Right now, I am in fact a lobster. My face is bright red. Its rather charming, believe me. I don’t sweat normally *yet ANOTHER lovely symptom* so I get all red like I put my face up to the sun. Working out was fun though, I ran on the elyptical for 40 minutes, while jamming to my iPod and reading some of my celebrity gossip magazines. I feel better though. Got to work out a lot of stress, sweat it all out perhaps? If only! While I was running though, I was thinking about tilt table tests *don’t ask me why*
Tilt table tests are a very common way that NCS can be diagnosed. They suck! I have had three, and let me tell you…they are horrible. Its very simple too, like some kind of medieval torture device. You are strapped to a table, and tilted until you are straight up, and then tilted back down. I actually have the second fastest time of passing out on the test. As soon as I get tilted up, goodnight! I had my first test when I was 11, and when I passed out, the monitors showed that I was completly flat lined for 17 seconds. Couple days after that, I had the pacemaker implanted.
If anyone has to get one of those tests done, I am SO sorry! If you have had one done, I feel your pain…literally. But on the good side, it can help get a diagnosis. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, right?
Blah, blah, blah! Two posts in one day, how lucky are you!? I am off to bed now.
Ciao!
Amen .. tilt table tests DO suck .. When I was a senior in high school, they diagnosed me with ncs, but they told me I could control it with enough sodium in my diet .. which is a good thing, since I never remember to take pills (including the ones they gave me in the beginning)! It’s been a really long time since I passed out, but I’ve never met anyone else who doesn’t just say “huh?” when i mention it; it’s gonna be fun to read about your life!
Oooh yeah. I remember the old sodium thing…whatever! I think doctors just started making stuff up about what was going on because they were completely stumped. And I agree about telling people about it, because it turns into a HUGE lecture about the heart and nervous system…which I would be scared would bore people to tears.
Keep reading! I will make it worthwhile, I promise!! And good for you not passing out anymore, its a lovely feeling!!