So last night I went to the hospital. I was hanging with some EMT friends. It started out as a normal evening and I decided to take one of my pain killers, about 20 minutes after that David started to notice I was acting a little weird. I was complaining of my face being on fire but my body was freezing. My face was also flushed. I then preceded to go put on extra layers of clothes cause I was cold. That's when David ran downstairs to grab a cuff and steth to take my vitals. BP was 106 over 72. Pulse was 82. And I was breathing at about 40. That's when David first attempted to talk e into going to the hospital and I said no and took a xanax instead. I stood up to go lay down and I was very unstable s I went and laid down. I asked David to stay with me and then I started to complain of chest pain. About five minutes after I laid down I also started to have shortness of breath and speaking in one word sentences. That's when Jeff called his ambulance crew and then Jeff and David GSed me down to the gurney. They took me to Whittier Hills Medical Center. After I got there the doctors wanted me to stay overnight so I didn't want to do that so I AMAed myself out. My chest still hurts a little .but I'm feeling okay for the most part. Do any of you guys have any idea of what may have caused what happened to me last night. If you do, please share your opinion because I'm at a complete loss as to why this happened. Thank you.

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Comment by FETC on April 3, 2010 at 5:59pm
Why ask FFN when you made your decision on your health when you AMA'ed yourself out of the ER.

IMO: You should have stayed at the hospital and got professional answers.
Comment by Brian Mackie on April 3, 2010 at 5:47pm
Glad to hear you are ok. Next time let the professionals do their job. If they say stay overnight, I suggest you do as they say. just my opinions. NOW, the reason you had those attacks in the first place...well I suspect it is cuz of some weird penguins or something. Being a Canadian, that has GOT to be it. Those Canadian penguins are bad asses. Better than the Pittsburgh ones though.

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