking water all day long and taking the salt and sugar described above, I feel o.k. Totally balanced :=)


M

I've been there before because of all the mag. citrate I've taken. It's scary...

You did all the right things, and I'm glad that you are okay :hug:

Yes mari, you did all of the right things. Hubby has a hard time drinking a lot of water while at work because he sees students back to back and doesn't give himself a break, they are supposed to be 50 minute lessons but he gives them an hour.
((((HUGS))))
bizi

I fell down when I was dressing on the day that the house caught on fire.
This was shocking to me. I feel down on my hip. I'm okay. I don't know how this happened.

I was very tired because I threw some things into the dumpster that where outside near my air conditioner. I was tired, but still...

I've seen these things on commercials, and didn't take them seriously until after I fell.

I'm sorry that you fell Mari. BF:hug::hug::hug:

it could be orthostatic hypotension. blood pressure drops so low so fast when standing up suddenly from a sitting or a laid down position. it can cause one to faint

I hope you are feeling better.
((((HUGS))))
bizi

I'm fine now. Thanks.


Drinking water.



M

I thought about the low blood pressure. But I could not find
a pulse -- not unusual because I have never been able to do the pulse thing.
I remember in 6th grade learning how to do it.


Since then I have had people show me good pulse points.
NADA.



M

Dehydration/electrolyte imbalance can cause isolated episodes of orthostatic hypotension, and that's part of the reason why people feel faint, etc. Rehydrating will usually take care of the problem. If it continues to happen THAT is cause for concern.

I'm glad you're feeling fine now, Mari :)

I can never take my own pulse either. Sometimes the nurses and
doctors have to really take mine in odd places too. So its not
odd. They already know it so its okay.

Donna :hug::grouphug:

Yeah, I have a really hard time drinking water at work too. All teachers at all levels go through this -- finding opportunity to go to the restroom.

I can imagine that would be hard to do.

Some people say that your body adjusts to higher water intake over time and you pee less, but I call BS on that.

I went into work hoping that I could manage with the wicked cold I have.


But it was getting worse by the hour so I left and came home.


I am feeling better at the moment.



M

what are you taking for it?

sorry for your cold, glad that you are feeling better.
(((((HUGS))))
bizi

There's nothing I can take that won't make me feel worse.


I am drinking lots of water.



M

I'm sorry you can't take anything for your cold, Mari. I hope the cold is short-lived, you can get some good sleep in, and you feel better soon :hug::hug::hug:

can you drink herbal tea?
The anti-inflammatory gingerols and shaogals in ginger root will help to relieve a sore throat quickly, and they also kill rhinoviruses, which cause colds in the first place. Drink three or more cups daily until you are well. You can also drink the same ginger tea to warm up on a very cold winter day.Mar 24, 2011

I am home from work today still.

I will ask hubby if he has ginger. He usually has some
in the fridge for his own tea.

The other day I asked him to buy some honey dew and I felt
somehow that it did help me feel better.

M

Thursday was the first day I started feeling better.

I've been home sleeping. Sleeping feels helpful.




M

that is great

I'm glad you're sleeping and feeling a bit better, Mari. I hope the cold is totally out of your system soon :hug:

I am hoping you are able to rest this weekend,
glad that you are starting to feel better.
(((((HUGS))))

Although I can see the other side now, I still feel like being in bed all the time.


M

so stay in bed as much as you can get away with.
(((((HUGS))))
bizi

Sleep is a good thing in mental health issues, and also the cold. I hope that you feel better very soon Mari. BF:hug::hug::hug:

A friend I've known for thirty years has serious cancer.
She has good drs and all that and has some family support.
And she does not get depressed.


I've stopped by two or three times to see her and talk and hangout.
It's a little bit hard for me.
Maybe she and I are like family --- don't like each other
all that much but we have long history together.

(Really trying to keep up my mood so that I can continue to work)



M

I'm very sorry about your friend, Mari :hug::hug::hug:

I'm glad that you are visiting her. It is understandable that is hard, especially since you don't have an easy relationship. Hopefully in the end, these visits will lead to easier closure when she does pass away :hug::hug::hug:

I do not know her exact diagnosis but she is still holding her job
and seems to expect to make it.

She's strong in lots of ways.



M

She sounds like a fighter. My mother was like that. That's great, Mari :hug:

You do have a choice to not go see her.
((((HUGS))))
bizi

One of the things that bothers me about my friend is that she says things that are essentially lies.


It is one of the few things I cannot give people slack about.

Two visits in a row she had crappy (dirty and sticky) diet books that "someone"
had dropped off that would supposedly help with her treatment.

They were stupid but mostly I was annoyed that, after knowing her for over thirty years, she
continually lies about who comes to her house. I do not care if it is a friend, girlfriend/ lover, or someone she met on the streat.
No reason to lie to me who has known her a million years.

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I VERY gently helped her with her food issues and kept asking her to
talk about what tiny bit of diet advice she got from one of the random
doctors.


M

I hate it that some people feel the need to do that. How many years have you had to grin and bear that? :hug:

Oh I am sorry that you have this extra area of concern for you.
(((((HUGS)))))
bizi

She's only been doing that for the past three years or so.


There's no reason for her to lie. I do not care what she does.



M

People who lie cause all kinds of trouble. I worked with a person who told me habitual lies, and he would not tell me later that what he said was a lie.

His lies at times threw me into head trips. I think that was what he wanted to do to me. After a while, I realized what he was doing, and I didn't believe what he would say from then until I left that job. I didn't believe anything that he said about anything. He was in the management in that store. His lying was a form of cruelty. BF:hug::hug::hug:

I don't feel right.

When I am relaxed I feel weird -- like my meds are off or something.

Really hard to explain.

. . . as if my arms and head and face are reacting to a med withdrawal.



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possibly paresthesia?



M

Are you saying that you feel relaxed?
bizi

Good question.
"Relaxed" sounds kind of true but I have set up my environment and
my day to be doing as little as possible and to be as little invovled
in issues / thoughts/ interactions with people. Certainly I am avoiding
taken care of things -- barely even washing myself and brushing teeth.


So I am kind of relaxed. I guess that is good.
But I feel sleepy -- as if I could reduce a one of my meds but I
have enough sense not to mess with the meds at this point.
(They are essentially the same dose as they were when I was with my last pdoc
years ago.)

M

From time to time I get the kind of "off" feeling like you are describing. I have a lot of paresthesias/dysthesias from MS, and the feeling I get is a little different. It feels like a med error/over-medication.

I can understand why you would want to cut back on the dose of one or more meds in response to this kind of experience. Things like that make me want to reduce my dose of gabapentin, but I know I need it.

I'm glad that you have made adjustments to help you avoid some of the bull s*** in life :hug::hug::hug: