Friday, November 04, 2005
passed out, almost.
a happy healthy-lifestyle-day yesterday, turned into quite a disaster.
it was a pleasant surprise that feng suggested that we go for some light jogging the day before. like, y'know, he actually dun mind gg jogging with me - a cmi slow coach runner. of coz i said okie!
we set out from his place ard 6pm n made our way to punggol park. its quite a nice park, but i still think bishan's landscape is better. did abit of warmup stretches n off we went. like after 300m, i started panting. haha! how lousy can i get rite? anyway, i continued on... n after one big round (which is abt 1200m), i told him i cannot liaoz. but he urged me on n i ran another half round super slowly. finally, i stopped and brisked walk. he said i walked faster than i ran. haha, which is true towards the end lah. i know, it was quite xinku for him to 'run' at my speed, coz his legs are much longer n he was really taking baby steps. so i told him to carry on n i'll catch up. i walked the rest of the way back to the start - still feeling light-headed. but that's normal for me after a run. so i didn't think much of it.
we met at our start point, he took my hand and we proceeded to walk home. i was still okie then - could still tok n all. but somewhere along the way, when we stopped at the lights, my heart started beating way outta control. felt very very xinku, so we sat down at the bus stop to rest. weirdly, even after sitting, i didnt get better, but instead got worse. altho i told myself to breathe hard, the air didn't seem to be able to get to my lungs. my throat was soo dry, i felt like puking. i got up and went to the grass patch behind the bus stop. still, i couldn't puke. i was panicking. no matter how hard i breathe, the air couldn't get in. my lungs were in pain, everything around me were becoming black n white patches. i knew i was losing it. my ears clogged up, i was heaving painfully and then i couldn't see. as in, i totally blacked out. like han jingshu in tian guo de jie ti. my legs gave way n i really tot i was going to die.
thankfully, feng was beside me all the time n holding me, if not i would have juz tumbled to the ground n broke my head or smthg. "breathe, dear breathe." "i'm here, dun worry." "i bring u to the doctor's okie? i get a cab."
he led me to the seat n went to flag a cab. somehow, upon sitting down, i got slightly better n was beginning to see white patches instead of all black. i asked to go home.
got into the cab with his help n the aircon really helped. by the time we got back, i've regained my sight. went up to his place, drank water n rested. my ears slowly unclogged n i was relatively ok except for the throbbing in the head. ate a teeny bit of dinner and took a nap. got up an hour later feeling way better, so i took a shower, den drove home.
that's the closest i've ever been to passing out, n really was totally scary. a good reminder for me to always have my axe brand medication oil at hand.
skipped classes today. need the rest. my head's still throbbing.
~~~ Angela 11:30 AM
