Fainting and Pain

Its been a few months since I have had an episode and am feeling better in general. This week, however, I was out after a snowy day headed toward a Greek restaurant in Montclair, NJ and slipped on some ice in a parking lot.

It was one of those falls where you go up in the air and fall flat on your back. It looks funny in the movies but I was in excruciating pain. My husband helped me up and glutton that I am I wanted to still go eat. I walked a few steps when I started to feel light headed and said I felt faint. Sure enough I blacked out.

My husband said I was unconscious for about 2 minutes. A woman walking by called an ambulance. A young man from the YMCA across the street came over as well as some very nice policemen. I didn't want an ambulance as I knew how expensive those are even with good medical insurance.( one charged $2200 to drive 3 blocks from my gym to a hospital after fainting).

The policemen helped me into my car. It was so slippery that they said they had slipped too.
When I got home I lied down for a while on the couch and when I went upstairs to the bathroom I again felt nauseated and dizzy and had to lie on the bathroom floor to stop myself from passing out again.

I guess what I'm getting at is pain seems to trigger passing out as some of your comments suggested.

I'm still sore but I'm up and around. I take Advil when I tighten up and use some ice packs when th pain is bad.

Wishing you all a healthy, happy new year.

Beth