Fainting at the Gym

Ok the stories keep coming. I must share

So during the same week of the incident in the bathroom I had gone to the gym to get my workout on. I ran for about an hour and was feeling really good about myself. Only problem I was running late for an engagement. I rushed to the locker room to change.

I was able to take off all my clothes but as I started to put fresh cloths on I ran into a problem….

I was putting my bra on when the back of my hand hit the locker. Blood started to gush out everywhere!!! I didn’t want to panic so I grabbed my hand with the other hand to stop the bleeding. Blood started to seep between my finger and I knew I was in trouble. The only thing on my mind was to stop the bleeding so that I could get dressed. I started to feel a little dizzy so went to the floor with my knees. I guess all that running had tired me out. I grabbed the shirt I had just worked out in and placed that over the sliced area adding pressure. I got the bleeding to stop long enough for me to get dressed, clean up the blood, and go for help. For some reason I thought it was very important to clean up the blood first before going for help. I guess it has a lot to doing with growing up when AIDS/HIV was popular.

I went to the front desk to ask the receptionist for help. As I was talking to him a felt very dizzy and needed to sit down. He gave me a chair and I passed out. I don’t know if it was from losing all the blood or from running but I felt so dizzy. He fanned me and gave me water. We cleaned the cut and I went to hangout with my friend.

The entire night I was worried that I needed stitches and that the cut would get infected. My friend kept insisting I would be fine and even took me to the Rite Aid to get proper bandages. I continued to complain and he offered to take me to the hospital if I thought it was necessary. I didn’t want to be a baby so I didn’t go.

Today as I look at the little scratch on my hand, I mean my “war wound”, I can truly say that I am a drama queen. Why did I think I needed stitches? Look at the size of the little mark. It is healing nicely with no problems. On top of that what made me faint at the Gym? Maybe it was the excitement of it all. I did faint as a child when I got too excited. Ahh another Crystal moment.

Cradling my war wound,

Crystal