Wernham Hogg Forum

Delphi · Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:42 am

Wowzers...that is a bit scary. Once when I was your age...I think I was 20 - had to have a tumor removed (long story), so I was in the hospital for 3 days. Surgery went fine...BUT...they put me on this drug which I was apparently allergic to...started having what are termed "dystonic" reactions....basically means your body starts to have like seizures on you...of course my mind was fine, but I had no control over my body and my tongue kept rolling back in my mouth, teeth grinding, stomach muscles clenching up (where I was stiched up - so it was pretty painful) - all for 3 HOURS - it took them 3 hours to figure out what was wrong. They gave me shots of vallium, didn't work - nothing worked, until finally they went through my chart again and realized I was allergic to this drug (which they later told me was an "extremely rare" reaction) - so anyway, they finally gave me benadryl and I was right as rain in a few minutes. :)

But what I remember most was lying there, in pain, with zero control over my muscles and being scared sh*tless...while listening to the nurses chit chat out in the hall and doctors ambling about...people laughing outside my room, etc...it gave me a new appreciation for anyone who has Parkinsons or anything like that. I just commend anyone who has to go through life like that. There are a lot of very strong individuals out there!!!

BILLY V2.0 wrote: haha, bender. really though, fainting did shit me up as you losing the use of your arm did. it's terrifying when your body just fails on you like that. i hadn't even had a drink or anything! i think it was lack of food/water/sleep or something, as well as the crowd (though i'm usually fine in big crowds) i've felt funny since friday night and i've had a headache all weekend. my body feels physically exhausted despite not having done anything and everything is sort of blurry. if it's a tumour i am not going to be happy.

nospam · Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:10 pm

BILLY V2.0 wrote: nospam wrote:
was the rave at Hackney Wick?

yeah (the one near the red door just outside the station) i'm glad i didn't go somebody got raped

i went there once. it was utter vile.