On 09.07.2004, we had EVOC (Emergency Vehicle Operations Course) training at a local naval air station and I started feeling some anxiety prior to starting the training for the day. I attributed it to just general stage anxiety over others who would view my driving for the day and hoped that I would drive well during the exercises. I started sweating again. I checked my blood glucose levels and they were acceptable. Later that day, it was quite warm and I was sweating again.
On 09.16.2004, I was doing some traffic control in the shade during a hazardous materials incident. I started feeling lightheaded and sweaty. I had some anxiety too. It was odd because there was no anxiety provoking experience to cause it. The whole thing lasted a couple minutes and I was rather tired.
On 09.17.2004, I felt anxiety again with no anxiety provoking event. Feeling anxiety without anything to provoke it felt awkward. On 09.25.2004, I had another such experience.
Late this month, I had my first consultation with a neurologist. I told her my symptoms and was referred for EEG and MRI scans at a later time.
Saturday, September 25, 2004
Tuesday, August 31, 2004
08.22.2004 - Further Symptoms
On 08.22.2004, I was eating dinner with my family and some friends of ours and having a pleasant time. I started feeling lightheaded and was sweating. It seemed weird to start sweating when I wasn't exerting myself physically in any way. It lasted a couple minutes. I wanted to just brush the incident off as something weird.
On 08.23.2004, I was at work writing a citation and had a brief daydream. I also felt lightheaded and started sweating again. I finished the citation and sat down in the patrol vehicle for a moment with the air conditioning on and felt a bit better. I was feeling tired that day.
On 08.29.2004, I was watching a movie at home and again felt lightheaded and started sweating again. It lasted for about a minute. Again, I brushed it off to something weird, but didn't know what it could be. I told my doctor about these incidents and he was wondering if perhaps I was having blood sugar problems. I got a glucose tester to analyze my blood sugar when the incidents happened.
On 08.31.2004, I was at work driving my patrol vehicle and had a daydream with some lightheadedness and sweating again. I pulled over and took my blood sugar level. It was normal. Eating never changed my symptoms, so it did not seem likely that this was a blood sugar issue.
On 08.23.2004, I was at work writing a citation and had a brief daydream. I also felt lightheaded and started sweating again. I finished the citation and sat down in the patrol vehicle for a moment with the air conditioning on and felt a bit better. I was feeling tired that day.
On 08.29.2004, I was watching a movie at home and again felt lightheaded and started sweating again. It lasted for about a minute. Again, I brushed it off to something weird, but didn't know what it could be. I told my doctor about these incidents and he was wondering if perhaps I was having blood sugar problems. I got a glucose tester to analyze my blood sugar when the incidents happened.
On 08.31.2004, I was at work driving my patrol vehicle and had a daydream with some lightheadedness and sweating again. I pulled over and took my blood sugar level. It was normal. Eating never changed my symptoms, so it did not seem likely that this was a blood sugar issue.
Sunday, February 22, 2004
02.22.2004 - First Sign Of A Problem
On 02.22.2004, I was on-duty as a police officer and took a report of a domestic violence call at my department's headquarters. I went to interview a possible witness to the incident. I went to the house where the witness lived and felt light headed while at the door, but brushed it off as no big deal. I made voice contact with the person inside the residence and the next thing I knew I was picking myself up off the threshold of the doorway for the residence and wondering how I ended up on the ground. The occupant of the residence was on the phone with dispatch informing them that an officer was down at their residence. I realized that I must have lost consciousness. Dispatch called me over the air and was confused when I responded despite the information that they had an officer down. I got on the phone with dispatch and told them I guess I must have passed out or something. I felt fine afterwards and did not feel the need for any additional units to respond to my location, but my supervisor insisted that units respond to see what was going on. I was probably out for a minute or so total. An ambulance took me to the hospital and they didn't find any problems with me. They discharged me that evening with restrictions on my driving abilities until further follow-up was performed. One of my friends from work drove me home that night. Later, I saw my physician and he presumed that it was a heart related problem since most loss of consciousness incidents are related to heart related problems. I wore a heart monitor for 24 hours with no unusual results and then was later referred to a cardiologist for just about every follow-up test related to the heart and my heart checked out just fine.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)