fainted on plane!

As you know I took my trip to Aruba yesterday, and did have a vodka and orange juice to relax me but half way through the flight I felt like I had to throwup so I decided to go to the bathroom but when I stood up to walk to bathroom I felt wobbley and walked to the back of the plane when I saw the attendant I was going to ask for some water but just fell to the floor and took a big box of chips with me, which i grabbed on to when I went down. They were very nice and let me sit in the seat in the back and I told them that everything was foggy so they gave me oxygen which helped. They said I was as white as a ghost.

I was wondering why I fainted and wondering if it has anything to do with me weaning off the hydrocortisone enema now. I am currently doing the hydrocort enema every other night and the mesalamine on the other night and also on balzalazide disodium.

I'm not sure about the enema but anemia can do that if your iron is low. I faint when moving from warm air to really cold air (aka the winter and heated cars) if I'm not too careful.

Did you not eat, in order to prepare for the long flight? Also, maybe air sickness.

The problem was you stood up....Seriously, you stood up.

You had to go to the bathroom to puke, that triggers a vagal response in your body which also lowers your blood pressure. Then, you have alcohol on board, which also lowers your blood pressure. THEN, you stand up, probably fast and in a panic, and THAT lowers your blood pressure even more, and by the time you got to the back of the plane there was so little blood pressure left pumping blood to your brain you were white as a ghost and ready to pass out.

Has nothing to do with anything except you stood up (too fast)....and those other things beforehand that added to it.

That will be $125 for the office visit, sorry, I don't take insurance.

Yikes, scary. I'd say the same thing as Scott, especially since you recovered well afterward.


Maybe skip the booze on the way home..;-)

Have a great holiday!
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