Thursday, 11 June 2015
Falling for Ball
So about 2 weeks ago now, I had a very scary incident at basketball, I had been off the week before because I was really sick and I was just feeling better. Then at practice we were standing around, I had just finished doing some drills and I started to feel light headed, I though nothing of it then my vision had started to blur and next thing I remember was waking up to two strange people standing over me, my coach on one side and no one else in the gym. I was lying on the floor and it turned out I had fainted. I was unconscious for 10+ minutes and I was getting checked over by firefighters and paramedics, I felt really bad because I lost the team close to 1 hour of practice time in the gym because of the whole thing. I was allowed to go home or I could have gone to the ER but I wanted to go home. Then I had to go for blood work the next day, and once I got those results and I found out my hemoglobin was at a 12 instead of a 34-52. So then came the tests tests and more tests and we are currently trying to figure out where my iron is going. I have been taking my iron pills for almost 2 weeks now and still have seen no improvement, I know I probably won't see a difference until the 2 month mark :( So I took a week off of basketball so far and just started to get back into things even though I am really weak. Some side effects of my iron pills and anemia is that I get really bad blurred vision sometimes, really really bad headaches that sometimes last 2 days, and fatigue [I come home from school and crash normally until 7] I have also adjusted my diet to include more dark greens, lots of steak ,I always keep raisins in my bball bag now and I have been drinking lots of water like 1-2 more glasses then I was before for a total of about 6 glasses per day.I am hopeful I will get better and be able to make a faster recovery.
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So scary… but I am glad you had people watching out for you and that you are being mature about figuring it out and waiting until you do.
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