Life Weird Night

Sully · 09-15-2008, 08:17 PM

So I had to work pretty late, which is rough because my wife is due any minute, now...so everything in our life seems very up in the air. So I'm ina weird stae of mind, as it is...

I'm driving home, and my wife calls me in a panic. Obviously I'm thinking it's time to go to the hospital, but no. Apparently the Independence SWAT team went sprinting through our yard, as the armored vehicle drove up to our neighbor's door and a couple of shots were fired. My wife was a wreck, scared to death. So I told her to get to the basement away from any windows, while I talked to her on the phone till I got home. I pulled in the driveway, and investigators are all over the place, the armored vehicle has re-parked itself in the street, and all the SWAT guys are sitting in another vehicle. I ask them what happened (not expecting a straight answer) and whether it was safe or if I needed to get my wife and go, and they said it was safe, and all they could tell me was that they were "Serving a Warrant." A couple of hours later... and they are still scouring the place.

I finally come in from that excitement and sit down... and I start coughing. I get a pretty bad cough a couple of times a year, for seemingly no reason. Anyhow, I start coughing so hard that I passed out. I was sitting in my chair, and I remember going into a coughing fit, and then all I know is that there was a ton of weird sound in my head... and finally my wife yelling at me. I guess she heard me cough, then something didn't sound right, and came in to find me sitting with my eyes open, and my arms and legs shaking, and me not breathing, and my face beet red. My head feels weird as hell, now, but I guess I'm fine.

She yelled at me that the baby was going to come when she was ready, and the world had to stop trying to scare her into labor...

**Mr. Flopnuts** · 09-15-2008, 08:18 PM

Go to the doctor. That's not normal.

Sully · 09-15-2008, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Flopnuts

Go to the doctor. That's not normal.

I haven't been to the doctor in years. I finally got insurance last year, but never went and got an actual doctor. To be honest, I'm not even sure how you "start" going to a doctor.
I know that sounds weird, I just haven't been in about 10 years, other than the clinics at CVS, an urgent care place here in town a couple of years back when I had pneumonia, and the ER once at Mizzou.

**Mr. Flopnuts** · 09-15-2008, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Sully

I haven't been to the doctor in years. I finally got insurance last year, but never went and got an actual doctor. To be honest, I'm not even sure how you "start" going to a doctor.
I know that sounds weird, I just haven't been in about 10 years, other than the clinics at CVS, an urgent care place here in town a couple of years back when I had pneumonia, and the ER once at Mizzou.

I'm mostly the same way. Just pick one that your insurance will pay for and schedule an appointment. When you gotta go, you gotta go. We're not spring chickens anymore.

**Buehler445** · 09-16-2008, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Sully

I haven't been to the doctor in years. I finally got insurance last year, but never went and got an actual doctor. To be honest, I'm not even sure how you "start" going to a doctor.
I know that sounds weird, I just haven't been in about 10 years, other than the clinics at CVS, an urgent care place here in town a couple of years back when I had pneumonia, and the ER once at Mizzou.

Dude, get yourself to a Dr. Go to the local clinic and see which ones are covered by your insurance and schedule an appointment. Give them a phone number of your last clinic so they can fax your medical records.

Do it tomorrow.

If nothing else, they should give you a shot for your vaginal nerve.

Frosty · 09-16-2008, 07:50 AM

Look up "cough syncope".

Be careful driving. We had a guy in Spokane that started coughing while he was driving, passed out, crossed a wide center berm and hit another vehicle head on, killing five kids.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/us...nt&oref=slogin

FAX · 09-16-2008, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

Dude, get yourself to a Dr. Go to the local clinic and see which ones are covered by your insurance and schedule an appointment. Give them a phone number of your last clinic so they can fax your medical records.

Do it tomorrow.

If nothing else, they should give you a shot for your vaginal nerve.

Agreed. The vaginal nerve is nothing to fool around with. Unless, of course, it happens to be someone else's vaginal nerve ... say, one belonging to a young, nubile blonde just out looking for some fun. Even then, they say that, when your vaginal nerve is tweaked, it can take awhile to recover.

FAX

FAX · 09-15-2008, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Flopnuts

Go to the doctor. That's not normal.

Amen to that, Mr. Sully. If you have one, call your doctor first thing in the am and tell him/her about the episode. If you don't have one, consider going to the ER. The bottom line is that the human body isn't designed to pass out as a result of a coughing fit. It sounds like the blood supply to your brain was temporarily cut off. Not only is that bad from the whole "passing out" point of view, but it could result in permanent brain damage which really sucks unless you enjoy eating baby food through a bendable straw and playing Jingo 12 hours a day in your pajamas.

