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Girl monthlies + alcohol + heat = x_x <--kyrasantae
At around 4PM this evening I went to the campus bar to get some munchies... I had one glass of beer and a large salad. It's no more than I usually drink (I'm a lightweight, but I can usually stomach two drinks in ~2 hours without getting too uncomfortable), so I'm feelin' good and at 5:30 I go outside to get some sun... It's blazing hot outside (30°C / 86°F was predicted today) and I sit on the lawn...talked to my parents on the phone for half an hour, then sat around a little more checking out![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fakiiri's belated birthday package. I'm feeling the usual slight discomfort after having a drink.
At around 6:10 I get up to walk home. I started to walk, and then, suddenly, for the first time in my life I felt...
...drunk was the first thought that came to my mind, but it couldn't be... sure, I haven't had any alcohol for a bit more than a month nows, but I can't be *that* weak.
My head was swimming and my vision was going in and out. My stomach also felt upset (but not in a nauseous way). Staggering, I managed to move myself toward some concrete steps and sat down. The (extremely) light breeze made me feel a little better. Later, I tried to stand up again, and still felt faint. Eventually I made it to a street corner near a parking lot, and lay down on my side in a little patch of grass next to a hedge. I tried to sleep. I figured a brief nap would help, but the discomfort really didn't let that happen.
What could I do? I thought and thought. Then I thought of calling campus security - surely they have patrol cars that can drive me back to my dorm. An operator asked my name and location, and in about 30 seconds a constable rode up to me on a bicycle. I sat up, he checked my school ID (so they don't write me a ticket for trespassing) and he said "stay there, we'll get you a car." Not even half a second after that, a cruiser drives up behind him and I get in (seriously, the speed at which the car appeared was insane).
I told the officer in the car that I just needed some help getting back to the dorm (which was, at this point, no more than 300m away - it's literally on the other side of the parking lot), but he insisted he take me to the hospital.
I haven't been inside a hospital as a patient for almost 18 years. The emergency room was quite busy today too, people being wheeled in on stretchers and wheelchairs, police coming and going, and so on.
Even as I walked into the hospital I was already feeling a lot better; I could keep my balance and walk more or less normally without having to hold the officer's hand. Of course, my - very normal - post-drink headache was still there, and so I sat in the waiting room with a misspelled name on a paper wristband, and waited for, I dunno, a doctor, I guess? I didn't end up seeing a doctor; I felt well enough at around 8:15 to go home, and it would have been ages before it would be my turn anyway.
Normally my post-drink headache only lasts about 2 hours, but it's been 3 hours at this point and it's still there...
I'm pretty sure the whole deal was just heat exhaustion; I had a day with a similar head-swimminess last summer but at least I was just at home. But coupled with (not severe this time but) significant menstrual cramps and a little booze it was far more than I could handle at once.
It's almost 10PM now and I still have a trace of that headache.
Edit: It's now 2:30AM, I had some noodles after typing this post and just had some chicken soup, I still have the post-alcohol 'stale' feeling in the back of my head (which is basically the next step down after the post-alcohol headache), but I think I'll go to bed now and see how I feel tomorrow.
Girl monthlies + alcohol + heat = x_x <--kyrasantae
At around 4PM this evening I went to the campus bar to get some munchies... I had one glass of beer and a large salad. It's no more than I usually drink (I'm a lightweight, but I can usually stomach two drinks in ~2 hours without getting too uncomfortable), so I'm feelin' good and at 5:30 I go outside to get some sun... It's blazing hot outside (30°C / 86°F was predicted today) and I sit on the lawn...talked to my parents on the phone for half an hour, then sat around a little more checking out
fakiiri's belated birthday package. I'm feeling the usual slight discomfort after having a drink.At around 6:10 I get up to walk home. I started to walk, and then, suddenly, for the first time in my life I felt...
...drunk was the first thought that came to my mind, but it couldn't be... sure, I haven't had any alcohol for a bit more than a month nows, but I can't be *that* weak.
My head was swimming and my vision was going in and out. My stomach also felt upset (but not in a nauseous way). Staggering, I managed to move myself toward some concrete steps and sat down. The (extremely) light breeze made me feel a little better. Later, I tried to stand up again, and still felt faint. Eventually I made it to a street corner near a parking lot, and lay down on my side in a little patch of grass next to a hedge. I tried to sleep. I figured a brief nap would help, but the discomfort really didn't let that happen.
What could I do? I thought and thought. Then I thought of calling campus security - surely they have patrol cars that can drive me back to my dorm. An operator asked my name and location, and in about 30 seconds a constable rode up to me on a bicycle. I sat up, he checked my school ID (so they don't write me a ticket for trespassing) and he said "stay there, we'll get you a car." Not even half a second after that, a cruiser drives up behind him and I get in (seriously, the speed at which the car appeared was insane).
I told the officer in the car that I just needed some help getting back to the dorm (which was, at this point, no more than 300m away - it's literally on the other side of the parking lot), but he insisted he take me to the hospital.
I haven't been inside a hospital as a patient for almost 18 years. The emergency room was quite busy today too, people being wheeled in on stretchers and wheelchairs, police coming and going, and so on.
Even as I walked into the hospital I was already feeling a lot better; I could keep my balance and walk more or less normally without having to hold the officer's hand. Of course, my - very normal - post-drink headache was still there, and so I sat in the waiting room with a misspelled name on a paper wristband, and waited for, I dunno, a doctor, I guess? I didn't end up seeing a doctor; I felt well enough at around 8:15 to go home, and it would have been ages before it would be my turn anyway.
Normally my post-drink headache only lasts about 2 hours, but it's been 3 hours at this point and it's still there...
I'm pretty sure the whole deal was just heat exhaustion; I had a day with a similar head-swimminess last summer but at least I was just at home. But coupled with (not severe this time but) significant menstrual cramps and a little booze it was far more than I could handle at once.
It's almost 10PM now and I still have a trace of that headache.
Edit: It's now 2:30AM, I had some noodles after typing this post and just had some chicken soup, I still have the post-alcohol 'stale' feeling in the back of my head (which is basically the next step down after the post-alcohol headache), but I think I'll go to bed now and see how I feel tomorrow.
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