How could I forget

After my pass out episode 3 weeks ago http://www.chadholderbaum.com/blog/2008/07/scary-times.html), I had another similar, but not quite as bad incident.

This time it happened at work. It was around 8:00 AM as I headed to a meeting. I knew something wasn't right as I walked down to the room, but none the less I kept going as planned. I sat down in the room, and started to get a little woozy. I toughed it out, tried to focus and relax but it just wouldn't go away. I felt like I was sitting there in a fog and finally decided it was best if I excused myself. I left the building trying to avoid making a scene and an ambulance ride. I called my doctor (by now around 10AM) and scheduled an appointment for noon. Went home, layed on the couch but wasn't feeling any better. My parents convinced me it was best to head to the ER just to be on the safe side, so off we went. I arrived at the ER around 11AM, and shortly after that a doctor came, asked some questions, ran an EKG, and said I was fine. Diagnosis "I'm too healty". Seriously? The doctor explained that beacuse of my low heart rate, any sort of stress or anxiety that bothers me will cause my blood vessels to contract (vasal vagal syndrome I think he called it) causing my heart rate to drop even lower thus causing that woozy feeling. Makes sense I suppose, but still not good in my opinion. He said as long as I'm fine while working out, he doesnt' think it's anything to be worried about. Regardless he recommened that I see my doctor, take blood, and schedule some additional tests like an echo cardiogram or a tilt test. So that's where I'm at with that. Maybe I need to find a new job where I'm not sitting in a 8 x 8 cube all day. Boy would that be nice! Anyone out there with some thougths or ideas or if you've heard of this happening to other Triathletes, please share your stories.

posted by Chad Holderbaum @ 8:10 AM Comments: 2