So last night I had a health scare and went to the emergency room....

Wetzelbill

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Tue Jul-24-07 04:14 PM
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So last night I had a health scare and went to the emergency room....

Edited on Tue Jul-24-07 04:18 PM by Wetzelbill

It actually happened when I was on DU. I stretched out and held my breath for a second while doing so, and something in my head snapped, and I felt like I had one of those ice cream freeze headaches times about a million. It about knocked me cold. I was nauseated, my vision was blurring and it just wouldn't go away. So after a while I called 911 and an ambulance took me in.

I had all the characteristics of a brain aneurysm, but thank God I am still young and pretty healthy, because I guess that helped me from actually having any internal bleeding or anything. But when I went in they did a cat scan and then a lumbar puncture, aka a spinal tap and all that stuff. Everything looked fine, other than my head feeling like it was about to explode, so they kept me around for observation until about two hours ago, and finally let me go.

I suppose it seems weird and somewhat foolish now because, in the end, I essentially had an overglorified headache. But it was scary. I've had some serious injuries from sports, including concussions and nothing felt like this. I also have had numerous surgeries and nearly died a few times when I was younger from complications stemming from a premature birth. I remember all of those times vividly, and nothing ever freaked me out like last night did. I gave my brother my passwords for DU, Myspace and my email account, so he could inform everybody if something truly bad happened. I don't scare easily but this was harrowing. It took everything I had to remain conscious and alert those first 4 hours or so.

But I guess the real point I want to get to is not my health, I'm fine now and just have to take it easy. I just wanted to tell all of you to vote Wetzelbill/Kurovski in '08. :)

No seriously, it just made me think how much I enjoy this community. Sure it's the internet, but, you know, there are so many great people on DU that I care about and look forward to seeing around every day, or most every day. And not because we agree politically on most issues, but mainly because you are all great people. Intelligent, humorous and wildly eclectic. Sure we all have our battles from time to time, but I wouldn't change a thing. I love DU and I love all of you.

Many of us felt lost over the course of these last several years, and watched in horror as our country seemed to go completely insane. It wasn't always easy to deal with that out in the regular world, where it's often difficult to express our feelings and our concern, because lets face it, most regular people don't keep track of politics like we all do. That doesn't make them bad or anything, they just don't share that same passion day in and day out like we all do. That neverending curiousity, the neverending willingness to fight for what we all believe in.

I think to each and every one of us, DU has been therapeutic. A healing salve that we can apply every time we get online and log into the website. That's what I love. The people. The passion. To me DU is a special place and you are all special people.

I don't necessarily know why, and it may sound trite and corny, but something about last night and the ordeal I went through just compelled me to tell all of you that.

I think I just wanted you all to know that behind the joking and the screwing around that I do around here, is a genuine heartfelt emotion and love for all of you. So like I said, I just feel compelled to let you all know that.

And also, vote Wetzelbill/Kurovski in '08. :)