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no comic this week
Sep. 8th, 2013 10:59 amno comic this week, though i'll be putting some sort of thing on the front page in a few i guess.
alf had a major anxiety attack on his way home from work thursday, and because he has never had one before and had no prior history of it, neither of us were able to identify what was happening. so the attack persisted, and early friday morning he was taken to the ER. when the paramedics checked his heart rate at home (resting, sitting on the bed) it was 150. a normal adult human heart rate is between 60-100bpm.
( just gonna put the rest behind a cut )
we've identified what we think the big trigger was - the car, which has numerous problems and we're trying to replace. we're looking into a rental car for the time being, hopefully we'll have that handled on monday. alf also needs to follow up with a doctor then, but because he never found a primary care provider that means we'll have to find a walk in clinic.
things have been very touch-and-go the last few days. i'm hoping they improve soon.
everyone has been really kind and helpful through all of this, from people with anxiety offering tips on managing attacks to neighbors offering to drive us to doctors or wherever. for that i just want to say again what i said on twitter - thank you, thank you, thank you. this is very scary for us and others reaffirming that this is nothing outside of the realm of a normal anxiety attack is very reassuring. it's still scary, but knowing these are all common symptoms really does help.
hopefully i'll have good news soon.
alf had a major anxiety attack on his way home from work thursday, and because he has never had one before and had no prior history of it, neither of us were able to identify what was happening. so the attack persisted, and early friday morning he was taken to the ER. when the paramedics checked his heart rate at home (resting, sitting on the bed) it was 150. a normal adult human heart rate is between 60-100bpm.
( just gonna put the rest behind a cut )
we've identified what we think the big trigger was - the car, which has numerous problems and we're trying to replace. we're looking into a rental car for the time being, hopefully we'll have that handled on monday. alf also needs to follow up with a doctor then, but because he never found a primary care provider that means we'll have to find a walk in clinic.
things have been very touch-and-go the last few days. i'm hoping they improve soon.
everyone has been really kind and helpful through all of this, from people with anxiety offering tips on managing attacks to neighbors offering to drive us to doctors or wherever. for that i just want to say again what i said on twitter - thank you, thank you, thank you. this is very scary for us and others reaffirming that this is nothing outside of the realm of a normal anxiety attack is very reassuring. it's still scary, but knowing these are all common symptoms really does help.
hopefully i'll have good news soon.
