So while Bill was in the shower and the kids were still asleep, I was in the other bathroom and I wacked my elbow really hard on the corner of the sink and while I was clutching my elbow and willing it to not hurt, I suddenly felt very warm and my face felt prickly and I the rest of the room began shrinking as a darkness invaded from all sides and I thought this feels just like the beginning of a faint, and while I've never actually fainted, I've almost fainted - once - while I was watching the vet spay a dog for the first time - but I didn't faint then and I didn't want to faint now, with Bill in the shower and the kids asleep - what if I hit my head on the sink or the edge of the tub? That wouldn't be good. So I hung on to the sink and willed myself not to faint, saying "you're fine, you're fine, you'refine, you'refine, you'refineyou'refineyou'refine" until I felt, well, fine enough to unlock the bathroom door and go sit in the living room, draped over a chair as sudden waves of nausea and a hot sweat broke over me. Julia came downstairs a moment or two later and climbed onto me and I hugged her until I felt like I could stand up again. I felt a bit shaky for a while, but now I'm fine.
I sincerely hope your morning started off better than mine did.
{{{hug}}}}
Poor thing! How horrible!
Hopefully the day can only get better...
Posted by: Lynne | September 23, 2009 at 07:54 AM
OMG What a morning you had. I hop eyou feel better. Was it the funny bone that's not so funny???
Posted by: Tonya | September 23, 2009 at 08:54 AM
Oh nice typo in my last post - UGH I hate it when my fingers and brain don't go in sync LOL
Posted by: Tonya | September 23, 2009 at 08:55 AM
Uh Oh! Happened to me while standing in a crowd. Fortunately my Hubby held me up by the elbow. The end result was a baby boy nine months later! ;>)
Posted by: Ruth Ann | September 23, 2009 at 10:38 AM
Wow, you must have really banged it hard. Are you able to bend it now that it's probably got a huge bruise on it? I don't think I've ever fainted, or come close to it.
Posted by: jomamma | September 23, 2009 at 08:20 PM
Sounds like you had quite the vagal reaction. Glad it passed.
Posted by: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=71500352 | September 23, 2009 at 11:25 PM
It hurts to the touch or when I bend it, but I don't see a bruise. It was SO bizarre - like I said in the post, the only other time I came close to fainting was watching an operation - and I didn't faint then either. That was probably 30 years ago or something. Hopefully it'll never happen again!
Posted by: Jayne | September 24, 2009 at 06:37 AM
A similar incident happened to me, I ended up with a fractured elbow. Just needed a sling for a while. Worth considering if you have continued pain and swelling. Hope you are well.
Posted by: Kathy | September 24, 2009 at 06:54 PM
Wow, a fractured elbow? I know I don't have that. No swelling, and it just feels bruised. I have full mobility and all that. Thank goodness!
Posted by: Jayne | September 24, 2009 at 07:42 PM