FAX

Sully · 09-15-2008, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by FAX

Amen to that, Mr. Sully. If you have one, call your doctor first thing in the am and tell him/her about the episode. If you don't have one, consider going to the ER. The bottom line is that the human body isn't designed to pass out as a result of a coughing fit. It sounds like the blood supply to your brain was temporarily cut off. Not only is that bad from the whole "passing out" point of view, but it could result in permanent brain damage which really sucks unless you enjoy eating baby food through a bendable straw and playing Jingo 12 hours a day in your pajamas.

FAX

Well...
Though I've never played Jingo, i do appreciate my pajamas.

If this comes up again, I'll definitely call a doc.

**cdcox** · 09-15-2008, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by FAX

Amen to that, Mr. Sully. If you have one, call your doctor first thing in the am and tell him/her about the episode. If you don't have one, consider going to the ER. The bottom line is that the human body isn't designed to pass out as a result of a coughing fit. It sounds like the blood supply to your brain was temporarily cut off. Not only is that bad from the whole "passing out" point of view, but it could result in permanent brain damage which really sucks unless you enjoy eating baby food through a bendable straw and playing Jingo 12 hours a day in your pajamas.

FAX

How much does that pay?

LiL stumppy · 09-15-2008, 08:19 PM

Ha crazy night. My uncle laughs so hard sometimes he will pass out. Never heard of it from coughing though.

**luv** · 09-15-2008, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by LiL stumppy

Ha crazy night. My uncle laughs so hard sometimes he will pass out. Never heard of it from coughing though.

Used to be, whenever I would laugh or cough really hard, the room would start spinning and I would lose the ability to sit up straight (like you get when you're really dizzy). I think it had to do with my sinuses. Hasn't happened in quite some time. I never actually passed out, though.

Sully · 09-15-2008, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by luv

Used to be, whenever I would laugh or cough really hard, the room would start spinning and I would lose the ability to sit up straight (like you get when you're really dizzy). I think it had to do with my sinuses. Hasn't happened in quite some time. I never actually passed out, though.

That's happened to me quite a few times over the past few years, especially scary when I'm driving. This is the first time that's happened to me.

**luv** · 09-15-2008, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Sully

That's happened to me quite a few times over the past few years, especially scary when I'm driving. This is the first time that's happened to me.

Happened to me one time while I was driving 65 mph down the highway. Scared the shit out of me.

I never figured out exactly why it was happening, or really even why it stopped. I was told when I was younger that I have partially blocked sinuses. Maybe something to do with too much pressure on the brainstem or something?

**luv** · 09-15-2008, 08:49 PM

Oh, and did you ever find out what the warrant was for?

09-15-2008, 08:17 PM	Topic Starter
Sully It Goes On Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Lees Summit Casino cash: $10026331	Weird Night So I had to work pretty late, which is rough because my wife is due any minute, now...so everything in our life seems very up in the air. So I'm ina weird stae of mind, as it is... I'm driving home, and my wife calls me in a panic. Obviously I'm thinking it's time to go to the hospital, but no. Apparently the Independence SWAT team went sprinting through our yard, as the armored vehicle drove up to our neighbor's door and a couple of shots were fired. My wife was a wreck, scared to death. So I told her to get to the basement away from any windows, while I talked to her on the phone till I got home. I pulled in the driveway, and investigators are all over the place, the armored vehicle has re-parked itself in the street, and all the SWAT guys are sitting in another vehicle. I ask them what happened (not expecting a straight answer) and whether it was safe or if I needed to get my wife and go, and they said it was safe, and all they could tell me was that they were "Serving a Warrant." A couple of hours later... and they are still scouring the place. I finally come in from that excitement and sit down... and I start coughing. I get a pretty bad cough a couple of times a year, for seemingly no reason. Anyhow, I start coughing so hard that I passed out. I was sitting in my chair, and I remember going into a coughing fit, and then all I know is that there was a ton of weird sound in my head... and finally my wife yelling at me. I guess she heard me cough, then something didn't sound right, and came in to find me sitting with my eyes open, and my arms and legs shaking, and me not breathing, and my face beet red. My head feels weird as hell, now, but I guess I'm fine. She yelled at me that the baby was going to come when she was ready, and the world had to stop trying to scare her into labor...
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09-16-2008, 07:50 AM	#6
Frosty Go Beavers! Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Washington Casino cash: $3338243	Look up "cough syncope". Be careful driving. We had a guy in Spokane that started coughing while he was driving, passed out, crossed a wide center berm and hit another vehicle head on, killing five kids. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/us...nt&oref=slogin
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09-15-2008, 08:19 PM	#11
LiL stumppy 62-21 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: St. Louis, MO Casino cash: $9913684	Ha crazy night. My uncle laughs so hard sometimes he will pass out. Never heard of it from coughing though. __________________ I'm just cakn partna
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09-15-2008, 08:49 PM	#15
luv You think you can get by this? Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Springfield, MO Casino cash: $-1260000	Oh, and did you ever find out what the warrant was for?
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