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Experiencing Fainting/Collapse on Chemo?
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I have to share something with our group here. Last Monday 10/13 about 4:00 am I was awakened by a very loud crash sound. I called out my husband's name thinking he bumped into something but was not answering just to mess with me. Which he does a lot. After he didn’t answer me after my calling out I got up and went into the bathroom. What I saw scared me to death. Of course, at first look I thought I had lost him. I was screaming his name thru the tears but he would respond. He had fell off the toilet face down in the corner with his shorts down around his ankles. I tried to pull him out of the corner. He was making this loud snoring sound so at least I knew he was breathing. I pulled on his shoulder to see his face and his eyes were half rolled back and his tongue was half hanging out. I just knew he had a stroke. So I ran back in our room to get the phone to call 911. Then after them I called my son who lives about a mile and a half away. He got here in minutes. He was able to turn my husband over and get his shorts pulled up before the EMT’s got here. After my son helped him and put pillows around his head and bandaged up his nose where there was a gash that kept bleeding, he began to form his words. He was TOTALLY OUT for nearly 15 mins. The EMT’s came in and got him off the floor and back in bed. They checked all his vitals and they were normal. He was answering to her commands so she said he didn’t have a stroke or concussion. They said they would take him if he wanted to go. Well, I knew my husbands answer to that. I was hysterical in the whole situation. I was crying and having trouble breathing myself. I hope that never happens again. The EMT’s said that chemo patients tend to have sudden drops in their BP. They felt that was what it was.
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