I love my wife and all, but Jesus Hercules Christ...

[XXX-er]

Unless she has altered lifestyle & diet to something she can sustain

she will gain it all back and more

[Cisco Kid]

Thanks. After 60 years with the lady I know that. Why is she fattening me up from my svelte 146?

[Supermoon]

Thanks. After 60 years with the lady I know that. Why is she fattening me up from my svelte 146?

Probably so she can eat you in a cheat day

[Diamond Joe]

Thanks. After 60 years with the lady I know that. Why is she fattening me up from my svelte 146?

So she looks even skinnier standing next to you! Duh

[Cisco Kid]

^^ Bingo

[plugboots]

Saw this and thought it might be appropriate for this thread.

[boltonoutlaw]

A severe vagal reaction can be terrifiying. I once had a patient do that in clinic doing some minor procedure. That didn't need sedation or an IV. We had a crash cart and a nurse who hadn't taken care of a sixk patient in decades. The patient looked like death, agonal type breathing. The longest and most terrifying 5 minutes of my life, until the patient came to. And I realized that it's one thing to run a code with a bunch of other people who know what they're doing. It's another to be essentially alone. That's the thing about doctors--we're trained to work with lots of equipment and other trained people. On our own, out of our environment we're as useless as Boy Scouts.

Sidebar: Yup.

I was diagnosed with vasovagal syncope at age 50 after unwittingly living with it my entire life. I am sure the first episode occurred earlier but the first that I recall was in 5th grade after a school-wide vaccination. Feeling faint I twice asked the teacher for permission to the bathroom and was denied. Then I went up to her desk, vomited all over her and it, and passed out. I was a minor celebrity for a bit, and a bud whose family owned a candy store gave me free Lifesavers for a while after that.

The next episode I clearly remember occurred in 7th grade biology class. I was super anxious about the day we were to dissect frogs, and sure enough, feeling faint I went to the bathroom and blew chunks. By then I had learned not ask for permission but my rep as a dude fell a few notches. This was the point at which I abandoned the idea of becoming a heli pilot because I had no understanding of, or control over these seemingly random events.

Skip forward to age 34 and a visit to a neurologist after concussing a tree snowboarding. Nurse sat me on the table and asked me to turn my head and I woke up in an ambulance. Apparently, I passed out, slid off the table and the nurse was unable to catch me in time to prevent me cracking my head on the floor resulting in 10 stitches on the eyebrow.

Vasovagal syncope events are commonly triggered by the sight of blood or the fear of needles, but becoming emotionally overwhelmed can also be a cause, as I discovered while watching House of 1000 Corpses (Rob Zombie). I typically NEVER watch slasher films but I was desperately chasing splittail and it was her house, her choice. Bad decision for me.

At age 50 I was watching a play in NYC (sitting directly in front of Annette Benning and Angie Harmon) and the subject matter was the AIDS crisis of the 80's. All good until Act III when the performers appeared in makeup to resemble the disease. I became so uncomfortable I had to bail at the climax of the play and chuck it in the WC. My GF at the play was the first person who finally, and correctly identified my issue.

Since then I always tell doctors or lab workers that passing out is a possibility for me, and they should be prepared. In 2016 I had three VV events in one week at DR offices and during a full-body CT scan. I then saw a cardiologist who did all the tests and discovered nothing. Finally, a visit to an electrophysiologist led to a tilt-table test which resulted in what the DR described as "the most immediate, significant, and textbook presentation" of vasovagal syncope he had ever witnessed in his career. I was prescribed a pacemaker but turned it down.

During the pandemic of 1968, the so-called "Hong Kong Flu" (1 million deaths), I lost 100% of my hearing in one ear overnight, and am pretty sure this is the event that caused my neurological vasovagal disorder, but I cannot be sure.

[m2711c]

Finally figured out the cure to a lifelong problem and you turned it down?


OK.

[boltonoutlaw]

Finally figured out the cure to a lifelong problem and you turned it down?


OK.

