Cass, try to drink a bunch (like, a liter) of water. You might be a little dehydrated--that can cause low blood pressure.

The sense pulse is racing is likely a symptom of the low blood pressure, too; as your pressure falls, the heart beats more quickly to try to compensate.

If you start to feel sweaty, nauseous, and dizzy, go to the emergency room. Those are symptoms of blood pressure that's too low and needs IV fluid treatment.

ETA that ita is wise.

I remember 120 over 80 meant "good" on Emergency! when Gage and DeSoto were transmitting back to the hospital.

Not so much wise, more like I just had that speech given me 24 hours ago, after my fainting spell.

I even had a salty dinner. It was gross.

Huh. Will do. Funny thing is, I feel like I am all water-retaining and edgy. When I checked my BP last night, I expected it was going to be high or something... I'm going to go drink water and forage for salty snacks.

Thanks, ita. How come you know so much about fainting? I mean the kind that has nothing to do with blunt force trauma, at least.

more like I just had that speech given me 24 hours ago, after my fainting spell.

Thanks Jen! A liter of water it will be. Don't wanna go emergency, will try to avoid it.

I just blew out another flipflop walking out to the grill in my back yard.

t insert inevitable earworm

No pop-tops to worry about, tho. Minnesota banned detachable ring tops many years ago.

I am drinking a special-formula Diet Coke... with Splenda.

Tastes a little closer to regular Coke than Diet Coke usually does.

Unfortunately my faint will require an MRI, but that's because of random other symptom stuff.

Tastes a little closer to regular Coke than Diet Coke usually does.

ie, cloyingly sweet?

You know, for someone who doesn't generally like shoes and especially shoe shopping, I have a hell of a lot of the things.

{{{Cashmere}}} and {{{Cindy}}} Sorry for your scares.

{{{Cass}}} I hope you feel better soon.

Here's the first bit about my move. Today Mom and I worked on some of the furinture that needs to be painted. Most of it does because it doesn't match anything and has been painted before. Today we worked on one of the dressers - it's been in my Dad's family for awhile in back in the late 60s or early 70s my grandfather "anitqued" it this god awful green.

So today we sanded it, primed it, and put the first coat of black paint on. There will be pictures, right now they are on Mom's camera. Also there's a small kind of plant stand/table thing that I'm going to use for my phone. Mom paid $3 for it at a garage sale. We've primed it and I have to decide what colors to paint it. SInce it's going in the living room it will be brightly colored.

She already touched up the paint on the dining room table and chairs so that's done. One of the short bookshelves we decided had good paint on it. And most of the other stuff is primed and ready to paint. Once I get paint. Tomorrow I think we'll hit Wal Mart and find this craft paint they have that's in small pots and not those tiny little squeeze bottles.

Right now I have primer on my hands, arms, and feet.