so today was a FUN day.
i was sitting in my race, gender, class, and sexuality class (in a s.o.m. lecture hall for those familiar with utd) when i started to feel a little jittery and uneasy. it was kind of like the feeling you get when you're in a lecture and it's dragging on forever and you really want to leave. the only problem was that i was really enjoying the lecture. this confused me. i then had the sudden urge to get something to drink. a dr. pepper or something. as i was making up my mind on whether i wanted to get up and get the drink during the lecture i starting feeling slightly dizzy and a little lightheaded. because of this i decided that i definately needed a drink and got up from my chair. i begain walking toward the aisle i was in toward the side aisle that leads to the door out of the lecture hall. my vision became very blurred and i trying to steady myself on the desks while telling myself to just keep taking steps.
i came-to about 5-10 seconds later (i'm told) laying on the floor (which, luckily for me, was carpeted) in the aisle. i could hear a bunch of voices around me but i wasn't really paying attention. i just thought "man, i need to get that drink" and stood right back up. i started to take a step and immediately was like "whoa, what's going on?" (my thought processes thoughout all of this were a little off) at that time i heard my professor, dr. mccoy, saying "i think you should sit down, sit down, i want you to sit down." i thought to myself "what a good idea," and said ok and sat down. she then told me to put my head down below my knees. again i thought to myself "wow, what a great idea." i did that and slowly began to regain lucidity. slowly. from what i could pick up from dr. mccoy and the others around me i was very white and very clammy. my pulse was also apparently quite fast and i was pretty hot. the professor asked me if i was diabetic and i said no while thinking "what on earth does that have to do with anything?" (i was still a little screwy) someone gave me their water and someone else gave me a frappacino in case i needed blood sugar. dr. mccoy offered to call 911 and asked me if i wanted her to. i again said no and again i wondered why she would ask such a thing. a couple of guys in the class, including an older one who works for the university and has a utd truck said they would escort me to the clinic. he said he would use the truck to drive me right up to it (since normal cars aren't allowed in that area). as we walked out of the classroom (i was able to walk, though i was fairly shakey) we ran into the cute political-activist type girl that sits in the row infront of me and 5 or so chairs to the right. she had apparently run to the clinic to see if they could send someone over (which they couldn't). i find it amusing that while i was somewhat delirious and struggling to stand and regain composure i still managed to think about girls. heh, go me. anyway, they got me to the clinic and i sat around for a while because the nurse was busy. i was then informed that she couldn't see me until 4:10 (this happened about 2:10) and so i decided to just go upstairs and gets something to drink. i got michael to come over to the su and talk to me and watch me just in case while i regained my fortitude. now i'm back at the apartment and still feel a little weak, but overall am ok.
so in summary:
-fainting in class is weaksauce.
-that kind of stuff can just kind of hit you without warning (i was feeling fine up until when it happened)
-thought processes while delirious are awesome.
-helpful and caring people are awesome.
-carpet is good.
-i wish i could have heard the end of the lecture.
yeah, like i said, FUN day.