I live in 3 countries and sometimes not insured so having a device in me that needs maintenance is not in my plan. My heart is fine. The problem is the signal from the brain to the heart, but I suppose you know that. Thanks

EDIT: BTW, there is no cure for vasovagal syncope. Only coping mechanisms, and trigger avoidance. It was later determined that a pacemaker was over prescription, likely an effort to make $$$

[XXX-er]

I got a buddy who could pass out from seeing blood or needles, the thing is that buddy was an MD

[boltonoutlaw]

I got a buddy who could pass out from seeing blood or needles, the thing is that buddy was an MD

Wow. Talk about pushing your boundaries and challenging yourself. Kudos

[XXX-er]

Wow. Talk about pushing your boundaries and challenging yourself. Kudos

well it had happened in the past but it didn't happen all the time, buddy sez he could deal with it and the key was actively keep breathing

[TurxSki]

I got a buddy who could pass out from seeing blood or needles, the thing is that buddy was an MD

Was his name Doc Martin, by any chance...?

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[rideit]

Dr. Death, actually.

[XXX-er]

he was actualy a good MD, patients & nurses liked him

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-...590-story.html

check out this guy ^^ a surgeon with Tourettes

[riser4]

My mom had severe vasovagal syncope. She died at age 46.5 from a brain aneurysm. So there's that. She was useless the times I cut myself badly as a kid. I get a wicked queasy reaction with tightness in my chest to [other people's] blood and to needles, but I've never passed out. So far. If I distract myself I can make it go away.

[boltonoutlaw]

My mom had severe vasovagal syncope. She died at age 46.5 from a brain aneurysm. So there's that. She was useless the times I cut myself badly as a kid. I get a wicked queasy reaction with tightness in my chest to [other people's] blood and to needles, but I've never passed out. So far. If I distract myself I can make it go away.

FYI/PSA:

Teach the patient maneuvers to prevent the vasovagal attack.
For instance, crossing legs along with squeezing the muscles of hands and foot to increase peripheral vascular resistance to
Lie down and elevating foot above heart level to increase blood flow to the brain by gravity
Sit down and put the head between both knees until the patient feels better.

Source: https://nurseship.com/vasovagal-sync...ng-management/

I do exercise B when I feel the onset of vasovagal syncope:

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Photo from: https://exercisewalls.blogspot.com/2...cises-for.html

[old goat]

In my professional experience it's always men that faint.

[paulster2626]

Wife sometimes does the dishes (big pots and pans, etc) after a meal. Usually we help each other out, but sometimes she just tells me to go play with the kids or relax or whatever and she will take care of it all. Wonderful! Except, she seems to forget the very last step in dishwashing, and that is to remove the plug in the sink and let all the nasty soap/grease water drain away. So I will wake up, go to make a coffee, and get to start my day unplugging a cold AF sink with nasty water and bits of food all collected at the bottom. Sometimes, a little grease will re-coagulate and form a ring around the sink that I also need to take care of. Blech.

[riser4]

Wife sometimes does the dishes (big pots and pans, etc) after a meal. Usually we help each other out, but sometimes she just tells me to go play with the kids or relax or whatever and she will take care of it all. Wonderful! Except, she seems to forget the very last step in dishwashing, and that is to remove the plug in the sink and let all the nasty soap/grease water drain away. So I will wake up, go to make a coffee, and get to start my day unplugging a cold AF sink with nasty water and bits of food all collected at the bottom. Sometimes, a little grease will re-coagulate and form a ring around the sink that I also need to take care of. Blech.

The joys of waking up.

[detrusor]

In my professional experience it's always men that faint.

Totally agree. So many dads going to ground on OB


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[riser4]

Totally agree. So many dads going to ground on OB


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For all three of my wife's C-sections I sat on a stool at her head behind a screen with the anesthesiologist. I warned them in advance. I didn't faint. I just had to not look down at the surgeons' feet on the other side of the screen. That was all kinds of gross.

[skinipenem]

Totally agree. So many dads going to ground on OB


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Grandmas x 2

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[boltonoutlaw]

For all three of my wife's C-sections I sat on a stool at her head behind a screen with the anesthesiologist. I warned them in advance. I didn't faint. I just had to not look down at the surgeons' feet on the other side of the screen. That was all kinds of gross.

LOL
#2 reason i have no kids

[AK47bp]

LOL
#2 reason i have no kids

If C section blood is the number 2 reason you didn’t have kids what was number 1?


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